PUERTO RICO BREAKS WORLD RECORD AS BASEBALL FANS GO BLOND

  • 25 Mar - 31 Mar, 2023
  • Mag The Weekly
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Puerto Rico broke the Guinness World Record for the most hair dyed, with 192 men dying their hair blond to support the U.S. territory's team, which is vying to win the World Baseball Classic after finishing second twice. As a joke, the team's players dyed their hair blond ahead of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, unintentionally sparking a dyeing craze in Puerto Rico that left pharmacies and beauty supply stores out of hair dye. The tournament is usually held every four years, but due to the pandemic, it was postponed by two years, so after six years of no dye jobs and no "Team Rubio!" cheers, many Puerto Ricans were curious to see if the trend would continue. The players obliged and repeated the tradition this year, and people in the island of overwhelmingly dark hair once again responded via platinum blond, dirty blond and even burnt orange locks and beards to show their support. “The more blond hair, the more united we’ll be as a people,” photographer Miguel Rodríguez Camilo said while waiting for his dark hair to change color. He was one of more than 200 men who showed up for the mass bleaching event. Some were disqualified for various reasons, including that they didn’t take the obligatory “before” picture.

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