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The Tallest Women in the World
Yao Defen of China, (born 15 July 1972) claims to be the tallest woman in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records said American Sandy Allen was the world's tallest woman until Allen's death on August 13, 2008, but dispute Defen's claim.She weighs 200 kg (440 lbs) and has size 26 (UK) / 78 (EU) feet. Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland.
Height 2.33 m (7 ft 8 in).
Yao Defen was born to poor farmers in the town of Liuan in the Anhui province of Shucheng County. At birth she weighed 6.16 pounds. At age 3 she was eating more than three times the amount of food that other three-year-olds were eating. When she was 11 years old she was about 6 foot 2 inches tall. She was 6 foot 8 inches tall by the age of 15.
The story of this "woman giant" began to spread rapidly after she went to see a doctor at age 15 for an illness. After that, many companies attempted to train her to be a sports star. The plans were abandoned, however, because Defen was too weak. Because she is illiterate, since 1992 Yao Defen has been forced to earn a living by traveling with her father and performing.
Yao Defen's giant stature was caused by a large tumor in the pituitary gland of her brain, which was releasing too much growth hormone and caused excessive growth in her bones. Six years ago, a hospital in Guangzhou Province removed the tumor, and she stopped growing.
The tumor returned and she was treated in Shanghai in 2007, but was sent home for 6 months with the hope that medication would reduce her tumor enough to allow surgery. It remains unknown if the second surgery was ever performed.
A British television programme filmed a documentary on her and helped raise money so she could get proper medical care. They did measure her and according to the documentary she's 7ft 9in tall. Two leading doctors in acromegaly agreed to help Yao. She was taken to a nearby city hospital, where imaging procedures revealed that a small portion of her tumor, removed many years before, still remained, causing continuing problems, including weakening vision as it pressed against her optic nerve. She returned home, then was admitted for a month under observation in the larger Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, and given dietary supplements. In that hospital, her growth hormone was greatly slowed down, although it is still a problem. Upon her return home to her mother and brother, she was able to walk with crutches, unassisted by others, and was given a six-month supply of medicines and supplements in hopes of improving her condition enough to undergo surgery.
Yao currently suffers from hypertension, heart disease, poor nutrition, and osteoporosis. Acromegaly often results from a tumor within the pituitary gland that causes excess growth hormone secretion. As a result, the body's features become enlarged. It can also delay the onset of puberty as is the case with Yao. She has no secondary sex characteristics. Potential complications without necessary surgery include blindness and eventually premature death.
She lives near her mother (who is only 4 ft 8 inches tall) in a small village in rural China.
Sandy Allen
Sandra Elaine Allen (June 18, 1955 – August 13, 2008) was an American woman recognized as the tallest woman in the world during her lifetime according to Guinness World Records. She was 7' 7¼ inches (232 cm) in height.
Allen wrote a book titled Cast A Giant Shadow, and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records since 1976. Although over the years other women have taken over the title, Allen had held it for the last 18 years of her life. Her abnormal height was due to a tumor in her pituitary gland that caused it to release growth hormone uncontrollably. At age 22, she underwent surgery for the condition. Without this procedure, Allen would have continued to grow and suffer further medical problems associated with gigantism.
She appeared in the Academy Award-winning Italian film Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, in a TV movie called Side Show, and in a Canadian/American documentary film called Being Different. The New Zealand band Split Enz immortalized her in a song, "Hello Sandy Allen," released on their 1982 album Time and Tide.
In later years Allen used a wheelchair because her legs and back could not support her tall stature in a standing position. At one point in her life, she was bedridden due to disease, causing atrophy of the muscles. Because of this physical limitation, she spent her last years in Shelbyville, Indiana, in a retirement center, the same one as Edna Parker, a previous record holder of oldest living person in the world.
The Indianapolis Star reports that Allen died early in the morning of August 13, 2008 from sepsis of the blood.
At time of death, many websites were incorrectly identifying Allen as the second tallest woman in the world, citing Chinese woman Yao Defen as the tallest. Guinness World Records, however, identifies Allen as the tallest, while Yao's official height is disputed.
Jane Bunford
Jane "Jinny" Bunford (26 July 1895-1 April 1922) is the tallest person ever recorded in British medical history. She was the tallest woman in the world during her lifetime, and she still may hold four further records - that she was twice the tallest living person in the world, - between 1916 and 1919, and between 20 May 1921 and 1 April 1922.
She may also have held a second record, which was to have had the longest hair in Britain, during her lifetime.
