World's smallest living woman

 

Jyoti Amge (born December 16, 1993), a resident of Nagpur, India, is the world's smallest living woman according to the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of Records.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She was a guest participant at Bigg Boss 6 - a winner-take-all television show in India where participants are required to live together in a large house engaging in a variety of 'tasks' as part of the game-show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 16, 2011, on her 18th birthday, she has been officially declared the world's smallest woman by Guinness Book of Records with a height of 58.42 cm (23 inches). Her restricted height is due to a growth anomaly called achondroplasia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2012, she met the world’s shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal. The pair posed together for the 57th edition of the Guinness World Records 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A documentary featuring Amge was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on June 11, 2009 at 21:00 called BodyShock: Two Foot High Teen.