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Tao Porchon-Lynch, 93, Is Now World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher

The Huffington PostMay 15, 2012 //

To say Tao Porchon-Lynch is an extraordinary yoga teacher isn’t a stretch, considering she has fans all over the world. But what makes her truly amazing is the fact that she can support her whole body on her hands — even though she’s 93.Now she has another accolade to add to her list: Guinness World Records has just declared her the world’s oldest yoga teacher.

Porchon-Lynch started practicing yoga when she was eight after seeing some boys doing the exercises on the beach of her hometown of Pondicherry, a French colony in India on the Bay of Bengal. Read more …

World’s Smallest Working Dog, Lucy The Yorkshire Terrier, Sets Guinness World Record

Huffington Post Weird NewsJanuary 12, 2012 //

A mini Yorkshire terrier from New Jersey is now the holder of a very big world record: world’s smallest working dog.

Lucy, who weighs just 2 1/2 pounds, was named the world’s smallest working dog last week by Guinness World Records. In the process, she doggedly beat out the previous record holder: Momo, an eight-year-old chihuahua from Japan that works as a police search-and-rescue dog. See the video and read more…

Meet The World’s Shortest Woman

Huffington Post Weird NewsDecember 16, 2011 //

A high school student in central India was recognized as the world’s shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood.

Jyoti Amge stood just 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches) tall – shorter than the average 2-year-old – when Guinness representatives visiting from London measured her at a ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and friends in the town of Nagpur, in Maharashtra state. Read more…

Yoga Granny Twists Open Record Books

Amelia McDonell-ParryNovember 18, 2011 //
It might seem strange that a person who just set a world record would want other people to break it, but that's what Bernice Bates is hoping. The 91-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., just set a new Guinness World Record as the "World's Oldest Yoga Teacher," and it's not a stretch to say she wouldn't mind if she loses the title to someone older and wiser. READ MORE... »
November 18, 2011
Source: Huffington Post

World’s Shortest Living Cat, Fizz Girl, Gets Into Guinness Book

Huffington Post Weird NewsOctober 8, 2011 //

A tiny cat in San Diego is getting about the biggest honor possible: A spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The cat in question is named Fizz Girl and she measures a measly 6 inches tall from floor to shoulder. As a result, she’s just been declared the world’s shortest living cat by the folks at Guinness World Records. Read more…

Bridgette Jordan Is The World’s New Shortest Woman

Ami AngelowiczSeptember 22, 2011 //

Step aside Elif Kocaman, there’s a new shortest woman in the world. Twenty-two-year-old Illinois woman Bridgette Jordan’s 2′ 3″ frame has earned her the coveted Guinness title. She hasn’t let her primordial dwarfism hold her back one bit. A student at Kaskaskia College, Bridgette loves to listen to music, dance, cheerlead, and play basketball (although dunking must be a challenge). “It’s great to be small,” she said. “I believe that everyone should be confident in themselves … hopefully this will go a little way to helping people realize it’s ok to be different.” Word. [Newslite] Keep reading »

Chris “The Dutchess” Walton Makes Guinness Book Of World Records With Longest Fingernails

Huffington Post Weird NewsSeptember 17, 2011 //

It takes a newborn baby 18 years to grow into adulthood. And it took Chris “The Dutchess” Walton just as long to grow her record-setting fingernails to 19 feet, 9 inches long.

“The hardest thing for me to do is dig in my pockets,” the 45-year-old rock singer from Las Vegas says. “Everything else I can do myself — driving, shopping, cleaning the house … although when I vacuum, the cord gets tangled in my fingers.”

A day before the release of the 2012 Guinness World Records, The Dutchess visited The Huffington Post to talk about her life and celebrate her inclusion in this year’s edition — a celebration of “unique beauty,” including fresh pictures of the world’s longest tongue, the largest afro, and a “holy man” with 453 piercings.

“I never set out to make it into Guinness,” she says. “It just happened.” Read more… Keep reading »

World’s Most Pierced Woman Gets Another Ring

Ami AngelowiczJune 9, 2011 //

Who needs a wedding band when you have more than 6,000 rings on your body? Elaine Davidson, the most pierced woman in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, let her non-pierced groom slip one more ring on her finger yesterday. She walked down the aisle wearing all 6,005 of her external piercings and 1,500 of her internal piercings. (Huh? You can get pierced inside?) The former nurse-turned-shop-owner wore a white gown, pink flowers in her wig, a veil of butterfly wings, and war paint on her face. There are so many things I want to say, so many questions I have to ask, but instead, I’ll just stick to a simple, “Congratulations.” [Daily Mail UK] Keep reading »