Guinness World Records: gallery
Times LIVE | 14 September, 2012 12:46
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Photograph by: STRINGER/MEXICO
A girl, dressed as Escaramuza, also known as cowgirl, waits to perform during an attempt to break a world record, for the most Escaramuzas performing at the same time, at the Minerva roundabout in Guadalajara. Guadalajara broke the Guinness World Record with 129 women from 16 groups performing simultaneously, local media reported. The Escaramuzas are part of La Charreria, a type of a rodeo based on their working practices and has been a national sport since 1933.
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Photograph by: STAFF
Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta lift off from Couch's Stop & Go Mini Mart in Bend, Oregon. The two men, sitting in lawn chairs tied to a cluster of 350 helium-filled balloons lift-off in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest two-man cluster balloon flight.
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Photograph by: BRENDAN MCDERMID, REUTERS
Eleven-year-old piano player, Ethan Bortnick, poses in a New York Studio. Bortnick, was recognised as the youngest solo musician to headline his own tour by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Photograph by: HANDOUT
Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy, is seen here sitting next to a ruler. Beyonce, who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California who found her abandoned in San Bernardino, California. The rescuers have submitted an application to Guinness World Records for Beyonce to be considered the world's smallest dog.
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A three-year-old Great Dane called Zeus, from Michigan in the US, is featured in the latest Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest dog ever, measuring 111.8cm from feet to withers
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Photograph by: ADREES LATIF
Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the "Tallest Mohawk," is surrounded by the media while showing off his 3 feet 8.6 inch do during a media event held by the Guinness World Records to launch their 2013 book edition in New York.
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Photograph by: KEITH BEDFORD
Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses at her yoga class in Hartsdale, New York. At 93 years old, Porchon-Lynch was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.
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Photograph by: SEAN YONG
Students stand in formation on a field as they form a smiley face in an attempt to break a world record in celebration of the 110th anniversary of their university in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. A total of 3,110 students from Nanjing Agricultural University broke the Guinness World Record for World Largest Smiley Face, overtaking the last world record of 2,961 volunteers in Canada on July 2011, local media reported.
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Photograph by: SUKREE SUKPLANG
People take part in an attempt to break the world record for mass-massaging in Muang Thong Thanni, Bangkok. Thailand broke the Guinness World Record with 641 couples taking part in the event, tripling the previous world record set by Australia in 2010. The event was organised to promote Thailand's massage and spa industry, according to the Health Ministry.
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Photograph by: RADU SIGHETI
Emma, a 17 year-old model, poses as she wears the wedding dress with the longest train in the world during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest. The 2,750 meter long train broke a previous record of 2,488 meters. It is made of 4,700 meters of material using 1,857 needles, taking 100 days to made.
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Photograph by: YURIKO NAKAO
Members of Japan's girl pop group AKB48 perform ahead of an annual popularity "election" event at Tokyo's Budokan gymnasium. In a three-hour show broadcast live from Tokyo's hallowed Budokan, 23-year-old Yuko Oshima was selected as leader and face of the group, which has been recognised by Guinness as the world's biggest girl pop group. AKB48 is known for its perky routines and high "kawaii," or cuteness, quotient. Every year, fans vote to determine 64 of the most popular girls out of a 237-member pool who are then rotated in and out of four main troupes and several affiliated groups according to their popularity.
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Photograph by: ROMEO RANOCO
Filipino businesswoman Gina Lacuna pieces together a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle of La Seine, Paris, inside her museum in Tagaytay city, south of Manila. Lacuna collects and pieces together jigsaw puzzles to add to her collection of 473 completed jigsaw puzzles. She plans to contest the Guinness World Record for the largest jigsaw puzzle collection, which is currently held by Luiza Figueiredo of Brazil who owns 238 different sets of jigsaw puzzles.
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Photograph by: RADU SIGHETI
A couple write love messages on a board as they take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest love letter in Bucharest, during Dragobete, the traditional Romanian lovers' day which is similar to Valentine's Day. The previous record for the longest love letter was set in the U.S. in 2008 and involved 1,075 contributions.
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Photograph by: DAMIR SAGOLJ
Couple kiss among others participating in the Guinness World Record attempt in the longest continuous kiss in Pattaya. The "Longest Continuous Kiss" event is organized to celebrate Valentine's Day in Thailand, started out with seven couples trying to set a new record of kissing for more than 46 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds.
The newest version of the Guinness Book of World Records is coming out - here are some of the great record attempts, and successes this year.
