Meet the woman with the world's biggest natural Afro!!!

[catlover79]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_975484.html

WATCH: Aevin Dugas Sets Record For World's Largest Natural Afro

First Posted: 9/22/11 10:30 AM ET Updated: 9/22/11 03:14 PM ET

Lots of women with natural hair lament the upkeep involved to keep their hair looking fly. But the logistics of their haircare ain't got nothing on Aevin Dugas.

Dugas' afro was measured by Guinness as an astonishing 4 feet, 4 inches around -- larger than lots of children in grade school -- which ranks as the biggest afro in the world, according to the folks at Guinness World Records.

The upside (besides the aforementioned flyness)? She always has a soft pillow to sleep on, regardless of where she is.

The downside? Dugas can't drive when her afro's blown and picked out. "If it's as big as it's gotten, I can’t see," Dugas told The Huffington Post. "I have no peripheral [vision]. I can't react quickly to anything." Once when she was closing her car door, she slammed it shut on her voluminous hair. "I've learned my lesson."

Dugas landed on Guinness' radar after a friend on Facebook suggested that she enter an online contest to find the world's biggest afro. Her hair has gotten even bigger since Guinness certified her last year. She and her friends measured her afro earlier this year, and it was a whopping 5 feet around. (Dugas, for the record, is five-foot-two.)

She only wears her hair big when she's going out. "It's more of a Friday-Saturday thing," she said. But prepping for those Fridays and Saturdays takes a few days. "What I do is a shampoo and condition, and then I put it in two French braids. From then, it takes about 2 days to dry."

After that, she moisturizes, picks it out and sprays it with a little water so it can kink up a bit.

The reaction to her hair is almost uniformly positive, she said. But as many women with naturals can attest, there's the annoying problem of strangers coming up to her to touch her hair. "I smile and try to be as nice as possible," Dugas said. "I've never slapped anybody's hand. I try and duck if I see them coming at me, [but] I don't mind them touching if they ask."

Dugas has been natural for 12 years, and said an old picture of her mother's afro originally inspired her to blow her own hair out. "I was like, 'One of these days, I'm going to wear my hair like that.'"

Now she elicits the same reaction from younger children who her see her big hair. "I love the little kids, because a lot of little black girls say, 'I want to wear my hair like that!'"

[tiredmike59]

Would hate to have her in front of me at the movies.

[Family Ties Forever!]

I think that would be too much work to maintain that hair. Imagine if she got anything caught in her hair.

If she wants she can straigthen her hair and go for the Cousin It look.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by tiredmike59

Would hate to have her in front of me at the movies.

That's what the sportscaster on my local news said!! (They segued right from that story to sports.)

[PZelda]

Oh man. In the last picture, it reallllllllly looks like her hair is a wig. Now I'm curious to see what her hair looks like when it isn't an afro.

[robyrob]

man, imagine how much STUFF she could hide in there!!!!

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by robyrob

man, imagine how much STUFF she could hide in there!!!!

My thought exactly!!

[old grouch]

Can you imagine her going through security at the airport???

[MrCleveland]

She could play a great Foxxy Brown!

[phoebe7165]

Hmm....Phoebe7165's idea for a Halloween costume....

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by phoebe7165

Hmm....Phoebe7165's idea for a Halloween costume....

THIS I have to see.

[Dork]

She must think she is still in the 70's

[catlover79]

Put her in flourescent bellbottoms and platform shoes and she'd fit right in on the old Soul Train. Mr. Don Cornelius should give this gal a lifetime supply of Afro Sheen!!!!

[Ohio8]

Originally Posted by catlover79

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_975484.html

WATCH: Aevin Dugas Sets Record For World's Largest Natural Afro

First Posted: 9/22/11 10:30 AM ET Updated: 9/22/11 03:14 PM ET

Lots of women with natural hair lament the upkeep involved to keep their hair looking fly. But the logistics of their haircare ain't got nothing on Aevin Dugas.

Dugas' afro was measured by Guinness as an astonishing 4 feet, 4 inches around -- larger than lots of children in grade school -- which ranks as the biggest afro in the world, according to the folks at Guinness World Records.

The upside (besides the aforementioned flyness)? She always has a soft pillow to sleep on, regardless of where she is.

The downside? Dugas can't drive when her afro's blown and picked out. "If it's as big as it's gotten, I can’t see," Dugas told The Huffington Post. "I have no peripheral [vision]. I can't react quickly to anything." Once when she was closing her car door, she slammed it shut on her voluminous hair. "I've learned my lesson."

Dugas landed on Guinness' radar after a friend on Facebook suggested that she enter an online contest to find the world's biggest afro. Her hair has gotten even bigger since Guinness certified her last year. She and her friends measured her afro earlier this year, and it was a whopping 5 feet around. (Dugas, for the record, is five-foot-two.)

She only wears her hair big when she's going out. "It's more of a Friday-Saturday thing," she said. But prepping for those Fridays and Saturdays takes a few days. "What I do is a shampoo and condition, and then I put it in two French braids. From then, it takes about 2 days to dry."

After that, she moisturizes, picks it out and sprays it with a little water so it can kink up a bit.

The reaction to her hair is almost uniformly positive, she said. But as many women with naturals can attest, there's the annoying problem of strangers coming up to her to touch her hair. "I smile and try to be as nice as possible," Dugas said. "I've never slapped anybody's hand. I try and duck if I see them coming at me, [but] I don't mind them touching if they ask."

Dugas has been natural for 12 years, and said an old picture of her mother's afro originally inspired her to blow her own hair out. "I was like, 'One of these days, I'm going to wear my hair like that.'"

Now she elicits the same reaction from younger children who her see her big hair. "I love the little kids, because a lot of little black girls say, 'I want to wear my hair like that!'"

"...you can't get a stocking over one of them naturals." -- Fred Sanford

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Ohio8

"...you can't get a stocking over one of them naturals." -- Fred Sanford