


The author of this imaginative photo says what you see above is one of her Gasparilla Festival (Tampa Bay) costume ideas - big hair rules! She adds, "I am working on ideas for Tampa's annual Gasparilla Festival and this may work as part of a pirate wench theme... I did not use this exactly but something close... Of course, it works for Fantasy Fest and Hedonism resort trips also!"
An update from Ann: "My Gasparilla costume photo is always popular because in boots I'm over 7 feet tall. :-) Ann
Photo: German actress Claudia Ciesla during the promotion of her Indian film 'Karma' at PVR Plaza, New Delhi, India on Wednesday 10 June 2009.
Dutch Mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, 25, is a singer who is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica. She is noted for her long hair that adds to her personality during live concerts.
This woman too is from China, and she is walking through a market in a town there, as per details found with this photo. Read the board on the shop featured on the photo for exact location.
The author of this photo says, "The longest hair I’ve ever seen! Apparently this is the longest hair my dad's ever seen and he had to take a picture." Possibly, in his area, or even in entire Sri Lanka, I am not sure. But definitely, there are record holders like Xie Qiuping (China) with hair as long as 5.6 meters (18 feet 5.54 inches).
Xie Qiuping, a Chinese woman who holds the record for world's longest hair, began growing her hair to its current length in 1973 at the age of 13. On 8 May 2004, her hair was measured to be 5.627 meters (18 ft 5.54 in) by Guinness World Records.
Ksenia Sukhinova (also spelt as Ksenya Sukhinova or Kseniya Sukhinova), 22, winner of Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008 pageants, lives in Tyumen, Siberia, Russia where she was studying cybernetic systems at the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University. Ksenya is noted for her hairstyle with blonde, long and flowing hair. A big fan of sports, she has been practicing calisthenics, swimming and biathlon since childhood.
Kseniya Sukhinova was the second runner-up at the Miss World 2008 Beach Beauty competition, winner of Miss World Top Model 2008, and on 13 December 2008, she was crowned Miss World at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first runner up was India's Parvathy Omanakuttan and the second runner up was Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago. Kseniya was the second Russian contestant to win the Miss World crown after Julia Kourotchkina who won in 1992.
About her victory she said, "I am very glad to have brought this crown to Russia. I am proud that it is Russia that got the crown and I devote my victory to the whole country and to its every citizen…" She also said that she hoped to improve ‘Russia's international image to show the world that a girl from Russia could personify kindness, beauty and happiness.’