Hyderabad: The Guinness Book of Records introduces us to many such things that we would rarely even imagine about. And this time it is this 31-year-old woman from Connecticut called Samantha Ramsdell who is confirmed as possessing the world’s largest mouth gape in the female category.
Her larger mouth stretches to a gigantic 6.52 cm, which is way larger than the size of a normal human mouth, the records’ statement mentioned.
Samantha got the idea of appealing for the record from her youngster fans on Tik Tok as the videos of her unbelievably expanding mouth became popular on the video-sharing platform. Despite the fact that many online users assumed she had the record, there was only one way to confirm it officially. So, when she visited her dentist’s office in South Norwalk, Connecticut, an official adjudicator was made available to measure her gape for the Guinness World Records title.
Dr Elke Cheung measured the length and width of Sam’s mouth with digital callipers to estimate its maximum stretch. Adjudicator Spencer Cammarano averaged the data following taking all of the measurements to validate the ultimate record-breaking amount.
However, the big mouth was not always a boon for Sam. In her childhood days, she recollects being tormented and teased by the other children and was also dubbed ‘big bass mouth’ among other things. But with time her mouth evolved into a quality she learned to love and accept, and she now aspires to inspire people to embrace the aspects of themselves that define who they are.
Watch her video of fitting a whole green apple, two cheeseburgers and a pack of fries completely in her larger than life mouth: