Shemika Charles, a world record-holding limbo queen has set a new world record by becoming the first person to ever shimmy under a car.
Shemika amazed herself and onlookers when she completed the feat bent over backwards to get underneath the SUV earlier this week.
Shemika amazed herself and onlookers when she completed the feat bent over backwards to get underneath the SUV earlier this week.
She trains six hours a day to keep her body in good shape and now travels around the Unites States performing with her family.
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Before setting the new world record, the girl said: "I'm just so emotional about getting underneath it. The clearance is around 22.86 centimeters but certain parts are lower than others so it took a lot of concentration and controlled breathing. I want to do it again.
"I began my limbo career at the age of fourteen and I immediately recognised that I had a unique talent. I know that it's dangerous but I'm in really good shape and I have no intention of stopping.
"I love to limbo and I love to see the looks on people's faces when I get down low – it looks impossible so they're always really surprised. My mother sometimes worries because of the injuries she has received but I know what I'm doing."
Her mother was also a successful limbo dancer in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago but had to give up due to injury.
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Shemika, who lives in Buffalo, New York, has appeared on America's Got Talent and now regularly performs at half-time shows during basketball games across the country.
She is paid a staggering $2,300 for her 15-minute performances meaning the limbo obsessive commands an hourly rate of over $9,000.
Medical professionals are amazed by her flexibility, they say that the most people would suffer serious injuries to their hips and back if they attempted the same stunts.
However, doctors as well as Shemika's parents worry for her health and she has to visit her chiropractor once a week to have her hips realigned and her back examined.
"I began my limbo career at the age of fourteen and I immediately recognised that I had a unique talent. I know that it's dangerous but I'm in really good shape and I have no intention of stopping.
"I love to limbo and I love to see the looks on people's faces when I get down low – it looks impossible so they're always really surprised. My mother sometimes worries because of the injuries she has received but I know what I'm doing."
Her mother was also a successful limbo dancer in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago but had to give up due to injury.
She is paid a staggering $2,300 for her 15-minute performances meaning the limbo obsessive commands an hourly rate of over $9,000.
Medical professionals are amazed by her flexibility, they say that the most people would suffer serious injuries to their hips and back if they attempted the same stunts.
However, doctors as well as Shemika's parents worry for her health and she has to visit her chiropractor once a week to have her hips realigned and her back examined.
By Barcroft TV