Jane Bunford continues to be one of the most mysterious giants to have lived during the 20th Century. No photographs, if any still do exist of her, have ever been seen by or shown to the general public. Jane was listed in the Guinness Book of Records between 1972 and 2001, and they only published a photograph of her skeleton and a copy of her death certificate, which they obtained on 10 February 1972. A copy of it appeared at the foot of page 11 in the 1972 publication.
In June 1906, she stood 5 ft (1.52 m) tall but in October of that year, Jane's life changed forever, when she fractured her skull after falling off her bicycle and hitting her head on the pavement. Although the 11-year-old Jane couldn't have known it at the time, the injury permanently damaged her pituitary gland, releasing an excess of growth hormone which sent her growth patterns out of control. The accident also indirectly led to her death in April 1922. It was not until 1915, nine years after her accident that scientists definitely determined that the pituitary gland is responsible for producing growth hormones in humans, and though the problem was identified, no treatment was available for hyperpituitarism during Jane's lifetime.
Jane attended St. Michael's Secondary School in Bartley Green. At school she displayed a talent for embroidery, but some pupils picked on Jane after her accident, mainly because of her abnormal growth and height. Also, the desks and chairs became too uncomfortable for her to sit at. As a result of both factors, Jane's parents took her out of school before her 13th birthday on 26 July 1908. That day Jane was measured, in her bare feet, as being 6 ft 6 in tall or 1.98 m. Two years after that, around the time of her 15th birthday in July 1910, Jane hit the 7ft (2.13 m) mark. Four years later, in 1914, she was measured at 7 feet 8 inches (2.33 m) tall. On her 21st birthday Jane was measured at 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) tall, her peak standing height.
Jane rejected several opportunities to benefit financially from her size and appearance. She had dead straight auburn hair, which she grew until it was 8 ft 1 in long. She wore it in two plaits and it came down to her ankles, according to the 1972 edition of the Guinness Book of Records. When loose it fell around her like a cloak reaching the ground. She refused an offer from a man who wished to purchase her hair for a small fortune[citation needed]. She also rejected offers to appear in various shows for what were large sums of money at the time.
Spurning offers to become wealthy, Jane worked at a Cadburys chocolate factory for a time after leaving school, though in the April 1911 Census, she is listed as "Jinny Bunford", aged 15, and under occupation there is nothing listed.
Jane's mother died in November 1913, at the age of 56, and after her father died three years later, Jane moved from Adams Hill, Bartley Green, to Jiggins Lane, Bartley Green, where she lived until her own death. She took holidays away from Bartley Green, to visit relatives or the seaside.
Jane, however, in her final years, became a recluse. She hated the attention her size brought her, and her spine developed a severe curvature through not being able to support her huge body. Due to this, Jane could not stand fully erect towards the end of her life. This also developed because she had to stoop and bend down often when passing through doors. This condition is often seen in very tall people and occurred in both Eddie Carmel and John F. Carroll, who like Jane, grew normally during their early years. She now was also in constant pain because of joint problems and other ailments.
Jane's final measurement, taken in March 1922, was 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in), estimated at 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in), if she had not developed the spinal curvature.. After taking the measurement, Jane's doctor informed the medical school of Birmingham University that she did not have long to live and he was proved to be correct. Jane died at her home on 1 April 1922, her death being registered two days later.
Jane's funeral was held at St Michaels and All Angels Church, Bartley Green, on 5 April 1922. According to undertaker's records published in General Practitioner, her coffin was 8 ft 2 in long and was probably the longest ever used for a UK funeral. It was locked in the church overnight on 4/5 April 1922.
Four schoolboys who carried her coffin from the church to the graveyard remarked later that it felt strangely light for someone of Jane's size but they didn't inquire why. If they had, the later outrage of the whereabouts of Jane's skeleton may have been avoided. However if Jane's full body had been buried on 5 April 1922, then she almost certainly would never have been listed in the Guinness Book of Records half a century later and probably would have been consigned to anonymity forever.
Nothing was reported or written about Jane Bunford during the next half-century. No obituary or verses appeared in the local newspaper when she died, and outside friend and family circles, she appeared to have been forgotten. That all changed in 1971 when the Guinness Book of Records heard about the skeleton of a giantess that was on display in the anatomical part of Birmingham University.
The October 1971 edition of the Guinness Book of Records published a photograph of Jane's skeleton. They didn't say it belonged to her, but that the identity of the skeleton "remains a 50-year-old secret". The edition revealed was that it belonged to an "Unidentified giantess who died in Northfield, Birmingham, England in 1921 aged c. 24 years", and noted that the "Skeleton has a mounted height of 7 feet 4 inches but she had a severe curvature indicating a height of c. 7 feet 9 inches when alive.A note on page 304 said "The most recent research into the identity of the Northfield giantess indicates that she died in 1922".
