-----Worlds Most Elastic Man----- Garry Turner, of Caistor, Lincolnshire, England, stretched the skin of his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime in Los Angeles, California, USA, on October 29, 1999. Garry has a rare medical condition called Elhers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissues affecting the skin, ligaments and internal organs. With this condition, the collagen that strengthens the skin and determines its elasticity becomes defective, resulting in, among other things, a loosening of the skin, and "hypermobility" of the
joints. In more serious cases, it can cause the fatal collapse or rupturing of blood vessels.
-----Worlds Smallest Man----- He Pingping is a Chinese man who has been officially named by the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man who is able to walk.The 20-year-old measures 73 cm (2 ft 5 in) tall, and is the third child of a family in Huade county, in the city of Wulanchabu in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He has two sisters, both of whom developed at normal
rates and are now married. According to his father, He Yun, at birth he was as small as a palm. When it became apparent
the child was growing very slowly, doctors diagnosed the cause as the bone deformity Osteogenesis imperfecta, which
hinders normal bone growth and bodily height
-----Worlds Most Peirced Woman----- Elaine Davidson has spent many years carrying out body piercing and tattooing. Indeed at this time she holds the World
record for Piercings on herself (presently in excess of 6,000) which means that when she performs body art on her clients
they can be sure of a safe, experienced and friendly service.
-----Worlds Longest Hair----- Officially Xie Qiuping of China is recognized of having the world's longest hair which measures in at 5.627 meters. Unofficially Tran Van Hay of Vietnam is the record holder at 6.2 meters. Tran Van Hay is still waiting to have the world
record authenticated. Xie Qiuping began growing her hair in 1973 at the age of 13. Her hair was measured May 08 2004 and she was included in
the Guinness Book of World Records. Tran Van Hay has not cut his hair in 31 years, and is hoping to take over the spot of having the longest hair in the
world
-----Worlds Most Tattoed Person----- The ultimate in multi-layered tattooing is represented by the chainsaw juggling, unicycling, sword-swallowing Lucky
Diamond Rich (Australia, born New Zealand), who has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified by hundreds of tattoo
artists. He began by having a full collection of colourful designs from around the world tattooed over his entire body.
But not content with stopping there, Lucky next opted for a 100% covering of black ink, including eyelids, the delicate
skin between the toes, down into the ears, and even his gums. He is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the
black, and coloured designs on top of the white!
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