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Shridhar Chillal (born 29 January 1937) is an Indian man from the city of Pune, who held the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, with a combined length of 909.6 centimeters (358.1 inches). Chillal's longest single nail was his thumbnail, which measured 197.8 centimeters (77.87 inches).
Ayanna Williams is an American who holds the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand for a woman, with a combined length of 576.4 centimeters (181.09 inches). [1] She is also ranked second in the list of having longest fingernails in the world considering both genders, just behind India's Shridhar Chillal who had ...
The Enquirer featured her every few years and kept track of the progress of her nails. [2]Redmond started growing her nails in late 1978 to early 1979 and although she had originally planned to have them cut off on November 22, 2006 (as she said on her guest appearances on a couple of talk shows), she chose to keep her nails after all.
The woman who holds the Guinness world record for the longest fingernails, Ayanna Williams, finally got them cut down after 30-years without doing so.
“A lot of people always ask me how I do gymnastics with such long nails. To tell you the truth, they actually help me with my technique,” Chiles, 23, recently told the Associated Press .
The former record-holder for women was Lee Redmond of the U.S., who set the record in 2001 and as of 2008 had nails with a total length on both hands of 28 feet (850 cm), with the longest nail on her right thumb at 2 feet 11 inches (89 cm). [36] However, as of 2022, the record for women is held by Diana Armstrong from Minneapolis. [37]
A larger number indicates a longer nail, shown in the table below. Diameter of the nail also varies based on penny size, depending on nail type. Nails under 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch, often called brads, are sold mostly in small packages with only a length designation or with length and wire gauge designations; for example, 1″ 18 ga. or 3 ⁄ 4 ″ 16 ga.
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