Measurements of Jane Bunford's skeleton were obtained in 1971. They were—Chin to top of head, 10.75 in (27.31 cm). Arm span = 8 ft 1.25 in (247.02 cm). Length from top of head to waist, 3 ft 0.75 in (93.35 cm). Length from top of head to crotch, 3 ft 11 in (119.38 cm). Wrist to tip of middle-finger, 10.5 in (26.67 cm). Length from waist to heel, 4 ft 10.25 in (147.96 cm). Heel to tip of big toe, 13 inches (33.02 cm).
Birmingham University initially declined to reveal the skeleton's identity, but interest had been awakened by the photograph. The "50-year-old secret" was uncovered, as Jane was the only giantess living in the Northfield area who fitted its description, and as a result of the publicity, in November 1971 the University were forced to admit that the skeleton was that of Jane Bunford's, whose story was featured on ATV towards the end of 1971 and in a brief Daily Mirror article on 3 February 1972, with a headline stating "Body snatch mystery of Giant Jane".
Although Birmingham University admitted the skeleton's identity, they still refused to state how they obtained it. According to a February 1972 General Practitioner article, the University refused to allow any more photographs to be taken, further information was withheld and questions from journalists were not permitted, at the request of the head of the Bunford family.
In the General Practitioner article, Jane's relatives denied that they had sold or given her body to medical science. It is not known whether her siblings were aware of the removal when she died or if they gave permission for the medical school to remove it. Both of Jane's parents died several years before, and some of her siblings were dead by the time the controversy arose over her skeleton's whereabouts.
According to her death certificate, Jane died of hyperpituitarism and gigantism. In October 1972, the Guinness Book of Records listed Jane Bunford as being Britain's tallest recorded woman. For the next nine years she was named as the tallest female recorded in medical history, and was listed in that publication for the next 30 years as the tallest women in British medical history.
When interviewed in January 1972, elderly residents of Bartley Green remembered Jane Bunford as a woman with a deep voice but a gentle nature .A man from Birmingham who wrote to the Daily Mail newspaper on 22 September 2008 said two of his maiden aunts were contemporaries of Jane, and went to the same school, and they said she was a kind, gentle and shy girl who was much loved by younger children.
She often baby-sat young children in the area, as a favour for neighbours, and several people in their old age recalled seeing her clean the upstairs windows of her cottage while standing on the pavement, such was her reach.Jane had a close friend named Emma, who was a dwarf and lived nearby.
As the 20th Century drew to a close, plans arose for a plaque to be erected in Bartley Green to commemorate her life. Her cousin opposed the erection of the plaque whereas others wanted it to be as tall as Jane was when she was alive. Neither party got their way. A seven-foot plaque in commemoration of Jane "Ginny" Bunford was placed on the wall of Bartley Green Local Library on 10 April 2000, almost exactly 78 years to the day after her death.However the wall was 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m) high, as tall as Jane was.
Despite the controversy over the 1971 discovery, Jane's skeleton continued to be displayed at Birmingham University until 2005, when her family managed to regain it, after changes in the Data Protection Act. Before then, they were not allowed access to see the skeleton as it being used for medical purposes.
At some point between January and June 2005, after a private second funeral, and after being displayed in Birmingham University for 83 years, Jane's skeleton was finally buried in her family plot. However, no headstone marks Jane's grave to this day. Only her mother has a headstone.
Birmingham University's Medical School confirmed in 2007 that: "The skeleton of Jane Bunford is no longer in the Medical School. We disposed the anatomy collection two years ago and the skeleton of Jane Bunford at that time was buried."
Last but not Least : Trijntje Keever
Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (Edam, The Netherlands, April 10 or 16, 1616 – Ter Veen (Veere?), July 22, 1633), was nicknamed ‘De Groote Meid’ (in English ‘The Big Girl’) and is the tallest woman in recorded history, measuring 254 centimeters or 9 Amsterdam feet at the age of seventeen years old, at the time of her death. The foot used in those days in that region of the Netherlands was the Amsterdamse voet, the Amsterdam foot, measuring 28.3133 cms or 11.147 inches. In today's measurements she would be 8'4".
