Tuesday, February 17, 2015

 Longest Selfies Relay Chain: Samsung breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA -- Samsung smashed the Selfie Relay Chain Guinness World Records' record with 283 consecutive selfies at the #DITCHtheDSLR event at Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood and Highland promenade; entertainer and host of America's Got Talent, Nick Cannon, served as the event's emcee, taking photos with everyone who participated and setting the new world record for the Longest Selfies Relay Chain, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: 283 People Joined Samsung, Nick Cannon, Julianne Hough and Habitat LA to Break the Selfie Relay Chain Guinness World Records' record. Entertainer and host of America's Got Talent, Nick Cannon, served as the event's emcee, taking photos with everyone who participated. Actress and Dancing with the Stars' judge Julianne Hough also joined the attempt to benefit Habit for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA). Photo: Samsung/WRA ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the largest online photo album of self-portrait photographs (selfies) contains 103,690 photos and was achieved by Atasun Optik (Turkey), in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 September 2014.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most self-portrait photographs (selfies) taken simultaneously; it is 2,997 - achieved by the Scheduling Institute in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 24 October 2014.

    Samsung smashed the Selfie Relay Chain GUINNESS World Records' record with 283 consecutive selfies at the #DITCHtheDSLR event at Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood and Highland promenade.

   Entertainer and host of America's Got Talent, Nick Cannon, served as the event's emcee, taking photos with everyone who participated.

  Actress and Dancing with the Stars' judge Julianne Hough also joined the attempt to benefit Habit for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA).

   Habitat LA will use the $50,000 donation to build and renovate more homes throughout greater Los Angeles for more low-income, hardworking families and individuals.

   Photo enthusiasts lined up overnight for a chance to #DITCHtheDSLR for a Samsung NX30 or NX Mini camera. In total, hundreds of cameras were traded-in for state-of-the-art Samsung NX CSCs.