A student at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Ololade Ayelabola, has set a record for the longest distance walked by a model.
She set out to walk 120 kilometres on October 1 at the indoor sports centre of UNILAG, but ended up clocking a total distance of 2,058 laps within the sports centre, representing 130.62km.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Ololade said her intention was to showcase the country’s creativity and fashion industry to the world.
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Her achievement is subject to verification and confirmation by the Guinness World Record, GWR. On September 21 in 1983, Roberta Brown and Lorraine McCourt walked 114.4 km (71.1 miles) in Dublin Ireland, setting the record.
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