“What worked for me was Guinness Beer for starters,” said Paul. He says alcohol actually works as fertilizer to promote growth. Paul also has a few tips and tricks for those looking to grow their very own long English moustache. “I believe that it is safe to say she likes it.” “In addition, my wife has told me that if I were to come home with the moustache trimmed or removed, she would serve me with divorce papers,” said Paul. In fact, he has been asked if he would shave or trim his moustache for employment and his answer has always been no. Paul says he does not intend to ever cut or shave his moustache. “The European community ( WBMA) was contacted regarding my submission for the record attempt and after a few weeks it was determined that no one in the WBMA currently had an English moustache as long as mine.” “I had to submit specific pictures documenting the exact length as well as some head shots,” said Paul. Paul submitted for the Guinness World Records record attempt for the longest moustache on a living person (male) in September 2022, admitting that it was a very difficult and demanding process. “In addition, when I am out of the house there is not a day that goes by when someone doesn’t ask to take a picture.” “Of course, those are the folks that are bold enough to say anything,” he said. However, he has found that most of the folks that he encounters like it. Paul says people who see him either like his moustache or hate it. “In fact, the 1st and 2nd place winners in the 2017 WBMC in Austin, Texas, spent at least a week waxing their moustaches,” said Paul. Most individuals with such long moustaches can spend upwards of 15 to 30 minutes or longer on styling, but it actually takes Paul longer to heat the wax than to style his moustache. Paul does not have a specific styling regimen other than using Clubman Moustache Wax. “Also, I must be aware of battery terminals and paper shredders.” “I refuse to work an engine that is running,” he joked. Paul says the current length of his moustache allows him to “feel” the walls as he passes by them if he is close enough. “All of which had podiumed in regional, national, and/or world competitions. “There were around a dozen competitors in the English Moustache Category,” said Paul. The competition was attended by 790 competitors from 33 countries across 26 facial hair categories.īy WBMA standards, competitors were restricted to competing in just one category each. “He also told me that I should compete in the English moustache category.” “We met a couple of times before then and he told me that I had to acquire a costume as it would enhance the moustache,” said Paul. “Well, much to my surprise, I won the Best of Show award.”Īfter moving to Charleston, South Carolina in 2011, Paul met a gentleman by the name of Paul Roof who suggested he compete in the September 2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships taking place in Austin, Texas. “Then I was told that there was a Best of Show award and that I had to stay for that,” he said. “There were six contestants in the moustache category, and I happened to take first place.”īeing that it was his first moustache competition, Paul thought he was done and could leave. “At the county fair, there was a moustache category along with a few beard categories,” said Paul. One day, he was singled out at a local motorcycle event in Tacoma, Washington and was asked to compete in a facial hair competition. Paul says he never trimmed his moustache and let it grow to see how long it would get. “She stated, ‘Don’t kiss me after you have trimmed your moustache because it’s just like kissing a wire brush!’ So, from that day on I just let it go.” One day after I trimmed the moustache, I went to kiss my wife and she pushed me away and complained,” said Paul. “As the story goes…I used to keep my moustache short. Paul has had his moustache just shy of 30 years. The "English" is defined by The Handlebar Club as "Slender, beginning from the middle of the upper lip with the hairs extremely long and pulled to the side. The moustache must also be combable, although styling products may be used in competition. In competitive moustache-growing, a moustache is defined as hair growing only from the top lip, with whiskers growing from up to a maximum of 1.5 cm beyond the end of the upper lip. It was a particularly proud moment for Paul, who has been perfecting his facial hair for the last three decades. That's about the same length as a four-month-old baby! The “English” style moustache measured 63.5 cm (2 ft 1 in) when submitted for competition in the US National Beard and Moustache Championships in Casper, Wyoming, US, on 12 November 2022. Paul Slosar of Summerville, South Carolina, US, is feeling fan-tache-tic after being recognized for having the longest moustache on a living person (male).
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