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Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
On the eve of the publication of Guinness' 2012 records, take a look at all the Guinness freakishness: the winners and the failed attempts. Rihanna stands as a winner of the Guinness Records 2012 by having a number one single in UK charts every year since 2007 (AFP)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Tthe fairy tale wedding of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge makes the 2012 Guinness records for the Most Live Streams for a Single Event. (AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis,)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off her fingernails that total 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters) in length September 14, 2011 at the New York Public Library, setting a record that puts her in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book. Walton's nails measure 10 feet 2 inches (3.1 meters) on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 meters) on her right hand and has been growing her nails for 18 years. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Chris "The Dutchess" and Guinness record-breaking fingernails (AFP) Photo
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
The hit TV show Glee makes the cut by having hit singles in a year with over 40 singles reaching triumphant (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Academy of Television Arts & Sciences members. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
The TV show House takes the title of Most popular show on TV by the number of audience worldwide.
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
U2 made so much money out of their famous 360 tour that they win the title for highest grossing music tour (AP Photo)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Eddie Opler (R), CEO of World's Finest Chocolate company,and Kimberly Partrick of Guinness World Records pose next to a 12,290 pound chocolate bar which set a new record September 13, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (AFP Photo)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Romanians, one holding a dummy, celebrate during a CPR techniques training organized by Romania's ambulance service in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in an attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, on its 105th year in existence, for the largest training session in the world. The attempt was successful, with 7,404 people attending the event, according to local media, more than the previous record held by Mexico.(Ap Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
A Romanian paramedic (REUTERS photo)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
A Romanian paramedic holds a plastic CPR training mannequin while Romanian volunteers learn how to save lives by practicing CPR on 700 plastic models, in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, at Dinamo stadium in Bucharest July 26, 2011. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel) Chris "The Dutchess" Walton (AFP PHOTO)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Marineland Melanesia owner George Craig (back L) watches over saltwater crocodile Cassius Clay as his pool is drained so he can be measured on Green Island on September 15, 2011. Cassius, measuring 5.48 metres-long and weighing close to a tonne, was officially declared the world's largest crocodile in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records. Guinness World Records spokesman Chris Sheedy said however that the crocodile's record may be brief after reports earlier this month of a monster 6.4-metre beast that was trapped in the southern Philippines. A( AFP PHOTO / AAP / BRIAN CASSEY)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Johnny Depp's paycheck of $47 million got him into the list for the highest amount of money made for an actor during the same period. (AP Photo/Disney, Peter Mountain)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Not all makes the list. Karla Olivares-Sosa Ysunza tried to make her underwater wedding a winner when 205 certified divers participated in the wedding. According to Guinness World Records, the previous record for largest underwater wedding was set on June 12, 2010 when 261 divers participated in the wedding ceremony of Italians Francesca Colombi and Giampiero Giannoccaro in Elba Island. (REUTERS Photo)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Divers enter the sea in Punta Venado beach during the underwater wedding of Italian Alberto Dal Lago and Karla Olivares-Sosa Ysunza of Mexico in Playa del Carmen July 17, 2011. Dal Lago said that 205 certified divers participated in the wedding which was an attempt at breaking the previous Guinness Record set for such an event, in addition to bringing awareness towards creating laws for protecting bull sharks in the area. According to Guinness World Records, the previous record for largest underwater wedding was set on June 12, 2010 when 261 divers participated in the wedding ceremony of Italians Francesca Colombi and Giampiero Giannoccaro in Elba Island. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Roger Allsopp, (L) a retired British breast cancer surgeon, is presented with a Guinness World Records certificate in Dover, southern England, on August 31, 2011. A 70-year-old grandfather on Wednesday became the oldest person to swim across the English Channel, eventually making it to France after a marathon slog of almost 18 hours. Roger Allsopp waded into the chilly sea at Shakespeare Beach in Dover, southeast England, at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) on Tuesday, aiming for Cap Gris-Nez on the northeast French coast, some 21 miles (34 kilometres) away. AFP PHOTO/ STRINGER
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Roger Allsopp, (AFP PHOTO)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Dominican Republic's students, from right, Carlos Jose Reyes, Martha Esther Madera and Cristian Rodriguez celebrate after receiving their certificate from the Guinness World Records for setting the new mark of 300 straight hours of reading aloud in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday July 20, 2011. Five students, to raise awareness about books in the Dominican Republic, broke the previous record of 240 hours set in 2009 by a group of women from Miami Dade College in the US. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
On the eve of the publication of Guinness' 2012 records, take a look at all the Guinness freakishness: the winners and the failed attempts. Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off her fingernails that total 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters) that placed herself in the 2012 book. (AFP PHOTO/)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
British music sensation Adele earns the title of 2012 Guinness record-breaker for having the highest number of singles and albums in UK charts at the same time (AP Photo)
Guinness World Records: Winners and Losers
Another 2012 record-breaker: Harbor, an 8 year old coonhound from Bolder Co. displays his winning ears for 2012 for the Dog With The Longest Ears in Bachelor Gulch, Co. (AP Photo)
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