Almost 40 years after her death, zeng jinlian still comes first on the list of the tallest women to ever live. She began to grow abnormally from the age of four months and stood 156 cm (5 ft 1 1/2 in) before her fourth birthday and 217 cm (7 ft 1 1/2 in) when she was aged 13. Yao defen, from china, became the tallest living woman, as recognized by guinness world records.
Her hands measure 25.5 cm (10 in) and her feet 35.5 cm (14 in) in length. The record for the tallest woman who ever lived is held by a chinese record holder: Ever wondered who is the tallest woman in the world?
She suffered from both scoliosis and diabetes. Take a look at some of the tallest women in history, in no particular order. She was 7 feet and 8 inches and weighed 144 kilograms. Before she was the tallest woman in the world, she was the world's tallest teenager.
She was born in china in 1964 and grew to. Her gigantism was due to the presence of a tumour in her pituitary gland. This is a list of the tallest people, verified by guinness world records or other reliable sources.