Chinese Rapunzel’s 16 Foot Record Hair
Long, luxurious hair has been valued since the days of Rapunzel. But few women have taken it to her lengths – until Xie Qiuping.
Xie has the world’s longest hair, at over 16 feet.
Her hair is so long that she must wear it in a tiara on her head and travel with an attendant.
Xie has been growing her hair out since she was a child. She says that her last haircut was in 1973.
“It’s no trouble at all. I’m used to it. But you need patience and you need to hold yourself straight when you have hair like this,” said Xie
While Xie has a strong lock on the title of world’s longest hair, there is a challenger. Cheng Shiqiong has been growing out her hair since 1996. But Xie doesn’t need to be worried – Cheng’s hair is only half the length of Xie’s, at nearly eight feet long.
By RMJ on 31-05-2009
Comment by Sabrina
May 31st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Wow!
Comment by Captain Banana
May 31st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
How come now one attempts to have the longest armpit hair?
Comment by count duckula
May 31st, 2009 at 5:49 pm
what about the longest nose hair
Comment by Trish
May 31st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I have seen the guy with nosehair, he comes into my store!
Comment by Trish
May 31st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
If she hasn't cut her hair since 1973, why does she have bangs?
Comment by pacat
May 31st, 2009 at 8:14 pm
good point
Comment by kevin
June 1st, 2009 at 4:49 am
what about longest pubic hair lol
Comment by Ryan
June 1st, 2009 at 1:21 pm
He has 8 feet of hair since 1996. That's 0.6 feet a year!
She has 16 feet of hair since 1973. That's 0.4 feet a year!
Comment by Loud Shirt Chip
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 am
at least it's better than those that grow their fingernails long.. that's much more bizarre…
– chip ;-D
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Comment by resabambino
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 am
Aren't these people worry about split ends and dry damage brittle hair. Even though they have the longest hair their hair still looks stringy at the end.
Comment by ewwwww
June 13th, 2009 at 11:40 am
ya thats what I thought…plus her hair looks disgusting and it freaks me out..ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Comment by memadman
June 24th, 2009 at 2:46 am
She should get a life. What amount of time did she devote to her hair?
Comment by hanic
June 30th, 2009 at 1:23 am
because it happens later on in life