Smallest Waist on a Living Person

Cathie Jung; Old Mystic, Connecticut, USA; As of 1999.

Cathie Jung's waist is about the same size as a regular jar of mayonnaise. She's been wearing a corset every day for the past 12 years, and she now wears one 24 hours a day. "I probably have around 100 of them," says the corset queen.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

Furthest Eyeball Popper

Kim Goodman; Chicago, Illinois, USA; June 13, 1998.

Kim Goodman of Chicago, Illinois, USA, can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 11 mm. (0.43 in) beyond her eye sockets. Her eyes were measured on the set of the television show Guinness World Records: Primetime on June 13, 1998.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

Gurning World Championships - Most Wins

Gordon Mattinson; Cumbria, UK; 1967-72 and 1974-77.

The Egremont Crab Apple Fair, Cumbria, is the venue of the World Gurning Championships (formerly known as the `Grinning for'bacca" contest). The competition is not limited to toothless old men, though they do make up a large proportion of the contestants. The only gurner to have won the World Championship ten times is Gordon Mattinson of Aspatria, Cumbria, from 1967-72 and 1974-77.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

Most Pierced Woman

Elaine Davidson; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; August 9, 2001.

By August 9, 2001, Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, had a record-breaking total of 720 piercings. She first broke the record in May 2000, when a Guinness World Records official examined her and found 462 piercings on various parts of her body, including 192 on her facial area alone.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007