Meet the woman whose record-breaking mouth gape went viral on TikTok
If you’re ever scrolling through TikTok and encounter a woman with style, a sense of humor, and an incredibly large mouth, you’ve most likely stumbled upon Guinness World Records title holder Samantha Ramsdell. The 31-year-old Connecticut resident is every dentist’s dream. With a larger-than-life mouth that stretches at a massive 6.52 cm, she’s been confirmed for having the world’s largest mouth gape (female) after going viral on TikTok for her sizeable jaw.
According to Sam, “the children of TikTok” were convinced she had a world record mouth after seeing her stretch it in one of her videos and encouraged her to go after the record. Although many online users were certain she had the record, there was only one way to verify it officially. So recently we met Sam in her local dentist’s office in South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA with an official adjudicator present to measure her gape for the Guinness World Records title.
Dr. Elke Cheung used digital calipers to calculate the length and width of Sam’s mouth to determine its maximum stretch. After taking all measurements, adjudicator Spencer Cammarano averaged the data to confirm the final record-breaking total.
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American woman bullied for her big mouth turns it into TikTok stardom & Guinness World Record
Described by the record keeper as being the owner of "every dentist's dream", the 31-year-old first garnered attention on TikTok, where she used her incredibly large mouth for comedic effect.
Her account — which at the time of writing has over 1.7 million followers — features videos of her shovelling large portions of food into her mouth or generally just opening it in an extremely wide fashion.
The Connecticut, United States, resident told Guinness that it was followers on TikTok who had convinced her that her mouth might be of world record quality. That led her to getting it officially verified. The measuring process was conducted by a local dentist with digital callipers and under the watchful eye of an official Guinness adjudicator.
