The woman who broke the Guinness World Record for the longest fingernails in the world was moved by revealing the real reason she hasn't cut her nails for 22 years.
On the 5th local time, foreign media such as the New York Post reported the story of Diana Armstrong, 64, who entered the Guinness World Record as 'the woman with the longest fingernails in the world'.
She has nails of about 1,306.58 cm, and Diana has been growing her for 25 years since she last cut her nails in 1997.
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"It takes about 20 bottles of nail polish to get all of your nails done," Diana, who says it takes 10 hours to take care of her nails alone.
But it wasn't just her nail care that Diana had to bear.
Diana said, "If money falls on the floor, I can only pick up bills. Coins are hard. I have long nails to go to a bigger bathroom than others and to get in a car, I have to reach out to get in," Diana said. I confided.
According to Guinness, Diana rose to the top of the field when her former world record holder Ayanna Williams cut her nails last April.
So, Diana, who was named in the Guinness World Records last August, revealed in her interview the 'real reason' for not cutting her nails.
One day in 1997, his daughter Latisha, who had a talent for grooming, fell asleep after cutting Diana's nails, and she passed away after a nighttime asthma attack that resulted in seizures.
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"It was the worst day of my life," said Diana, "and she was the only daughter who trimmed my long nails every weekend."
She actually said that Diana had her 16-year-old daughter first and battling depression for 10 years and growing her nails was the only way she remembered her daughter, she said.
Guinness World Records editor-in-chief said of Diana's story: "The story behind her record is heartbreaking for her. Her family means everything to him, and she is fortunate to have so many connections around Diana to help." .
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(Photo = Guinness World Records official website, YouTube)