Jyoti Amge photos: world’s shortest woman
THE Guinness World Records says that Jyoti Amge, 18, is the shortest woman in the world.
Jyoti Amge, previously the world’s shortest teenager, is 62.8cm (24.7in) tall. She is a full is 7cm shorter than the previous record holder Bridgette Jordan.
Jyoti Amge, of Nagpur, India, has a condition called achondroplasia, a kind of dwarfism.
She tells media:
“It is wonderful to celebrate my 18th birthday with a new world record, it’s like an added birthday present. I feel grateful to be this size, after all if I weren’t small and had not achieved these world records I might never have been able to visit Japan and Europe, and many other wonderful countries.”.
She dreams of becoming a Bollywood film star. Well, if Tom Cruise can make it big…
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Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy, center, and Dr. Manoj Pahukar of Wockhardt hospital, second right, measures Jyoti Amge, 18 years, as her mother Ranjana Amge, left, and father Kishanji Amge, right, look on in Nagpur, India, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. Amge, a high school student in central India, was recognized as the world's shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Posted: 17th, December 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
