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A mother who has been growing her fingernails for 25 years has broken the Guinness World Record for the world's longest fingernails.
Diana Armstrong from Minnesota, USA began her fingernail journey back in 1997 and in this time they have reached a length of 1,306.58 cm as of 13 March 2022.
Nails at this length certainly have their challenges as she can no longer do simple tasks like driving as her nails rest outside of the car window due to their length, while she avoids zippers and uses a knife to open cans.
"If I have to pick up money off the floor, I can pick up bills," Armstrong told Guinness World Records, "but if I drop change on the floor, that will just stay down there!"
It means the record holder has the longest fingernails on a pair of female hands and the longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever but the achievement has a tragic backstory.
Armstrong vowed never to trim her nails again after she received a distressing phone call from her youngest daughter while out shopping who couldn't get her other daughter Latisha to wake up and sadly the 16-year-old passed away from an asthma attack.
She would get her nails manicured by Latisha every weekend, and detailed how growing her nails was a way to pay tribute to her late daughter.
A mother who has been growing her fingernails for 25 years has broken the Guinness World Record for the world's longest fingernails.
Diana Armstrong from Minnesota, USA began her fingernail journey back in 1997 and in this time they have reached a length of 1,306.58 cm as of 13 March 2022.
Nails at this length certainly have their challenges as she can no longer do simple tasks like driving as her nails rest outside of the car window due to their length, while she avoids zippers and uses a knife to open cans.
"If I have to pick up money off the floor, I can pick up bills," Armstrong told Guinness World Records, "but if I drop change on the floor, that will just stay down there!"
It means the record holder has the longest fingernails on a pair of female hands and the longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever but the achievement has a tragic backstory.
Armstrong vowed never to trim her nails again after she received a distressing phone call from her youngest daughter while out shopping who couldn't get her other daughter Latisha to wake up and sadly the 16-year-old passed away from an asthma attack.
She would get her nails manicured by Latisha every weekend, and detailed how growing her nails was a way to pay tribute to her late daughter.
