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Oct 22, 2008 8:59 am US/Eastern

South Florida Woman Goes For The Dreadlocks Record

MIAMI (CBS4) ― A South Florida woman's Rapunzel-like locks could earn her a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Asha Mandela, 46, said she started letting her hair grow 20 years ago. Today, it measures 8-feet, 9-inches long. She's submitted her hair's length to record book in hopes of being the first entry in a new category of World's Longest Dreadlocks.

Mandela said says she "used to wash it three times a week. Now I do it once a week. It's very tiring. Sometimes I don't have the energy."

It takes one bottle of shampoo and one bottle of conditioner every time she washes her hair and can sometimes take days to fully dry after she washes it.

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