Check out Guinness World Records 2022 Watch the GWR’s Favourites Limboing is hard enough. Next, she balanced five plates on five poles (with one pole in her mouth) while limbo dancing under another pole. Lowest Limbo Roller-Skating - Guinness World Records. Shemika Charles' Judge Cuts performance in Episode 1209 consisted of first limbo dancing under a flaming bar. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell all voted 'Yes', sending Shemika to the Judge Cuts. Her audition in Episode 1203 consisted of limbo dancing underneath a low pole, a short obstacle course (with a pole on her chin), and finally under a truck. Her Vegas performance in Episode 611 was never televised, but her audition was not strong enough for the judges to send her to the Quarterfinals, eliminating her from the competition along with Kevin Shelley. She was sorted into the 'Danger Acts' category. Shemika Charles was one of the Judges' Favorites in the Vegas Round. Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel, and Sharon Osbourne all voted 'Yes,' sending her to the Vegas Round. Shemika Charles's audition in Episode 608 consisted of limbo dancing underneath a low flaming limbo pole. Shemika is proud to represent her native country by holding the world record in a field that they invented. Her native twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is not only the home of the Steel Pan – the only musical instrument invented in the 20th century, but it is also the birthplace of the Limbo Dance. Her framed certificate reads Kaitlyn Conner, a.k.a. The Mayor of Buffalo declared October 8th 2010, Shemika Charles Day in honor of her first Guinness World Record. Blue Springs native Kaitlyn Conner set a world record at the young age of 11. Shemika is a native of Trinidad and Tobago who now resides in Buffalo New York. The press coverage circled the globe from the Today Show with Kathy and Hoda, The Huffington Post, The New York Post, Business Insider, Men's Fitness, Cosmopolitan Magazine to news outlets in India, United Kingdom, China, Kenya, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and Australia, to name a few. The internet exploded when she broke another record to be the first person to limbo under a car. she competed in Beijing, China where she won her 2nd Guinness World Record for 'The Farthest Distance to Limbo under 12 inches.' Her first record in 2010 still holds as the lowest limbo dancer in the world. I think I was most impressed when she explained that she actually holds her breath so she can contort her body the right way when she limbos under the bar set at 8.5 inches.īut the impossible part is what got Campbell so interested in limbo.Shemika Charles is a two-time Guinness World Record holder for Limbo Dancing. Watching Campbell limbo under seemingly impossible bars is truly amazing. 'I had to carry on that legacy not only for my family but also for my culture.'

'My grandmother was a limbo dancer, my mother was a limbo dancer and it's only right that I'm a limbo dancer,' Campbell says in the video. Now, Campbell's keeping the tradition of the dance alive and following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother by doing so. Backwards Limbo Skating-world record set by Kaitlyn Conner BLUE SPRINGS, MO, USA - Eleven-year-old Kaitlyn Conner, a.k. Limbo dance was traditionally done at wakes to symbolize moving from one life to another. When you watch her limbo under a car, a snake, shelves, poles and people (yes, people) in this video, you'll see exactly why she's been called the 'Limbo Queen.'Īs Campbell explains in the video, limbo is actually a dance form that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, where she's from. LIMBO CITY - How low can you go? For Shemika Campbell, the answer is lower than anyone else in the world.Ĭampbell is a world-class limbo dancer and also the world record-holder for the lowest limbo at just 8.5 inches. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.

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