Puerto Rico breaks world record as baseball fans go blond

Published March 10, 2023 4:34 PM

By DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The blonds are back. Puerto Rico on Friday broke the Guinness World record for the most hair dyed. A total of 192 men went blond to support the U.S. territory’s team that is vying to win the World Baseball Classic after finishing twice as runner-up. The team’s players first dyed their hair blond ahead of the 2017 World Baseball Classic as a joke. It unexpectedly unleashed a dyeing craze in Puerto Rico that left pharmacies and beauty supply stores bereft of hair dye. The players repeated the tradition this year, and people in the island of overwhelmingly dark hair once again responded.

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