Now here's someone who is a hometown hero.
Tami Manis of Knoxville, Tennessee, has been growing her hair out in a mullet since the year 1990 and just set the Guinness World Record for the longest competitive female mullet, measuring in at 5ft, 8in long.
This is 'Merica right here. A working-class gal from Rocky Top growing out the world's longest mullet, the most American hairstyle in the world.
It makes you proud to live in the U-S-of-A!
She found the style she liked and, by golly, she stuck with it.
"It was the eighties and everybody had a rat tail," she said, adding that she was first inspired to grow a mullet after watching Til Tuesday's music video "Voices Carry."
"The girl had a rat tail and I really wanted one of those," said Manis.
Tami chopped off her mullet in '89 but immediately regretted it and started again in 1990 and she's still going strong.
Tami has a friend come by and braid the mullet once a week to keep it under control and says when she's riding her motorcycle (because of course she has a motorcycle), she just tucks the end of the mullet into her pocket.
I think we, as Americans, ought to recognize her for this tremendous accomplishment.
Last year, she placed second in the "Femullet" division of the 2022 US Mullet Championships and won the accompanying $300 prize, an experience that encouraged her to apply for the Guinness World Record.
After a long process, including filming her hair to show its length, Manis received a package on her front porch informing her of the official record.
"When I opened it, I thought, ‘this is amazing,'" she said.
American hero.
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