Happy Birthday to Yao Defen

The Worlds Tallest Woman - Yao Deffen

Currently the Tallest Woman in the World at 7'8" - Today is Yao's Birthday she was born in 1972. Join me in sending Yao your best wishes and prayers today. Wherever you are Yao, Happy Birthday!!!

Yao was born in the town of Liuan in the Anhui province of Shucheng Country. Yao has endured so much during her lifetime, when she could not take advantage of her height in a sports career (due to the complications of acromegaly) Yao travelled with her father performing at different events across China.

Last year a media storm hit her with the story of trying to help her attain the medical treatment she needed for the pituitary tumor. She did receive treatments for her pituitary tumor it was not an easy task. It's not easy being big. Some of the articles/videos were heart wrenching, as onlookers would comment how stubborn she appeared to be where she was refusing to ride on the floor of a van so she could get to the hospital for treatment. It wasn't being stubborn, she knew her limits and would not be able to get off the floor of the van once there. It would have taken 7 or 8 men to pick her up, no room in one van for all those people. I can't imagine the emotional trauma she must have endured from people not understanding the challenges faced by acrogiants. More recently reports came through that she suffered a head injury a few months ago when she fell at her home and was hospitalized. In researching for this article, numerous attempts to find out how Yao Defen is today have all failed. I hope someone out there has more news on this brave lady and let me and the world know how she is doing. Their are several web sites that say an appeal has been set up to help support her but all links for this have gone dead that I can find. Many videos have been posted on You Tube about her life story. Please if you have any current information to share on Yao Defen leave a comment below and Thank-You for reading this blog.