UK schoolgirl smashes new world record for ORIGAMI by making 1000 paper cranes | SWNS

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Published 2021-06-25
A schoolgirl didn't fold under pressure and set a new world record for the fastest ever ORIGAMI - by making 1,000 paper cranes. Evelyne Chia, 15, spent nine hours and 31 minutes creating the neat little paper birds - smashing the previous record of 12 hours. She spent six months in training for the record attempt which also raised over £2,300 for NHS Charities Together.

Origami is traditionally associated with Japanese culture, and folding 1,000 cranes is supposed to bring good fortune. But even skilled origamists don't usually accomplish the impressive milestone in just one sitting. Evelyne has just finished her GCSEs at Colchester County High School for Girls in Colchester, Essex. She began folding the little paper birds at 9am on Tuesday, and folded her 1,000th crane at 6.31pm.

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All Comments (11)
  • @fuckbankers
    In Japan you have a maximum time of one year! Congratulations and thank you.
  • @ichikaichi5458
    There was a girl also named Kize who also made 1,000 paper cranes and was able to donate it to the Make a Wish foundation. She is also a songwriter and she has raised 75 dollars, she is still collecting donations for the "Make a Wish" foundation. I just love how miracles happen.
  • @emilyc8815
    She's so fast. It took me 10 years to fold that much.
  • @hypemugen
    In the LA Noire game they say there's a legend that you get one wish if you make 1000 of them.
  • @progressivlucushope4ukraine209
    The Thousand Cranes Technique! Whoever has the patience to fold 1,000 origami cranes shall have any wish granted... What will Evelyne Chia wish for? (that's a Paper Mario: The Origami King reference for anyone confused.)
  • @Tweek_is_gay.
    If you seen the book of Sadako and the thousand paper cranes in the end she died so they made the Rest of it so she can have a happy life.and at the end of the book it show you how to make it