UNILAG Student Breaks 41-year-Old Guiness World Record

Ayelabola Ololade, a final Computer Science student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), a Model and advocate for Inclusivity and Modelling diversity, has broken a 41 year old Guiness World Record for the longest catwalk by a model. She completed this grear feat at the Sports center in UNILAG from October 1-5. She broke the 41-year old record with 2058 laps, cat-walking 130.62km to beat Roberta Brown and Lorraine McCourt who cat-walked for 114.4 km. 

Sharing her feelings on achieving the milestone, Ololade said: “Mixed feelings actually it feels great to be breaking the record but you know beyond feeling seeing everybody around being inspired making some decisions saying some things really shows that it’s a job well done even though we just like broke the record it’s not like we’ve gotten any verification yet or any that but seeing some results already it’s a good.”

She extended her gratitude to  her parents, volunteers and other stakeholders saying the milestone wouldn’t have been achieved without them. “Even God will not deny the fact that he uses men of  course God Almighty but then God uses men, there is nothing God will do on it that he will do that he will do without men so yes men from every single person from the Vice Chancellor to Professor Adebisi, to the entrepreneurship skill development centre to my family, my uncles, my friends, my models to everybody that i just met recently to team members to volunteers to every single person, they made it happen because I can’t be walking on stage and thinking about diesel I can’t be walking on stage to my PA to my best friend yeah that’s my PA to every every single person that traveled from Abuja, Benin,  Port Harcourt,  every single person that didn’t charge me a penny just to be a part of this event they all made it happen because it wouldn’t have been possible without them.