Puerto Rico breaks world record as baseball fans go blond

A fan of the Puerto Rico baseball team gets his hair dried after it was bleached (Alejandro Granadillo/AP)

Puerto Ricans have broken the Guinness World Record for the most hair dyed, with 192 men going blond to support the US territory’s bid to win the World Baseball Classic.

The baseball team’s players first dyed their hair blond ahead of the 2017 World Baseball Classic as a joke, unexpectedly unleashing a dyeing craze in Puerto Rico that left pharmacies and beauty supply stores bereft of hair dye.