Trijntje Keever was the daughter of Cornelis Keever and Anna Pouwels. Cornelis was a skipper and Anna was his maid, whom he married on May 24, 1605. Trijntje’s parents took her to carnivals to earn some money by letting people see her. The first time Trijntje was mentioned was on June 30, 1625 when she was nine years old and had reached the height of 2 meters, 6 foot 6 inches. A royal company consisting of the Bohemian king Frederick V, Elector Palatine, his wife Elizabeth of Bohemia and the princess Amalia van Solms-Braunfels, living in The Hague at the time were curious about the ‘seven-year-old girl taller than every man in Europe.‘
Trijntje died of cancer, at 17 years of age. She was buried on July 7 1633 in Edam, her town of birth. Her epitaph is said to have been ‘Trijntje Crelis groote meidt oudt 17 jaer’, or, in English: ‘Trijntje Crelis, big girl, 17 years of age’. In the townhall of Edam is a lifesize painting by an unknown artist portraying Trijntje in civilian clothes with a belt holding at her right a keyring and on her left a pincushion and a sheath with a knife, fork and spoon. Her original shoes are also on display, if there were a size for her shoes they would be European size 54, about 36 cm or 14 inches long.
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The Tallest Man
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The Tallest Man in the World : Robert Pershing Wadlow
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the "Alton Giant" because of his Alton, Illinois hometown.
Wadlow reached 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 m) in height and weighed 490 pounds (220 kg) at his death. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.
Wadlow's size began to take its toll: he required leg braces to walk, and had little feeling in his legs and feet. Despite these encounters, Robert Wadlow was never confined to a wheelchair. On June 27, 1940 (eighteen days before his death), he was measured at 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 m) by doctors C. M. Charles and Cyril MacBryde of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
In his time, Robert Wadlow was among the most popular of American celebrities; he obviously was well-known due to his 1936 U.S. tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus and his 1938 promotional tour with the INTERCO. He continued participating in various tours and public appearances.
On July 4, 1940, while making a professional appearance at the National Forest Festival, a faulty brace irritated his ankle, causing a blister and subsequent infection. Doctors treated him with a blood transfusion and emergency surgery, but his condition worsened and on July 15, 1940, he died in his sleep. He was 22.
An estimated 40,000 people attended Wadlow's funeral on July 19. He was buried in a half-ton coffin that required 12 pallbearers to carry, which was interred within a vault of solid concrete. It was believed that Wadlow's family were concerned for the sanctity of his body after his death, and went to these lengths of security to ensure it would never be disturbed or stolen.
In 1985, a life-size bronze statue of Wadlow by Ned Giberson was erected at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine. He is also featured in film and with a wax replica in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Saint Augustine, Florida; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Gold Coast, Queensland; and Guadalajara, Mexico. A life-sized statue was part of the exhibits at the Guinness Hall of World Records in the Empire State Building in New York City.
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Robert Pershing Wadlow
The Tallest Living Man
Leonid Stadnyk
The Tallest Living Man
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The Tallest Man in the World 2009 Contenders
1 - Leonid Ivanovych Stadnyk
Leonid Ivanovych Stadnyk (born 1971 in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a living man renowned for his stature. He was formerly listed as the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records. On August 20, 2008, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, announced that the title of world's tallest man had been returned to China's Bao Xishun after Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines, which required him to be independently measured by Guinness World Records adjudicators.
On August 8, 2007, Guinness book's spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza stated that in the 2008 edition of the record book, Mr Stadnyk at (8 ft 6 in), appeared to be taller than Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia in China who stands 2.36 m (7 ft 8.9 in). Although he held the title for a few months, Stadnyk refused to be measured and was consequently denied the GWR recognition. Others have questioned the legitimacy of his record, noting that Stadnyk has never been officially measured by Guinness World Records, only by the "Ukrainian Book of Records" that says that he measures 2.54 m (8 ft 4.0 in), and that the doctor originally credited by Guinness with confirming Stadnyk's height has denied ever measuring him.
Stadnyk's excessive growth began after brain surgery when he was 12 years old. He developed a pituitary gland tumor which caused the gland to secrete large amounts of growth hormone, resulting in what doctors describe as acromegalic gigantism. Twenty years after the surgery, the doctors have discovered the tumour had mysteriously disappeared and he is currently healthy. A Pravda news report in Spring 2006 reported that Stadnyk grew 2 cm (0.79 in) in the previous year, not accounting the time between the original Spring 2004 report and Spring 2005. According to Pravda, his health is slowly failing in that he needs to hold on to limbs of trees and the side of his house to walk about. He also weighs 440 lbs.
He is a certified veterinarian and veterinary surgeon and lives with his mother in the village of Podolyantsi, Ukraine.
