A LONG-LIMBED mother-of-two is challenging the current Guinness world record holder to claim the title of the world’s longest legs.

    Caroline Arthur, a former model who lives in Melbourne, has legs that measure a whopping 51.5 inches (130.8 cm) from hip to heel.

    The 39-year-old said, “I believe that they are definitely the longest in Australia and, as far as I know, in America too.

    “The lady in the Guinness Book of World Records (Russia’s Svetlana Pankratova) has legs that are 51.9 inches long so it’s quite close.

    “Because it’s so close I think it is worth contacting them and finding out exactly where they measure from and getting an official, accurate measurement done.”

    Dermotherapist Caroline is 188 cm tall — meaning her legs account for around 69 percent of her frame.

    Caroline has always struggled to find clothes that fit her long slim physique and is the subject of stares and astonished glances whenever she is out in public.

    “Mostly, I enjoy it,” said Caroline. “My friends always have to be a bit prepared when they venture out with me because people do stare — especially if I’m dressed up in heels.

    “I just know by now that if I’m going out with people in the evening, I’m going to get a lot of attention so I am sort of used to it.

    “I have had a few people say nasty things but mostly it’s great and people are really nice.”

    But body positive Caroline has not always been so confident in her appearance — she recalls being a self-conscious teenager who wanted to dress in ways that would disguise her height.

    She explained, “I definitely didn’t embrace my height and there was a real period where I didn’t feel beautiful or attractive at all.

    “I just wanted to be the same as everyone else.

    “I started modeling when I was around 15 and that gave me confidence.

    “My legs featured in a lot of stocking commercials and things but I was also rejected from a lot of jobs because of my height.

    “I was told that I’m too tall for Australian beauty standards and couldn’t model clothes because they just wouldn’t fit me.

    “So as much as I did get work because of my long legs, I also got knocked back for the same reason.”

    Caroline does seem to have passed her impressive height on to her two children, 13-year-old Cooper, who is already 188 cm and “midget” of the family, Zoe, who at 15 stands at 175.3 cm.

    Caroline’s mother, Janet Ware, however, is only 157.5 cm.

    (SD-Agencies)