Guinness World Records: Tallest snowperson

Residents of Bethel, Maine, USA, and surrounding towns, built a snow woman measuring 37.21 m (122 ft 1 in) tall, over a period of one month, completing her on 26 February 2008.

13 million pounds of snow were used to build Olympia the snow woman. She was only a few feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty.

Eyelashes were made from eight pairs of skis, 48-ft-wide fleece hat, 8-ft-long nose made from chicken wire and painted cheesecloth, lips made from five red car tires, arms made from two 30-ft-tall spruce trees, 6-ft 6-in-wide snowflake pendant, 130-ft-long scarf, three 5-ft-wide truck tires as buttons

This week’s Guinness World Records:

Monday, 30 January

Tuesday, 31 January

Wednesday, 1 February

Thursday, 2 February

Friday 3 February

Last week’s records:

All records – 22 January – 27 January

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