Ayelabola Ololade, a final Computer Science student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has broken the 41-year old Guinness World Record for the longest distance catwalk by a model.
The previous record was held by two Ireland models in September 1983.
The event, which took place at the UNILAG indoor sports centre from October 1-5 saw a roaring cheer from family, friends and well-wishers supporting her till she achieved the milestone.
Sharing her feelings on achieving the milestone, Ololade said: “Mixed feelings actually it feels great to be breaking the record but you know beyond feeling seeing everybody around being inspired making some decisions saying some things really shows that it’s a job well done even though we just like broke the record it’s not like we’ve gotten any verification yet or any that but seeing some results already it’s a good.”
She appreciated her parents, volunteers and other stakeholders saying the milestone wouldn’t have been achieved without them.
Advising other models, Ololade urged that they “dare to dream”, having it in mind that whatever they set to achieve is possible with the right attitude towards it.
She broke the 41-year old record with 2058 laps, cat-walking 130.62km to beat Roberta Brown and Lorraine McCourt who cat-walked for 114.4 km.