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World’s tallest and shortest women meet for afternoon tea
  + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The world’s tallest woman and the world’s shortest woman have met for afternoon tea in London to celebrate Guinness World Records Day. The height difference between the two women might be a massive 152.36 centimeters (5 feet), but the pair reportedly got on famously. Guinness World Records“We do have things in common. The pair reading the 2025 Guinness World Records book. Guinness World RecordsAmge, an actress and media personality born in India, has a bone growth disorder named achondroplasia that affects the arms and legs.
Persons: Rumeysa Gelgi, Jyoti Amge, , Amge, Weaver, Gelgi, Ma, Craig Glenday Organizations: CNN, Guinness, Savoy, Guinness World Records, GWR, Records Locations: London, Turkey, Gelgi, India
Height varies a lot around the world, but some countries have a significant lead. Medical data from 2019 showed the average height of 25 of the world's tallest countries. But despite their commanding size, their compatriots don't quite make the list of countries with the tallest people on average. Insider used average height data from a medical database run by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a project linked to Imperial College London, to compile this list. Scroll down to see the 25 countries which (literally) came out on top.
Persons: , Sultan Kösen Organizations: Service, NCD, Imperial College London Locations: Europe, Turkey, Sultan
The world's tallest woman was able to take her first flight after an airline removed six seats for her. Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands at 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall, was named the world's tallest woman by Guinness World Records last year. Even as a child, she was too large to fit in plane seats, according to the outlet. Gelgi went to California to spend time advancing her career in software development and working with Guinness World Records, per the MailOnline. Gelgi won her first Guinness World Record in 2014, when she was recognized as the world's tallest living teenager before officially becoming the world's tallest woman in 2021.
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