Woman has 13 meter long fingernails after nearly 30 years without cutting

American woman has 13 meter long fingernails. She hasn't cut her nails for nearly 30 years after a heartbreaking tragedy .

Ms. Diana Armstrong (66 years old, living in Minnesota, USA) won the Guinness World Record for the Woman with the longest fingernails in the world in 2022. The total length of her 10 fingernails is 13 meters.

Armstrong hasn't cut her nails since 1997, and they now reach the floor and she enjoys decorating them in different colors.

The official Guinness World Records Instagram account highlighted Diana Armstrong's achievement: "The total length of Armstrong's fingernails is longer than a standard yellow school bus. Armstrong has been growing her nails for over 27 years."

Diana Armstrong shows off the world's longest fingernails.

Armstrong always attracts attention on social networks. Many people wonder how she lives her daily life and does her personal hygiene: "How can she do everything?"; "Can't she even do her personal hygiene?"; "How many bottles of nail polish do you need for such long nails?"...

Armstrong recently answered those questions in the Daily Star: "You know, when I go to the toilet it's like anyone else goes to the toilet, except with these long nails it's a different way to everyone else. I use a lot of toilet paper. I don't wrap it around my hand like some people do, I can't do that, because it doesn't work."

Each time she takes care of her nails, it takes her about 4 - 5 hours to paint the whole set. She needs to prepare 15 - 20 bottles of nail polish to beautify her nails. Usually her grandchildren will help her with this work.

Diana Armstrong was awarded the Guinness World Record.

Armstrong said that whenever she goes out, people always pay attention and comment, many people proactively approach her and ask to take pictures together. Ms. Armstrong does not feel bothered by these things.

Over time, she grew accustomed to the attention she received when she went out, and even felt happy that she brought a sense of pleasant surprise to many people. Her family accepted her nails and considered it a familiar thing.

The children always help grandma paint her nails.

The story behind why Armstrong grew her fingernails to such a length that it set a world record is heartbreaking. One morning in 1997, Armstrong left home to go to the supermarket. After she left, her youngest daughter called and said her older sister, Latisha, 16, had collapsed. The mother returned home and was heartbroken to discover that her daughter had died in her sleep from an asthma attack.

"It was the worst day of my life," Armstrong said.

Before that, Latisha always meticulously manicured her nails on weekends. Armstrong recalled: “Latisha was the only person who did my nails. She filed and polished them so carefully and beautifully.” Mrs. Armstrong suffered from depression for a decade after her daughter’s death, and growing her nails long was her way of honoring her daughter and keeping her memory alive.

(According to Vietnamnet)

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