2 - Zhao Liang
Zhao Liang is a circus performer from Henan in China. In April 2009, doctors in Tianjin measured his height at 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in); if confirmed, this would make him the second tallest living person after Leonid Stadnyk. Bao Xishun, the Guinness World Records previous tallest living person (before Stadnyk), is 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in).
Zhao played basketball until ligament damage to his left foot in 2001. His 2009 hospital trip related to this injury; he was too poor to have it treated sooner. He has no health issues related to his height. His parents and siblings are average height, though his grandfather was 2 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in). Zhao grew 10 cm a year till age 23.
He was unemployed until 2006, when he joined a circus in Jilin province. Though recruited for his height, he now also does magic tricks and plays the saxophone and cucurbit flute.
His mother is worried that her son wont be able to find a wife.
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The Smallest Man in the World till March 2010
He Pingping
He Pingping (Chinese: 何平平; 13 July 1988 – Rome 13 March 2010) was, according to the Guinness World Records, the world's shortest man who was able to walk..
The 20-year-old measures 73 cm (2 ft 5 in) tall,and is the third child of a family in Huade county, in the city of Wulanchabu in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He has two sisters, both of whom developed at normal rates and are now married. According to his father, He Yun, at birth He Pingping was small enough to fit in the palm of his parent's hands. When it became apparent the child was growing very slowly, doctors diagnosed the cause as the bone deformity Osteogenesis imperfecta, which hinders normal bone growth and bodily height.
In January 2007, He was invited to take part on a television program in Tokyo, Japan and has since become an internet icon. Interestingly, his home of Inner Mongolia is also home to Bao Xishun, who at 2.36 metres tall is currently recognized as the world's tallest man by Guinness, and their televised meeting in July 2007 attracted global media attention.In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "The World's Smallest Man and Me" hosted by Mark Dolan. In September 2008 he appeared with the world's longest-legged woman, Svetlana Pankratova, in London's Trafalgar Square, to publicize the release of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 2006 Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen-year-old Nepalese boy, Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measures 53 cm but will review the case when he is 18 years old. A Jordanian man who claims to be the world's shortest man, Younis Edwan, has not been officially measured by Guinness.
Since his January 2007 appearance on television, He's status as the world's shortest man has been verified by Guinness World Records. His height was measured three times over the course of 10 hours before he received a certificate officially naming him as the world’s shortest living man.
In September 2008, He traveled to New York, New York to help launch the 2009 edition of Guinness Book of World Records, which certified him as the World's Smallest Man.
He measured 73 cm (2 ft 5 in) tall, and was the third child of a family in Huade county, in the city of Wulanchabu in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He had two sisters, both of whom developed at normal rates and are now married. According to his father, He Yun, at birth He Pingping was small enough to fit in the palm of his parent's hands. When it became apparent the child was growing very slowly, doctors diagnosed the cause as the bone deformity Osteogenesis imperfecta, which hinders normal bone growth and bodily height.
Mr Pingping was in the Italian capital to take part in the filming of a television programme called The Record Show.
According to the TV production company Europroduzione, he had already filmed two episodes of the programme when he complained of feeling unwell.
"He started to feel slightly ill and we decided to take him to hospital. He entered hospital two weeks ago and had all kinds of tests, being a very special person he had to go though all sorts of tests. He went into intensive care three days after he was admitted," said Marco Fernandez de Araoz, communications director for Europroduzione.
He said that Mr Pingping died on Saturday afternoon 13 March 2010 and, at the request of his family, his body would be returned to China to be buried.
We did in the past a blog about primordial dwarfism
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The Smallest Woman in the World
Pauline Musters
In the history of the world, little Pauline Musters is the smallest mature woman ever officially recorded. Pauline is currently listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having stood only 1 foot 11.2 inches in height.
Born on February 26, 1876 in Ossendrecht in the Netherlands Pauline Munster’s was almost half of her final height straight from her mother’s womb. At birth, she was just over 12 inches.At first they thought that the child , the 7th of the munster family was a stillborn but shortly after she was moving.
At age nine, the tiny dynamo weighed only three pounds and in adulthood Pauline Munster weighed less than nine pounds at the time of her death she weighed 8 1/2 pounds. Her measurements at age 19 were 181/2 -19-17, meaning she had curvy little figure and in truth she had no shortage of male suitors.
Pauline began her profession career as an infant at which time the public simply marveled at her tiny proportions, but as she grew older Pauline took to performing as well. She was eventually known for being an adept acrobat and for skillfully dancing with partners drawn from the audience. As her performances progressed in quality, Pauline took on many unique stage names. She was perhaps best known simply as Princess Pauline and on par with her name she took to wearing remarkable elegant gowns on stage, with details and stitching so minute that the garments themselves were a wonder to behold.
