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<div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><i></i><span style="font-size:1.2em;">ld&#8217;s longest dreadlocks has found love with a hair stylist whose massive dreadlocks rival her own.</span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Real-life &#8216;Rasta-Rapunzel&#8217;, Asha Mandela, has locks that measure a lengthy 55ft &#8211; longer than a London bus.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Now the 50-year-old, from Florida, has found a match made in heaven with new husband, Emmanuel Chege, a qualified hair stylist from Kenya.</span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>The 50-year-old from Florida has hair which weighs three stone and owns her own hair care business</b></span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>Asha found love with fellow Rastafarian Emmanuel Chege from Kenya who she married after eight months</b></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>Emmanuel spends up to two days a week caring for his wife&#8217;s massive dreadlocks </b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">The smitten couple mutually worship each other&#8217;s bountiful barnets and say that their beautifully maintained dreadlocks are their crowning glory.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha said: &#8216;It&#8217;s really added spice in the bedroom and it does not get in the way of anything at all.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;There are times when my hair will be on the bed with us and we can use it for whatever or we put it on the floor if we want it out of the way.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha and Emmanuel met online three years ago after he was struck by pictures of her famous dreadlocks on hair websites.</span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">He decided to contact Asha, and when she visited Kenya on business eight months later, the chemistry between them was undeniable.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">And after adoring Asha&#8217;s locks from a far, Emmanuel was eager to get his hands on her famous tresses.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">He said: &#8216;It was so amazing to see all this amount of hair. It was more than in my imagination.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;At first I thought maybe her locks were almost to her knees or to the ground, but the first glance when I saw her hair, it was so long, so it was so amazing and her beauty was so amazing too.&#8217;</span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>Asha claims that her massive hair does not cause any problems in bed especially for Emmanuel</b></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>The happy couple have been together for the past two years since Emmanuel moved to his wife in Florida</b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">A whirlwind romance followed, and within eight months of meeting, Asha and Emmanuel were married in America.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Now, almost two years later, Asha has entrusted the care of her precious dreads solely to Emmanuel.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Emmanuel, who has worked as a hair stylist for 15 years, spends his days lovingly grooming Asha&#8217;s three-stone dreadlocks.</span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">They take two days to wash and dry and require full-time care and Emmanuel devotes countless hours to their upkeep.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">He is also growing his own dreadlocks and hopes to become the male record holder in the future.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha said: &#8216;My husband helps me with everything with my hair. I&#8217;m so spoilt since he&#8217;s been taking care of it and I&#8217;ve got totally lazy.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;He will massage my scalp, groom my hair or twist or wash it. He does a really good job of taking care of it so that&#8217;s a plus.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Despite dedicating their lives to maintaining their locks, Asha and Emmanuel insist that their efforts are not a pursuit of vanity.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Emmanuel said: The purpose of me having locks is spiritual. I&#8217;m a Rastafarian, and locks symbolises a lot.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;I gives me a lot of positive energy and a lot of positive vibration &#8211; it&#8217;s like my antennas to the spiritual world.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;It&#8217;s part of my creation and it&#8217;s part of my body.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha often carries her hair in a handbag to prevent it trailing along the floor, but when she wears it loose the couple receive a lot of attention.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha said: &#8216;The reaction is always a Kodak moment, it&#8217;s always a conversation piece, especially when it&#8217;s out. They always want to take pictures.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;The reaction is always really positive, I&#8217;ve rarely had any negatives.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha, who owns her own hair product business, was told by doctors her dreadlocks would paralyse her if she kept on growing them as the weight of her hair is affecting her back.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Now Emmanuel is training her at the gym to strengthen her back muscles and Asha has already lost 65lbs.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">But although Asha admits her hair can be a hindrance at time, the couple says the positives far outweigh the negatives &#8211; especially in the bedroom.</span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><b>Emmanuel has even helped Asha in the gym where he has helped her lose some 65lbs in weight </b></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><span style="font-size:small;"><b>Doctors have warned Asha that she risks being paralysed because of the amount of weight she was carrying</b></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Emmanuel said: &#8216;In some instance maybe it adds up to some spices you know in our love life.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;There are some days she will sleep on the bed and put it on the ground, some days she will feel like letting it sleep on the bed with her so sometimes you might feel like it is three of us in the bed.&#8217;</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">The couple have talked about having children in the future, and hope their child will continue their dreadlocks legacy.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Asha said: &#8216;If we are blessed with children, no comb is going to go on their head.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;There will be locks straight from birth, however long that takes to come in.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">&#8216;If we going to be lucky enough to be blessed with a child, it&#8217;s going to be a cute little Rasta baby.&#8217; </span></div>
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