Marawa Ibrahim makes 2015 Guinness World Records from Australia

YOU’LL never guess what this Australian woman is famous for, as she joins a bunch of talented people who have qualified for the 2015 Guinness World Records Book.

Hula-hooping sensation Marawa Ibrahim rolls into town for her new show, Exotica. She will take up to 70 hoops out for a spin at any one time during the Melbourne Circus Festival at the National Circus Centre in Prahran.

AN Australian rollerskating whiz is among a bunch of talented people who have just entered the Guinness World Records Book for 2015.

From James Bond memorabilia and plastic food to leaping animals and the world’s largest golf club, more weird and wacky records have been broken and made famous by the Guinness World Record book’s rankings.

Australian Marawa Ibrahim, the world-renowned brunette who is a virtuoso of the Hula Hoop, completed the fastest 100m in high-heel rollerskates at 26.1 seconds.

When it comes to collecting James Bond memorabilia, it seems, The World is Not Enough for Nick Bennett.

The British film buff has just been recognised by Guinness World Records for having the largest known 007 collection on the planet — and he has no intention of stopping.

At the last count he boasted a remarkable 12,463 Bond-related items, ranging from the tacky (a plastic volcano play-set based on a scene from You Only Live Twice); to the mildly voyeuristic (a poster of Halle Berry in her Die Another Day bikini); and the somewhat bizarre (a wall-mountable front third of an Aston Martin DB5 bearing the spy’s 1963 registration plate).

All of which begs one major question: why?

“I started collecting James Bond memorabilia in the run-up to Goldeneye in 1995,” Mr Bennett explains on his website.

“I had bought a few bits over the years but the new Bond [Pierce Brosnan] really kicked off an interest. I don’t specialise in any area — I just buy items I like.”

Mr Bennett, 47, stores them in a shrine-like area of his home in Leigh, near Wigan. Of his inclusion in the Guinness World Record rankings he said: “It’s a dream come true. As a child I read the book from cover to cover and I cannot believe that I will actually be in this year’s book as an official record holder — pinch me.”

The landmark 60th edition has been produced after processing more than 50,000 claims over the past 12 months.

The largest collection of Doctor Who memorabilia belongs to Ian O’Brien, 42, from Manchester, with 1,573 items.

Among others confirmed for the coveted record-holder accolade (albeit in categories for which there might not have been much competition) are Californian 26-year-old Nancy Siefker, who has made it into the 2015 Guinness World Records book for the Furthest Arrow Shot with the Feet.

She is able to shoot an arrow 6.09m onto a target measuring just 5.5 inches, while balancing on her hands alone.

Balancing act ... Nancy Siefker, who has made it into the 2015 Guinness World Records book. Picture: AFP

Nick Stoeberl, 24, from California, USA, secured his place in Guinness World Records book for having the longest tongue that measures 10.1cm from its tip to the middle of the closed top lip.

Tongue wagging ... Nick Stoeberl, 24, from California. Picture: AFP

The smallest caravan owned by Londoner Yannick Read also made the rankings.

The vehicle, which is fully road worthy, measures 2.39 metres in length, 1.53 metres high and 0.79 metres wide.

Alley of the US, also secured her place in the 2015 Guinness World Records book for the longest jump by a cat record, at six feet (1.83 metres).

Making a giant leap ... Alley of the US who also made next year’s book. Picture: AFP

Akiko Obata also made the next Guinness Book of Records for having the largest collection of plastic food, with more than 8,000 items filling her apartment.

Covered in plastic ... Akiko Obata in her apartment. Picture: AFP

Trick golf artist Karsten Maas, from Denmark, also got a spot for creating the world’s longest usable golf club. It measures 4.37 metres in length and has been used to drive a ball a distance of 165.46m.

Massive swing ... from Karsten Maas. Picture: AFP

The 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, while also featuring the latest additions to the oddball hall of fame.