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This Model May Have the Longest Legs Ever

If you thought Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner had some pretty lengthy stems, make way for model Chase Kennedy, who claims to have the longest legs in the American modeling industry.


According to local news outlet the Tribune, the San Luis Obispo, California, native stands 6'4" tall and wears size 11 shoes, and her legs measure 51 inches from hip to heel! Kennedy inherits her long limbs from her statuesque family. Her mother stands 5'11", and her father is a towering 6'7". She also has two brothers who far surpass the 6-foot mark.

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Modeling scouts have been trying to book Kennedy since she was 14, but her mother insisted that she wait until she was 18 to get into the biz. Now, at 22, she’s doing ad campaigns, has participated in New York Fashion Week, and was featured in the music video for Lady Gaga’s song “G.U.Y.”

And while you might think her impressive height would guarantee her just about any gig, Kennedy says it has prevented her from booking jobs in the past. In Los Angeles, most casting calls were for models 5'11" and shorter, so Kennedy would sometimes lie about her height just to get her foot in the door, she tells the Tribune.

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Basketball coach Svetlana Pankratova has the longest legs on record. (Photo: Getty Images)

Incredibly, though, Kennedy’s legs do not qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records. Kennedy falls less than an inch short of the woman who holds the title for the longest legs in the world: Russian-born basketball coach Svetlana Pankratova of Falls Church, Virginia, has a pair of pins that measure 51.9 inches long!

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Other models have been noticed for their long legs in the past, including Lauren Williams, a 6'4" model who was invited by 5'3" Kelly Ripa to appear next to her on Live With Kelly and Michael, to hilarious results. “You know her legs are all the way up to my nipples. Not kidding. That’s true,” joked Ripa. “That’s where her legs stop.”

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And Chinese model Dong Lei, 20, captured the global Internet’s attention with her insanely long legs, which, according to the Daily Mail (via People’s Daily Online), measure a staggering 3.75 feet long each—about the height of a 7-year-old child.

Kennedy is confident in her body — though she wasn’t always. Once self-conscious of being taller than everyone in her class, she now embraces her figure as much as the modeling industry does. That said, Kennedy doesn’t want modeling to be her full-time job. She has her sights set on a career in hospitality as either an event planner or a winery or brewery manager.

And she’s intent on being a success. She tells the Tribune that her height “makes me stand out, makes me different. I’ve just learned to love it.”

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