READ MORE: Woman with world's longest nails heartbroken after losing them in freak accidentWhile Diana is blown away by the fact she’s a world record holder, the events that lead her here are devastating.She made the decision to stop cutting her nails in 1997 after the tragic death of her daughter.While she was shopping, she received a panicked call from her youngest daughter, telling her that her other daughter wouldn’t wake up.At just 16 years old, Diana’s daughter, Latisha, had passed away in her sleep from an asthma attack."That was the worst day of my life," Diana told the Guinness World Records.Diana, who has always had longer than average nails, used to have them manicured by Latisha every weekend.Just the day before her sudden death, Latisha spent time polishing Diana’s nails.
Now the mother can’t bear to cut them.Diana explained that she battled depression for a decade, and growing out her nails was her way of keeping her late daughter in her thoughts.Throughout the years that followed, her children tried convincing her to trim her fingernails as they became embarrassed by what people were saying.Once she finally revealed her motives to her children, she was met with acceptance and understanding."When she told us the back story, it kind of changed my feelings towards it," Diana’s daughter, Rania, said."Because just as much as she missed my sister, I missed her too.
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