Nigerian wig artisan Helen Williams has etched her name into the prestigious Guinness Book of World Records by creating the longest handmade wig ever recorded, as announced on the GWR site. 

The longest handmade wig is 351.28 m (1,152 ft 5 in) and was wigged in Agba Ebule, Nigeria, on July 7 at Lagos Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos, after getting approval from GWR.

The wigmaker announced on Instagram that she had been documented as making the longest handmade wig in the world. After that, she posted a video on Friday receiving the award delivered to her. 

From devouring Guinness World Record books as a kid to making headlines herself, Helen’s journey has come full circle. 

As a pro wigmaker, she set her sights on a record she knew she could nail, driven by a dream of one day making it into those pages she used to flip through.

As an entrepreneur, wigmaker, wig instructor, and the CEO of Hair Rita 9ja, Helen started her hair business in 2019. 

Helen recounted on her Instagram page that it was not a walk in the park because, even when the coffers were running low, she “made it a point not to dip into her initial capital.”

Driven by the passion to make every woman feel beautiful without breaking the bank, Helen said, “No matter the budget, every woman deserves to look good.” 

With this ethos in mind, she made thousands of wigs, contributing her creations to various e-commerce platforms in Nigeria.