Size matters especially when it comes to a girl’s height. Many women dream of being tall, but some of them would give a lot to be less than they really are.
Top 10 entered tallest women in the world in the whole story.
10. Gamow Catherine | Height 202 cm
Gamova Catherine - The tallest Russian woman with a height of 202 cm. She is a Russian volleyball player and two-time world champion. Already at 11 years old, the growth of Katie was equal to the growth of an average man and amounted to 172 centimeters. It was then that the girl finally decided on her professional mission. Over her entire volleyball career, Gamova has been awarded many awards. In the spring of 2016, the champion announced that she was leaving the big sport for health reasons.
9. Amazon Eve | Height 205 cm
Amazon Eve (real name - Erica Erwin, born in 1979) - the tallest American woman to date, whose growth is 205 centimeters. A native of the state of California (USA) at the age of fourteen exceeded the height of all her relatives and friends. The model herself later said that it was a very difficult time in her life, since then she stood out disadvantageously among other girls with normal data. At 32, when Eva already became famous, she got into the Book of record holders as the highest model.
She dreamed of making a modeling career from childhood, and her body proportions and growth helped her dream come true. The model gained special popularity after it decided to take part in the shooting for the publisher Zoo Weekly. For her, they arranged a photo shoot with one of the shortest fashion models a little over one and a half meters tall. Amazon Eve is comically called Babyzilla, which stands for "baby" and "godzilla." The model dreamed of trying herself as an actress, but she was not offered a decent role. Now Eve’s career has come to an end, but the woman is not upset about this, because she finally found her soul mate and lives happily and well.
8. Alisani Silva | Height 206 cm
Elisani Silva - the tallest girl living in Brazil. In 2009, she was recognized as the tallest teenager with a height of 206 cm. At that time, the girl was only 14 years old. Elisani is now 22 years old, and she is happily married to a man who is almost half a meter below her.
7. Mali Duangdi | Height 208 cm
Mali Duangdi - The highest female representative from Thailand, listed in 2009 in the Guinness Book of Records. Her height today is 208 cm. At the age of nine, doctors discovered a brain tumor in the girl, which caused the development of gigantism. Doctors say that it is unlikely that they can solve the problem surgically. The only way out is expensive injections that inhibit growth. But the family does not have that kind of money, so the girl has to rely on the will of God.
6. Ulyana Semenova | Height 218 cm
Ulyana Semenova - one of the tallest women in the world. Lithuanian by nationality, former USSR basketball player and three-time world champion became famous not only due to her merits in sports, but also due to her growth, which is 218 cm. A lot of achievements and awards are behind the athlete. Today she is recognized as the best basketball player of Latvia of the 20th century. This year, the legend of Soviet basketball will celebrate its 65th anniversary.
5. Malgozhata Dudek | Height 218 cm
Malgozhata Dudek - one of the highest athletes in the world. A professional Polish basketball player was 218 centimeters tall. She began her career at the age of twelve, and for all the time managed to win several awards. Not only professional, but also personal life of Dudek was developing well. She successfully married and gave birth to two children. Death overtook a woman suddenly. On May 11, 2011, Molgozhata lost consciousness, after which she was hospitalized. For seven days she was in a coma, from which the doctors never managed to get her out. A basketball player died at 37 years old on May 19, 2011, being pregnant at the 4th month.
4. Sandy Allen | Height 232 cm
Sandy allen - The tallest American, 232 cm tall. A woman was born in 1955 in Indianapolis. Her abnormal growth began to manifest itself clearly in the tenth year of life, when the girl reached a height of almost 2 meters. In 1974, she dared and wrote a letter to the Guinness Book of Records with an unusual request - to introduce her to a man suffering from gigantism, like her. After that, Sandley became an object of general attention. Soon, the girl decided on an operation on the brain, which did not give successful results. Sandley Allen became not only the tallest among the female representatives, but also the long-lived woman among people with the same diagnosis. The record holder died at the age of 53 in 2008. Relatives and friends remember Sandley as a cheerful and optimistic person, whose motto was the words: "Life is short, but I do not."
3. Yao Defen | Height 236 cm
Yao Defen one of the three tallest women in the world. A Chinese woman was born in 1972 with usual height and weight, but later a pituitary tumor was detected in the girl, as a result of which she began to grow very quickly. Already in the eleventh year of life, her growth was close to 2 meters. As an adult, Yao began performing in the circus in order to somehow earn a living. Subsequently, she decided on an operation on the brain, but the pathological process could not be stopped until the end. Yao Defen died at the age of 40. At that time, her height was 236 cm.
2. Jane Banford | Height 241 cm
Jane banford - the tallest Englishwoman with a height of 241 cm at the time of her death. A woman was born in 1895 and during the first 11 years of her life was no different from other children and was a healthy, full-fledged child. But in 1906, a tragedy occurred: after falling from a bicycle, Jane received a serious head injury, as a result of which the pituitary gland was damaged. After that, the girl began to grow rapidly, and by the age of 21, her growth was 2 meters 41 centimeters. Banford got into the Guinness Book of Records due to its non-standard growth. By age 26, the woman was diagnosed with severe spinal curvature. Jane could no longer walk on her own without a wheelchair. In 1922, she died, which was caused by her illness.
1. Trentier Keever | Height 254 cm
Trentier Keever - the tallest woman in the world in history, whose growth was 254 cm. The person was born in 1616 in the city of Edam (Netherlands) in the family of the Dutch speaker Cornelis Keever. Her mother was a servant of Cornelis until 1605, after which they got married, and 11 years later they had a daughter, Traintier. After the birth of the girl, she began to grow rapidly and already at the age of nine could easily reach with her hand to the base of the roof of a one-story house. The girl became a subject of general attention, which parents began to use: they showed their child at carnivals and fairs for a fee.
Trentier died at the age of seventeen, when her parents brought her to the next fair show. There are versions that the girl suffered from acromegaly. Today in the branch of the Edam Museum is a portrait of Trentier Keever, which was painted by an unknown artist. Not far from the portrait lie 54-size shoes that belonged to the Big Maiden earlier - just such a nickname the record holder got in her time.