Tag: Guinness World Records

  • Cambodia earns new world record for largest ‘Bridal Carry’

    Cambodia earns new world record for largest ‘Bridal Carry’

    Hundreds of Cambodians braved sticky tropical heat to set an unusual new world record: for the most people performing a “bridal carry” at the same time.

    Late on Friday, 245 men hoisted their partners – wives, girlfriends, sisters, or mothers – with one arm under the legs and one behind the back and held the position for a minute to set the mark, certified by Guinness World Records representatives.

    “I am so happy, it is my first time to participate in such an event to break a world record for Cambodia,” Sam Khan, 25, told AFP before carrying his wife.

    The event drew participants young and old.

    “I am so excited,” 50-year-old mother Heng Pov told AFP while being carried by her son.

    After setting the record, many of the participants carried on with the hold as part of a competition to win a new car.

    The “bridal carry” is so named for the way a groom in some cultures carries his bride over the threshold of their new home.

    This article was produced by AFP. For more information go to AFP.com.
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  • World’s oldest person Sister Andre dies at 118

    World’s oldest person Sister Andre dies at 118

    The oldest person in the world, French nun Lucile Randon, has died at the age of 118.

    Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she became a nun in 1944, died in her sleep on January 17 at the nursing home where she lived.

    According to BBC, Randon was born on February 11, 1904, and was the world’s oldest living person according to the Gerontology Research Group’s (GRG) World Supercentenarian Rankings List.

    Long recognised as the oldest person in Europe, she became the world’s oldest following the death of Japan’s Kane Tanaka at 119 in 2022. Guinness World Records officially acknowledged her status.

    “There is great sadness but … it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it’s a liberation,” spokesperson David Tavella, of the Sainte-Catherine-Laboure nursing home in the southern French town of Toulon, told the AFP news agency.

    Randon was born in the year New York opened its first subway, and World War I was still a decade away.

    She grew up in a Protestant family as the only girl among three brothers, living in the southern town of Ales, France.

    One of her fondest memories was the return of two of her brothers at the end of the war in 1918, she told AFP in an interview on her 116th birthday.

    “It was rare, in families, there were usually two dead rather than two alive. They both came back,” she said.

  • Pakistani girl makes the Guinness world record for donating most hair

    A Pakistani girl, Zahab Kamal Khan, has set a world record by donating her 5’1″ long hair. She donated her hair to a non-profit organisation.

    Zahab took to her Instagram to share the picture with the caption, “My Dad’s idea changed my life❤️ our 18 year dream finally coming true.”

    “Today i am a Guinness world record holder,” she added.

    Zahab further added, “Today I am very happy to be working with Children with hair loss and grateful to know that my hair is going to help

    Zahab, who is now 30, has been growing her hair for 17 years, ever since she was 13.