Hair-raising: Circus star lifts 12-stone weight using just her braids A Mexican circus performer has smashed a Guinness World Record by hoisting 166lbs using nothing but her hair. 13 May 2026 A circus star has stunned crowds after lifting the weight of a full‑grown adult using nothing more than her braids. Credit: Avalon Diana Elizabeth Batres Hermosillo, from from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, who has spent 26 years performing jaw‑dropping physical stunts, took on her wildest challenge yet at the Le Paz Theatre.