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A young Polish woman has become Europe’s screaming champion for the second time, Beating 300 rivals
from many parts of the world. Dagmara Stanek, 25, from the Baltic
resort of Sopot, emitted a scream of just over 126 decibels, equivalent
to the noise of a racing car traveling at top speed. She outscreamed
a male rival, Pawel Dabrowski, 35, from Warsaw, who produced a
five-second scream of 125.3 decibels, defending his 1999 title of best
male screamer.
Europe’s
only vocal noise competition, modeled on an annual screaming festival
in Japan, took place in the town of Goldap in Poland’s north- eastern
lake district.‘We allowed them to scream greetings like ‘I love you’ or
‘I like you’, the only restriction was they were not allowed to swear,’
said the director, Andrzej okolowski. The winners each took home a
colour television set.
The judges measured the highest scream level of each contestant
with equipment normally used by environmental inspectors to check noisy
workplace and neighbours. Mr Sokolowski said he hoped to persuade representatives of the
Guinness Book of Records to record the results at next year’s competition. Mr
Sokolowski is also behind Poland’s first kissing championship, to be held in October.
Kate Connolly, the Guardian
Rival/noun/: competitor, opponent
Outscreamed /verb/:
to scream louder than the other competitor
Contestant/noun/:
competitor, player
Persuade/verb/:
convince, influence, and induce
Championship/noun/:
position of champion; final round in a series of games
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