Caroline Chabtini

Caroline Chaptini is a Lebanon recycling artist, holder of five Guinness World Records. Known as “The Guinness Woman”, she works on holding a new Guinness World Record.

Her first Guinness project was to make a home Christmas tree out of plastic bottles in 2019. She made  a Christmas tree out of 140,000 plastic bottles in the municipality of Chekka, northern Lebanon.

Speaking about the challenges faced by her, she said, “One of the challenges is the lack of sponsors for my projects. I often do not have enough money to buy some supplies. But the most important challenge is the weather conditions. For instance, I had to restart my Crescent project three times due to weather conditions.”

Caroline Chaitini is also known as “The Guinness Woman”. “Being called as the Guinness Woman means a lot to me. I suffered a lot in my society and was subjected to bullying because I was a divorced woman. This name gave me self-confidence and I tasted victory even though I did not receive sufficient support from people and I was subjected to criticism. Some people even called me ‘Garbage woman’ because I was collecting plastic bottles. Despite everything, I never gave up and now I am supported by many people.”

Caroline Chaitini concluded her speech by calling on all women not “to lose your hope and believe in yourselves that you are capable of facing challenges and that you can achieve success. Do not pay attention to what people say. I never gave up even though I was called a ‘divorced woman’ and won victory.”