The Twerking Guiness World Record was set in New York City yesterday by Big Freedia and hundreds of fans.  
To set the twerking Guiness World Record, 358 dancers ranging in age from 8 to 80 twerked for two minutes straight.  250 people were needed to set the twerking Guiness World Record.  A judge from Guiness World Records was on hand to judge the twerking performance.

Stars such as Miley Cyrus have raised the profile of twerking with her infamous MTV VMA twerking performance, but twerking has been around for a while.  Big Freedia, a New Orleans based rapper, has been twerking for years with songs like "Azz Everywhere".  With the twerking Guiness World Record performance, Big Freedia wanted to prove twerking "is not new at all". 

According to Time magazine, these were the rules for the Twerking Guiness World Record with Big Freedia:

"1. Body must remain upright, with movement concentrated in hips
2. Participants can put hands on knees or hips for support
3. Twerking action cannot comes from knees - hips only
4. Freestyling or additional choreography not permitted - no hands on the ground, feet in the air, twirling, etc.
5. Twerking action must be synchronized, can be at own pace
6. All participants must twerk simultaneously for two minutes when Big Freedia gives the signal
7. Any performers who do not participate fully for the entire two minutes will be deducted from the final total"

Sounds like a fun twerking event for Guiness World Records and Big Freedia!

Watch Twerking Guiness World Record Video With Big Freedia Here: