World's Fattest Pole Dancer

 World's Fattest Pole Dancer

Flicking her bright red hair back, she swings up onto the pole, her thighs gripping the metal while the the audience cheers in applause. At 252 pounds, LuAyne Barber - stage name Lulu - is not your average pole dancer. And her ample body, a size 22 US, does not hold her back from the lifts, spins, slides, stands and grips that define the dance form's athletic routines. Instead, the 5'4", Hanover, Maryland local is perhaps one of the most active in her poledancing community, regularly competing against the toned, lithe bodies of her peers, since joining the circuit three years ago.

The 26-year-old, who works at a car dealership by day, has been poledancing for five years, having taken up the unusual hobby in 2006 after having a baby.