The world’s tallest and shortest women met for the first time

NEW YORK (Gray News) – The world’s tallest and shortest women came together for the first time to share afternoon tea in celebration of the 20th annual Guinness World Records Day.

Rumeysa Gelgi, the tallest woman, and Jyoti Amge, the shortest, shared their life stories and experiences from two different perspectives.

“Meeting Jyoti for the first time was so amazing. “Sometimes we had difficulty making eye contact due to the height difference, but it was great,” said Gelgi.

Gelgi added that both women have things in common such as their love of make-up, personal care and nail care.

Amge stands only 24.7 inches tall while Gelgi towers over her with a height of 7 feet, 0.7 inches.

“I’m used to looking up and seeing people taller than me, but today I was so happy to look up and see the tallest woman in the world,” Amge said. “I am very happy to have met Rümeysa, she is very good-natured and I felt very comfortable talking to her.”

Holding two of Guinness World Records’ most coveted titles, the two were also honored as GWR icons in the book’s 70th anniversary edition.

They join other GWR icons such as Diana Armstrong, tallest man Sultan Kosen, and disabled strongman Dave Walsh, with the longest fingernails (female) in Guinness World Records 2025, according to the organisation.

“Being recognized as a Guinness World Records icon in this anniversary edition is surreal, the greatest honor I have ever had,” Gelgi said. “I saw myself among all these artists and athletes that I have always admired; “It’s an indescribable feeling.”

Some of the other GWR icons that made it into this year’s book include:

Taylor Swift – Most Album of the Year Grammys (vocalist), 4 AND US Hot 100, 263 AND Most entries into the highest-grossing music tour in a year ($1,039,263,762; £840.2 million) …. (100′ more than records)

Lebron James – The first father-son duo to play on the same NBA team at the same time AND the most points scored in an NBA All-Star game, with 426… (32 more records)

Diana Armstrong – Longest nails on a pair of hands (female), 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in) AND Longest nails on a pair of hands (female), 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in)

“I am grateful to Guinness World Records for finding me in 2009 and giving me the opportunities I have had. I never thought I would be called an icon, and to have this in the 70th anniversary edition is very special,” Amge said.

Tide lives with a rare condition called Weaver syndrome, which causes accelerated growth and skeletal deformities.

Amge, on the other hand, has a type of dwarfism called achondroplasia and never grows above a certain height.

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