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  • 4/18/2025
Three-time Guinness record holder, the girl with the world’s longest hair chopped them off after 12 years. Nilanshi Patel tells Brut why she took that step.
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00:00I'm known as world's real-life Rapunzel, I break three times Vinish world record and
00:10many more records.
00:30I have such a great opportunity or I have three options either I can auction my hair
00:50or I can donate it to the conservation or I can put my extraordinary record-breaking
00:55hair to the USA museum.
00:58My mom told me that your hair is made to inspire people, so that's why you should put your
01:11hair in the USA museum.
01:18People will see and be inspired by my hair, inspired to break my record and know the whole
01:27journey behind my hair, so it's a really proud moment for me.
01:39I was a little bit nervous, I was a little bit sad.
01:48At that time I had really horrible haircut and it's really bad and I cried a lot and
01:56then I decided that I will not cut my hair.
01:59This is the new beginning, when I cut my hair at the age of six, that was the new beginning
02:21and now this is the new beginning.
02:29Yeah, I am looking like a princess but I am still Rapunzel.