10 Tallest living women in the world in 2022
The tallest
women in the world are truly unique and recognized as such, because, they were
unlike any other woman in their community. Though some of these women have
severe health problems, they live life knowing that they inspire others to
accept who they are and where they come from.
Rumeysa
Gelgi
She was born
January 1st, 1997, is a Turkish advocate, researcher and front-end developer
who holds the title of tallest living woman in the world from Guinness World
Records since October 2021. She previously held the title of tallest living
female teenager in the world. She is 7 feet 0.7 inches (215.1 cm) tall.
Her tall
stature is down to a condition called Weaver syndrome, an extremely rare
condition which causes accelerated growth amongst other abnormalities including
skeletal maturation.
Uljana
Semjonova
She was born
9 March 1952, is a retired Latvian basketball player who competed for the
Soviet Union. Standing at least 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in).
Semjonova was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Wearing a men's size 21 (US) / 58 (EU) shoe, she was known for having the largest feet ever in women's basketball.
She is the
highest Ukrainian woman. She is 47 years old. (213 cm height.)
Maria Feliciana Dos Santos
She is the
tallest woman in Brazil and one of the tallest women in the world. Her size is
just unbelievable and most people feel like a dwarf beside her, which is no
surprise when she is that height. She is 75 years old now. Maria measures 7
feet (213.4 cm)
Miranda
Weber
She is American, 22 years old from Regina. She is 213.4 cm (six feet 11-and-a-half inches)
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Marvadene
Anderson
She was born 1 May 1993, is a Jamaican basketball and netball player, at one time recognized as the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 ft 11.5 in (2.12 m).
Gitika Srivastava
She is a
former basketball player from India, is 6′ 11″ (211 cm).
Poonam Chaturvedi
Poonam
Chaturvedi is the tallest ever Indian female basketball player. She is 6 foot
11 inches. She has proved herself as a strong competitor against opponents’
teams as it becomes difficult for them to grab the basketball from her. Though
she has feeble arms, still she overpowers the opposite team on the court. She
is 26 years old now.
Zorana Todorović
She was born
December 30, 1989, is a Serbian women's basketball player. She is 209.6 cm (6ft
10.5)
Todorović in one interview made clear her fondness of her height and expressed her wish to grow taller than Poland's Margo Dydek and thus become the world's tallest female basketball player. She is one of the tallest women in Europe.
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Maria Daineko
She was born 4th November 2000, volleyball player from Russia who currently plays with Elizaveta Zayonchkovskaya. She is 209 cm.
