World of the Bizarre

World's tallest man meets shortest woman

By T.K. Randall
January 30, 2018

Image: The First Guinness Book of Records
Credit: Whowhooh / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) The meeting of the two extremes was organized to help boost Egypt's struggling tourism industry.

Kosen, 35, is currently recognized as the tallest man on Earth and measures a whopping 8ft 1in. Amge, by contrast, is the world's shortest woman at a mere 62.8cm in height.She is so small that even when standing on her tip-toes she only reaches as far as Kosen's knees.

The gentle giant's incredible height is due to a condition known as pituitary gigantism which causes the body to produce abnormal amounts of growth hormone. Amge's tiny stature, meanwhile, is the result of a form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia.

She has appeared in several Bollywood movies as well as in the TV series American Horror Story.


Source: ITV.com

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