Long-unclaimed iconic human body records we'd love someone to break
Here at Guinness World Records, we’re all about celebrating the things that make people unique.
If you have a superlative feature, we want to know about it.
Right now, we’re on the hunt for holders for a string of unclaimed human body records, as well as a few that haven’t been broken in decades.
Could you be the person we’re looking for?
Tallest teenagers
There are no current holders for both the male and female tallest living teenager records, as both previous holders have reached adulthood.
The male record was held by Olivier Rioux (Canada), who was measured at 226.9 cm (7 ft 5.33 in) in 2020.
Olivier Rioux
And the female record was held by Rumeysa Gelgi (Türkiye), who is now the world’s tallest woman living. She claimed the teenager title in 2014 when she measured 213.6 cm (7 ft 0.09 in).
Rumeysa Gelgi
Are you a super tall teenager? Or do you know one?
The minimum requirement for the male record is 223.5 cm (7 ft 3 in) and the female is 213 cm (6 ft 11 in).
Long legs
We’re also on the lookout for teens with super long legs.
Maci Currin (USA) previously held the title for longest legs on a teenager (female) before becoming an adult.
Maci Currin
Her left leg was 135.267 cm (53.255 in) and her right was 134.300 cm (52.874 in) when measured in 2020.
Anyone hoping to break this record should have legs at least 130 cm (51.18 in) long.
The male version of this record has never had a holder.
Longest nose
The late Mehmet Özyürek (Türkiye) was the proud owner of the world’s longest nose on a living person (male) before he tragically passed away.
His nose was 8.80 cm (3.46 in) long when last measured in 2021.
Mehmet Özyürek
That’s the minimum measurement you’ll have to reach if you want to follow in Mehmet’s footsteps.
There’s also no female holder of the longest nose title.
Long locks
No one currently holds the record for longest hair on a living teenager (female).
It was last held by Nilanshi Patel (India). Her hair was 200 cm (6 ft 6.7 in) when last measured in 2020.
Nilanshi Patel
This is the minimum for anyone with long locks who’d like to apply for the title.
Tallest twins
Nobody has ever held the record for tallest twins living.
This is on overall category, meaning that any type of twins can apply, whether they’re identical or fraternal.
The final value will be made up of the aggregate height of the twins.
Longest nails
Nobody holds the record for longest fingernails on a pair of hands (male).
The title of longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (male) belongs to the late Melvin Boothe (USA) whose nails had a combined length of 9.85 m (32 ft 3.8 in) when they were measured in 2009.
Melvin Boothe
The longest toenails record does currently belong to someone, but hasn’t been broken since way back in 1991 when Louise Hollis (USA) unveiled her toenails with a combined length of 220.98 cm (87 in).
Shortest family
We’ve got a tallest family (The Trapps from USA with an average height of 203.29 cm or 6 ft 8.03 in), and we’d love to find the shortest family too.
This would be a brand new record title.
Stretchy skin
The record for stretchiest skin hasn’t been broken since 1999.
It’s held by Garry Turner (UK), who was able to stretch his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) when it was last measured by us.
Garry Turner
His stretchiness is caused by a very rare medical condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissues.
Shortest teen
Nobody has held the record for shortest teenager living (female) since Jyoti Amge (India) grew up to become the shortest woman.
She was measured at 61.95 cm (2 ft) when she claimed the teenager title in 2009.
Could you be a record holder?
If you, or someone you know, has potential to claim one of these records, we’d love to hear from you!
Head to the Records page on our website and click ‘Apply now’ to fill in an application form.