Meet The Woman With The World's Longest Tongue (It Measures A Whopping Four Inches)
Meet The Woman With The World's Longest Tongue
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Adrianne Lewis believes she has the world’s longest tongue measuring a whopping 4 inches.
The 18-year-old is now globally recognised after a photo of her sticking her tongue out went viral online.
Her serpent-like appendage can touch her nose, chin, elbow, and even her eye with a little help.
And she is currently in talks with Guinness World Records and waiting to see if she’s the new record holder.
The current record holder is Nick Stoeberl's 3.9-inch long tongue.
Adrianne Lewis
Adrianne said: “I feel as though I may have inherited it but I think with time and me sticking out my tongue a lot as a kid could have stretched it.
“My mum, grandmother and my great grandfather all had very long tongues.
“In elementary school I was made fun of a lot - I would just flick my tongue in bullies' faces and freak them out."
Adrianne, from Twin Lake, Michigan always knew she had a long tongue but decided to submit herself to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not when she was 13-years-old.
She said: “I didn’t think anything would happen because I sent in things to Guinness and was rejected three times.
“A few days later I got an email saying, ‘your tongue is really cool, we’d like to see more.’
“They said they’d like to feature me and I love Ripley’s so it was exciting to be in the books.”
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Adrianne created her own YouTube channel two years ago to showcase all of her tricks.
She said: “People started viewing after I made my first video, and I already had 250 views the first day.
“I started making more videos and it was basically about my tongue - I have 814 subscribers on my channel now.
“Someone also posted my picture on I-Funny and I had a friend from Colorado text me and tell me he saw me on the site.
“The next week I had a friend from Africa send me a message also, so it’s not just in my town, it’s people all over the world who have seen me.”