In 1892 Pauline was received by the Dutch queen Emma at 's-Gravenhage , where she talked to her for about 15 minutes.Her brother in law Verschueren came up with the title "Princes Pauline".But the popular story was that she received that title after being seated on the lap of queen Emma.
During her career, Princess Pauline toured Belgium, Germany, France and Britain before being invited to perform in the United States in 1894. She debuted in New York City’s Proctor’s Theatre on New Year’s Eve before and stunned and thoroughly charmed audience. She performed with a grace that moved those who saw her. She was a fairy, a tiny regal princess on a huge stage dancing out what she felt in her heart – and it was beautiful. Princess Pauline quickly became the darling of New York.
Tragically, while Pauline’s star burnt brilliantly, it expired far too quickly. Shortly after arriving in New York the diminutive Princess contracted pneumonia and meningitis. Pauline Musters succumbed to illness (at the age of 19 from a combination of pneumonia and meningitis) on February 15th 1895 in New York and the world lost its smallest but greatest miracle.
On the 6 th of March she was buried on her funeral remembrance card was the following text printed"let the little ones come to me ,for they will inherit the Kingdom god".
Some sources give as date of death the 1th of March ,common sense tells us that it was impossible in those days to cross the ocean in only 4 days after research we discovered that the 15 th of February is the correct date of death see her death certificate here above.Halfway January shortly after her arrival in New York she is sick with the flu ,but she recovers quickly.On February the 7th she appears on stage for the last time Dr Nagel constates she has a bronchitis, on the 15th of february at 9 Oclock in the morning Dr nagel confirms her death due to a worsening condition of meningitis and pnuemonia.
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The Smallest Living Woman in the World
Madge Bester
Madge Bester (born 1963) is believed to be the world's shortest living woman.From South Africa, she measures 2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) in height which was measured in 1991. Bester has osteogenesis imperfecta, which is characterized by brittle bones, and is confined to a wheelchair. She has been a campaigner for disabled rights, holding a 1998 press conference on the issue accompanied by Lin Yih-Chih, the world's smallest man.
Bester lives in a retirement village in Bloemfontein. Her mother Winnie, who died in 2001, also suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta and measured only 70 cm.
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The Tallest Man in the World 2009
Sultan Kösen
Sultan Kösen (born 1983) is a Turkish farmer and the current record holder of the tallest living man in the world as recognised by Guinness World Records.
Born and raised near Mardin in Turkey, Kösen's growth as a child was normal until the age of ten when his growth accelerated rapidly. A pituitary tumour was diagnosed and his growth continued until the tumour was removed in 2008.
Kösen lives with his parents, three brothers and sister, who are all normal sized. He was unable to complete his schooling because of his height and works part-time as a farmer. He describes the advantages of being tall as seeing from great distance, being able to help out his family with domestic jobs such as changing light bulbs and hanging curtains. He lists disadvantages as not being able to find clothes or shoes that fit or finding it extremely hard to fit into a regular size car.
When asked what his hopes are after being officially given the title he said: "To travel and see the world and have a car that accommodates my size! My biggest dream though, is to get married and have children - I'm looking for love."
Kösen's height was recorded at 2.47 m (8 ft 1.2 in) in his home country by Guinness World Records, overtaking former world record holder Bao Xishun who stands 2.36 m (7 ft 8.9 in) tall. Kösen is also the current Guinness World Record holder of 'largest hands', and 'largest feet', measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively.
As you might have noticed here above Leonid Ivanovych Stadnyk seems taller.
He was formerly listed as the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records. On August 20, 2008, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, announced that the title of world's tallest man had been returned to China's Bao Xishun after Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines, which required him to be independently measured by Guinness World Records adjudicators.
On August 8, 2007, Guinness book's spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza stated that in the 2008 edition of the record book, Mr Stadnyk at (8 ft 6 in), appeared to be taller than Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia in China who stands 2.36 m (7 ft 8.9 in). Although he held the title for a few months, Stadnyk refused to be measured and was consequently denied the GWR recognition. Others have questioned the legitimacy of his record, noting that Stadnyk has never been officially measured by Guinness World Records, only by the "Ukrainian Book of Records" that says that he measures 2.54 m (8 ft 4.0 in), and that the doctor originally credited by Guinness with confirming Stadnyk's height has denied ever measuring him.
Maybe he just don't like the whole media circus?
