{"id":126008,"date":"2020-12-04T03:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T00:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-womans-afro-breaks-guinness-world-record\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T03:16:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T00:16:55","slug":"nyc-womans-afro-breaks-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-womans-afro-breaks-guinness-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC woman’s afro breaks Guinness World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC woman’s afro breaks Guinness World Record<\/strong>”
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This woman\u2019s afro is record-breaking.<\/p>\n

Brooklynite Simone Williams\u2019 afro has officially been certified the biggest in the world by the Guinness World Records. It measures in at 8.07 inches tall, 8.85 inches wide and over 4-foot-10-inches in circumference. <\/p>\n

\u201cI Googled \u2018world\u2019s largest afro\u2019 and when she came up I was in awe,\u201d Williams told Guinness<\/a> of her reaction to Aevin Dugas, the previous record-holder, who inspired her to compete for the title. \u201cAt the time, I didn\u2019t think my hair was anywhere close to hers, she was goals! But I was so happ<\/a>y to see that she was recognized and there was a chance for others to be recognized too.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dugas<\/a>, a New Orleans-based social<\/a> worker, held the title for eight years with her natural-grown \u2018do, which measured 4-foot-4-inches in circumference. <\/p>\n

It took Williams nine years to grow her now unmatched afro, after years of getting perms and straightening her hair from middle school up through college. \u201cI chose to transition [to natural hair] around the age of 23. It began because I wanted to save the money spent at the hair salon to help with the costs of moving into my first apartment,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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Today, she doesn\u2019t go to salons, she told The Post, although she admits that \u201cmaintaining my afro can be a task, especially when it comes to detangling.\u201d <\/p>\n

She sticks to three products in caring for it, saying she\u2019s not a \u201cproduct junkie\u201d and rarely tries anything but her trifecta of Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Moist<\/a>, Shea Moisture Coconut + Hibiscus Curl Enhancing Smoothie<\/a> and Eco Style Olive Oil Gel<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wash it once a week or every two weeks,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cIt takes about six hours to dry since I normally do not use a blowdryer, to avoid heat damage.\u201d <\/p>\n

She doesn\u2019t general<\/a>ly style it, but if there\u2019s an occasion \u201cmy go-to styles are a curly voluminous afro, a high puff or top bun,\u201d which can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. <\/p>\n

Going out with styled hair consistently gets her lots of compliments and looks, including some confused-seeming stares \u2014 but the pride and identity rocking her natural hair gives Williams more than compensates for the gawkers. \u201cFrom the beginning, my natural hair has been a journey,\u201d she told Guinness. \u201cI most definitely see it as my statement piece.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#NYC woman’s afro breaks Guinness World Record” This woman\u2019s afro is record-breaking. Brooklynite Simone Williams\u2019 afro has officially been certified the biggest in the world by the Guinness World Records. It measures in at 8.07 inches tall, 8.85 inches wide and over 4-foot-10-inches in circumference. \u201cI Googled \u2018world\u2019s largest afro\u2019 and when she came up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/afro-world-record.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[82534,71459,70538,72604,72938],"class_list":["post-126008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-3-20","tag-guinness-world-records","tag-hair","tag-hairstyles","tag-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}