Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tallest Woman Ever - Zeng Jinlian




Zeng Jinlian was born on June 26, 1964 in Yuijan Village, China. So in memory of the tallest lady to ever live this blog is for Zeng Jinlian. She passed away at the young age of 17 Feb. 13, 1982. According to Guinness Book of Records Zeng Jinlian was the tallest woman ever. Her height was recorded to be 8' 1 3/4". According to records her increased growth was apparent at 4 months old, at age 4 she was over 5' tall. Using these figures on average she would have grown 5 inches a year. Under the best of circumstances this rapid growth would have been extremely stressful on Zeng and her family especially in context of her locality where people do not grow so tall it had to be difficult. Zeng Jinlian is the only female to be included in the over eight foot club and only 11 men have made that distinction. Zeng would have been 45 today.







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