A 14-year-old boy from California in the United States, who set the Guinness World Record for the largest afro in a living person (male), said in a video posted on X that a person should not be ashamed of his hair.
Guinness World Records (GWR) took to X to share a video of Amir Manuel Mendez on Monday. His hair was measured at an incredible height of 19.67 centimeters (7.74 inches) and 24.83 centimeters (9.77 inches) in diameter and around 226 cm (88 inches) on August 10 of last year, sending him directly to the record book. . of GWR. Website status.
“At every book fair in my school, my friends and I always go to the Guinness World Records section, and we always pay and buy these books. And that means that I am a Guinness World Record, the biggest afro in the world on a person. That’s why I chose him, because he inspired me,” Mendez said in the video. But he managed to grow his afro in just four years.
Mendez said: “I grew my hair first, so I took it all out and decided to let it grow.” So I took care of my hair and kept it growing and taking care of it for four years.
Mendez said he was inspired by being black and Filipino and being a mix of American and wanted to explore the “black side.” The teenager said that “a lot of people are ashamed of their afro hair” and said that he believes you should not be ashamed of your hair. Mendez said his hair is a good conversation piece because not everyone meets a Guinness World Record holder every day.
At school, a teenager will keep her hair in a bun, ponytail, twist or braid because the students behind her can’t see the teacher or the blackboard. . A few days ago, GWR had published a video of a 15-year-old Sikh boy from Uttar Pradesh who set the world record for the longest hair of a teenager. Sidakdeep Singh Chahal has a hair length of 130 cm or about 4 feet 3 inches.
