It’s been a week since the Guinness World Records Day and, on the occasion of this date, the organization behind these distinctions brought together Jyoti Amge and Rumeysa Gelgiwho are the shortest and tallest women in the world, respectively.
The 30-year-old Indian actress measures 63 centimeters high; and the 27-year-old Turkish lawyer and researcher reaches the 2.15 meters. The two met at the Savoy Hotel in London to have tea and send a message of understanding and diversity.
At their meeting, the two women, who hold Guinness records, shared laughter and conversation and realized that, despite being 152.36 centimeters apart, They look alike in many ways.
“We also have things in common. We both love makeup, personal care, jewelry and doing our nails,” Rumeysa Gelgi explained in the Guinness official portal.
Jyoti Amgethat suffers from achondroplasiaa problem in the gaps that causes 90% of dwarfism cases, has held the record since 2011 of being the shortest living woman in the world and this condition has led her to be a relevant figure on social networks and in the world of entertainment. , since he has participated in series such as American Horror Story: Freak Show.
For her part, Rumeysa Gelgi, who works as a web designer, suffers from Weaver syndromea strange condition that only 50 people in the world suffer from and that caused accelerated growth since childhood. This makes him need a wheelchair or assistance to walk, but he always carries positivism as his flag, as he demonstrated in his own documentary, Rumeysa: Walking Tall.
She won the Guinness record for the tallest woman in 2021, but she is not the only one, as she also has the biggest hands of a living woman (24.93 centimeters), the longest back (59.90 centimeters) and the longest ears (9.58 centimeters).