Recently, 24-year-old Bhanu Prakash decided to do the impossible and break the world record for the most selfies taken in one hour. This guy is so dedicated that he even quit his full time job as a research assistant at a hospital so that he could train full time to perfect his selfie taking abilities. (Crazy, right?)
NFL player Patrick Peterson currently holds the record for the most selfies with an astounding amount of 1,449 selfies taken in one hour.
Believe or not, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sparked Prakash’s interest in the whole selfie craze.
In an interview with BuzzFeed, Bhanu stated,
I was on my way back home, and a few guys were talking about Dwayne Johnson’s record of 105 selfies in three minutes. When I reached home, I did some research work for the application process and fell in love with selfies
So far, Prakash has been able to 1,700 selfies in one hour, but his goal is to try and take 1,800 selfies in the same time frame. To prepare for the actual attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, he has been doing various hand and wrist exercises in addition to getting himself a tripod and selfie stick to practice his selfie talking at different angles.
Bhanu’s family has been nothing but support of his efforts to break the world record. He told BuzzFeed his parents were initially disappointed that he quit his job for this, but eventually they accepted it. In fact, they’re happy that he’s trying something new and unique.
Bhanu’s official attempt is going to be on September 18. Good luck, Bhanu – may every selfie angle be in your favor.
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