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Khagendra Thapa Magar The Smallest Man in the World
Khagendra Thapa Magar
Khagendra Thapa Magar (born October 1991), son of Rup Bahadur and Dhana Maya Thapa Magar, is the shortest man in the world, measuring 56 cm (22 inches).
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Magar is from the Baglung District of Nepal and is dubbed as a "little Buddha" by the villagers. He weighed only 600 grams (21 oz)at birth, It was like watching a newly hatched chick fresh from a shell,” The Telegraph quoted his mother Dhana Maya Thapa Magar as saying.. He started walking only at the age of eight., Khagendra now is only about 5.5 kilograms (12 lb; 0.87 st).
Magar is currently employed at the Baglung District of Nepal Arts and Recreation Centre.
His father Rupp Abrader Thana Magyar added: “His fame has spread across Nepal and into India. He travels as part of a dancing troupe so that people can see him.
“He does this only a couple of times a year and now we only do this to make people realise that he is going to be the smallest man in the world.”
Khagendra said: “Once I am named as the world’s smallest man then I can fulfil my dream of visiting the United States of America. I can show off my dancing moves and I can show people how good I am at karate.”
In May 2008, Magar appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "The World's Smallest Man and Me" hosted by Mark Dolan.
So is he the smallest man?
Khagendra Magar received the international attention in 2006 when the first reports said he was applying for a Guinness World Record for his tiny size. The AP report on Boston.com dated September 1 2006 read
Khagendra Thapa Magar, 14, dances, as his mother Dhana Maya Thapa Magar looks on, in Baglung village, 270 kilometers (169 miles) west of Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 17, 2006. Magar, who is only 20 inches (50 centimeters) tall and weighs 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds), is waiting for word from the Guinness World Records, where he has applied to be named the shortest in the world, his supporters said on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006.
Guinness did not process his application immediately but promised to review the case when Khagendra Magar turns 18
So in order to know how old Khagendra Thapa Magar is, we have to look into his birth day. Many reports simply mentioned he was born in 1992, the Age provided a more accurate date 1992 October 4.
According to Tmes of India, it seemed Magar’s birthday is on October 14.
If Khagendra Magar was truly born in October 1992, he would be only 18 in October 2010.
While Wikipedia states that, Khagendra Thapa Magar was born in October, 1991. If Wikipedia’s birth date was correct, Khagendra would be 18 years old in a bit over three months and should be eligible to meet Guinness’s age requirement for the category for the shortest man.
Although there is no doubt for Magar’s tiny size which may, what’s his exact height and weight? It was generally sensed that Khagendra didn’t grow in the past three years, he seemly remained 51 cm (20 inches) tall and 4.5 kg (10lbs). But there were contradictory data concerning with his height and weight, e.g. in Wikipedia, Khagendra Thapa Magar is said to be “60 cm (24 inches) at age 16″ and “now only about 5.5 kg (12 lbs),” Gulf Times said he is 60cm tall while in The Age, he is “only 50 cm tall”.
So i guess we will have to wait for an official statement from "The Guinness World Records."
We did in the past a blog about primordial dwarfism
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Gul Mohammed The Smallest Man ever in the World
Gul Mohammed
Gul Mohammed (February 15, 1957 – October 1, 1997) of New Delhi, India, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, was the shortest adult human being whose existence and height have been independently verified.
On July 19, 1990, he was examined by Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India and he stood 57 cm
(1 foot 10.5 inches) tall and weighed 17.0 kg (37.5 pounds).
A pauper who lived in India, Mohammed had tried to run a roadside candy and biscuit stall but was often robbed because of his size. He survived on financial help from friends and voluntary organizations.
He had a fear of dogs due to their size compared to his. He also had a dislike of children due to their lifelong bullying of him due to his height.
He died on Wednesday October 1, 1997, from respiratory complications and after a long struggle with asthma and bronchitis, acquired due to heavy smoking.
Source : Wikipedia
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Jyoti Amge - the world's smallest girl
Jyoti Amge
Jyoti Amge (born December 16, 1993), a resident of Nagpur, India, is currently the world's smallest girl according to the Limca Book of Records. She has a growth anomaly, that has restricted her height to 23 inches (58 cm), and her weight to 11 pounds (5.25 kg).
Her businessman father Kishanji, 52, says: "I can't separate myself from her even for a single day. I love her very much. She makes me proud. Lots of gurus come to see and bless her. They pray for her happiness and long life."
Her mother Ranjana, 45, adds: "When Jyoti was born, she seemed quite normal. We came to know about her disorder when she was five. We consulted a specialist and he said she will be this size all of her life. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and we love her very much."
