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Jane Bunford was 7 ft, 11 in (241 cm) tall, but there are no known photographs of her. She lived in England and was listed as the tallest woman in the world in the Guinness Book all the way up to 2001. They only showed a copy of her birth certificate and a picture of her skeleton.
Tallest woman ever. Zeng Jinlian (China, b. 26 June 1964) of Yujiang village in the Bright Moon Commune, Hunan Province, measured 246.3 cm (8 ft 1 in) when she died on 13 February 1982.
In adulthood, measuring a jaw-dropping 215.16 cm, she officially became the world's tallest woman. Rumeysa has Waiver Syndrome and faced horrific bullying because of her height, battling the health issues that came along with her unique physical attributes.
Standing at 215.16 cm (7 ft 0.7 in), Türkiye's Rumeysa Gelgi was confirmed as the tallest woman living back in 2021. But this wasn’t her first record. In 2014, at the age of 17 and with a height of 213.6 cm (7 ft 0.09 in), she was named tallest teenager (female).
Rumeysa Gelgi (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish advocate, researcher and web developer. She is the tallest living woman as confirmed by Guinness World Records. [1]
Rumeysa Gelgi holds the Guinness World Record for being the tallest woman in the world. Gelgi flew on a plane for the first time in November, traveling from Turkey to the US.
With her stature and inspirational words, Rumeysa has defied stereotypes all her life. When she was 17, she was recognized as the tallest teenager standing at 213.6 cm (7ft 0.09 in). In adulthood, measuring a jaw-dropping 215.16 cm, she officially became the world's tallest woman.
Rumeysa Gelgi (Turkey) has been part of the Guinness World Records family since she was a teenager. She was the tallest teenager living in 2014 and after being re-measured in 2021, Rumeysa was recognized as the world’s tallest woman living, at a height of 215.16 cm (7 ft 0.7 in).
In 2021, Guinness World Records named Rumeysa Gelgi, who is 7 ft and 0.7 in (215.16 cm) in height, the tallest woman living. Born on Jan. 1, 1997, in Turkey, Gelgi has Weaver syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes overgrowth.
She broke the record for the tallest woman living after she turned eighteen, and racked up four more records in October 2021. Her most recent measurement confirmed that she stands at a towering 215.16 cm (7ft 0.7in), and her popularity has reached dizzying heights all over the world.