A Minnesota woman named Diana Armstrong has won the Guinness World Record for the “longest fingernails on a pair of female hands” and the “longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever” after growing her nails for over 25 years.
The 63-year-old’s hands’ combined length of nails is 42 feet, 10.4 inches, with her left pinky nail being her shortest at 3 feet, 7 inches, and her right thumb being the longest of all her claws at 4 feet, 6.7 inches.
New record: Longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female)
Diana Armstrong (USA) has been growing her fingernails for over 25 years and has vowed to never cut them again…https://t.co/c8HTr4oDmd pic.twitter.com/7wnElFOn7M
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) August 2, 2022
Armstrong told her local outlet, “Anytime I thought about cutting them off, it gave me chills like I’m going through that grief all over again. I didn’t want to go through that again, so I just kept them. It’s like keeping her close to me.”
“When I started growing them, it wasn’t to be in the Guinness Book Of World Records,” she added. “Now, since I am, I tell people, you shouldn’t judge people because you don’t know what people have gone through.”
As well as being the current record for the longest fingernails on a pair of hands, they are also the longest ever recorded! pic.twitter.com/JUX6J8JgnD
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) August 2, 2022
Armstrong’s long nails have made ordinary chores like picking up things off the floor and zipping up clothes quite challenging. Her remedy? She used her toes.
“If I have to pick up money off the floor, I can pick up bills,” she noted. “But if I drop change on the floor, that will just stay down there!”
Armstrong has also given up driving since it is difficult for her to control a car with her fingernails.
Another complicated process is getting a manicure. Every four to five years, she goes to the nail salon. About 15 to 20 nail polish bottles and a woodworking tool for filing are needed.
“I think she [Latisha] would be proud of me because she’s the last one who did my nails,” Armstrong revealed. “That’s who I think of when I grow my nails is my daughter.”