Biography
Jyoti was born weighing only 3 pounds and was not expected to survive any more than a day. She has been quoted as saying, "When I was 3, I realized I was different to the rest of the kids." Though her bones refuse to grow, her mental development matches her peers. Because of the condition of her bones, Jyoti sustains debilitating injuries, and at this point has trouble walking. Though hindered in growth, she is not hindered in aspirations, and would like to be an actress one day.
The youngster - who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and will never grow any taller - is too small to use a normal-sized knife and fork so she eats off special plates... and sleeps in a tiny, custombuilt bed.
Even bathing is done on a miniature scale.
She uses specially-made steps to help her get in the bath and a small bucket and jug to wash herself.
But, astonishingly, she goes to a regular school, where her fellow pupils treat their tiny classmate as one of themselves as she she sits at her mini-desk and chair.
And Jyoti, who like any teenager loves listening to pop music and watching DVDs, is far from unhappy about her size.
She says: "I am proud of being small. I love all the attention I get. I'm not scared of being small and I don't regret it. I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different." And her size has its benefits. She's a mini-celebrity in her home city of Nagpur, in central India. People flock to see her. Some even treat her as a goddess. And she has even recorded a soon-to-be-released album with her favourite Indian pop star, the bhangra/rap singer Mika Singh.
For one so small, Jyoti has big ambitions.
She hopes to one day break into Bollywood as an actress.
She says: "I would love to work in a big city like Mumbai, act in films and travel to London and America."
I'm proud of being small. I love all the attention I get because of it
All her things at home are in miniature.. but she's very happy. Some people even think she's a goddess
She loves DVDs and wearing fashionable dresses.
She was recognized by Guinness World Records as "the Smallest Teenager (female)" in a Japanese TV show "Guinness world records Bikkuri Chojin Special".
"She may be the smallest girl but she has the biggest smile and the greatest attitude towards life !"
Source : Wikipedia
Jyoti Amge - the world's smallest girl
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Aditya 'Romeo' Dev a.k.a.The smallest bodybuilder in the World
Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is a body builder with dwarfism made famous by being reported in the UK press in February 2008. Romeo can shoulder press custom made 1.5kg dumbbells, a notable feat given his 9kg (20 lbs.) body weight and 84cm (2' 9") stature. Although it has not been published in a Guinness World Records book, in 2006 they recognized him to be the "world's smallest bodybuilder".
Unlike many dwarfs, Romeo is well proportioned, having a head of 38cm (15 inches) and a chest of 51cm (20 inches). He maintains his figure by putting in long hours with his trainer Ranjeet Pal.
Romeo enjoys great fame in his home country and makes many appearances on local television to show off his dancing abilities. In addition to bodybuilding, Romeo's dream is to travel extensively as an entertainer and dancer. One day he hopes to perform in London with his idol Jazzy B.
In summer of 2008, Aditya was diagnosed with aneurysms which, if left untreated, are a serious threat to his life. Aneurysms and Moyamoya are common symptoms of the syndrome MOPD II, which is the cause of Aditya's small stature.
Other websites about Aditya 'Romeo' Dev : foxnews
Source : Wikipedia
Wu Kang contender for The Smallest Man in the World 2010
He looks like a toddler taking part in a doctor's check-up.
But this little "boy" wearing a nine-month-old baby's clothes is actually a 22-year-old man about to take a huge step on the world stage.
Official medical records at Tong Ji Hospital in Wuhan, eastern China show that Wu Kang officially measures up at just 68cm tall, or just short of 2ft 3ins.
Wu Kang has applied to Guinness World Records to be formally recognised as the new holder of the world's shortest man title.
The title is currently held by fellow Chinese citizen He Pingping who is 74.61cm tall, more than two inches taller than Kang,but he died on the13th of March 2010 .
"We knew he was small but we didn't realise just how small until we started to look things up on the Internet," said his dad Wu Jianxiang.
But now pint-sized Kang has a big decision to make.
Medics say that doses of growth hormone could boost his growth rapidly and give him a more normal life in the future.
Paediatrician Luo Xiaoping explained that Kang suffers from panhypopituitarism, decreasing the secretion hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
"Although he is 22 years old, his height is about the same as a nine-month-old, and his bone age is the equivalent of a 1-year-old. It would have been better if he came to see me earlier," said Dr Luo.
"But it is possible to reverse some of the damage with human growth hormone. He could grow up to 12cm a year," he added.Now Kang's family say they're leaving the final decision to him.
"It is something only he can choose. Fame is tempting but he would dearly love to be normal for once in his life," said his father.
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