May 8 (UPI) — A Mexican circus performer showed off the strength of her scalp by lifting a 166.11-pound weight with her hair.
Diana Elizabeth Batres Hermosillo, who has been performing circus feats for 26 years, took on the Guinness World Record for the heaviest weight lifted with the hair (female) at the Le Paz Theatre in San Luis, Potosi, on Feb. 28.
Hermosillo put her long hair into twin braids that she tied together at the ends and used them to lift 166.11 pounds of weight. She kept the weight off the ground for 14 seconds.
She took the record from Indian weightlifter Asha Rani, who used her hair to lift 122.58 pounds in 2014.
Hermosillo said she trained for six months to be able to withstand the immense pressure on her scalp, neck and back.