Top 10 Tallest women in the World

10. Carolina Welz – 2,06 m

 Caroline is a tailor and also a part-time model.

Caroline Welz born July 6, 1986 in Potsdam, Brandenburg is 6 feet 9 inches (206 cm) tall and one of the tallest women in Germany. . Her legs are 51 inches (130 cm) long

. She wears a size 15 (US) / 48 (EU) shoe.

9. Malee Duangdee – 2,10 m

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Malee Duangdee from eastern Thailand,Weighing in at 20.5 stone,this giant teenager is the tallest in the world at a whopping 6ft 10 in and she could still be growing

8. Gitika Srivastava – 2,11 m

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Gitika Srivastava is the former member of Indian National Women Basketball team. Her father, Pradeep Srivastava, is also a former basketball player.

7. Uljana Semjonova – 2,13 m

Uljana Semjonova

Uļjana Semjonova, born March 9, 1952 in village Medumi, Daugavpils District, Latvia is a retired Soviet Latvian basketball player.Standing at 2.13 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. For almost all of her playing career, she played for TTT Riga, which was part of Daugava Voluntary Sports Society.

6. Zainah Bibi – 2,18 m

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Zainab Bibi, was born in Pakistan, The very tall woman is sometimes quoted as being 6 foot 10 & sometimes at 7 foot 2. Someone claimed her shoe size should be US21/EU; or 13,75″ (35cm). 

5. Malgorzata Dydek – 2,18 m

Malgorzata Dydek

Małgorzata Dydek 28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011, known as Margo Dydek in the United States, was a Polish international professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was famous for being the tallest active professional female basketball player in the world. 

4. Sandy Allen – 2,33 m

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Sandra Elaine “Sandy” Allen  (June 18, 1955 – August 13, 2008) was a U.S. woman recognized as the tallest woman during her life according to Guinness World Records. She was 7 ft. 7¼ in. (233 cm) in height

3. Yao Defen – 2,34 m

Yao Defen

Yao Defen, (born July 15, 1972) is the tallest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records. She stands 7 ft 8 in tall (2.33 m), weighs 200 kilograms (440 lb), and has size 26 (UK) / 78 (EU) feet. Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland.

2. Jane Bunford – 2,41 m

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Jane “Jinny” Bunford (26 July 1895 – 1 April 1922) is the tallest person in English medical history, measuring 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) at the time of her death. She was the tallest person in the world during her lifetime, and she still may hold two further records – between 1916 and 1919, and between 20 May 1921 and 1 April 1922. And that she could have had the longest hair in Britain, during her lifetime. She is the tallest person ever recorded in england, 

1. Zeng Jinlian – 2,48 m

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Zeng Jinlian (June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest female ever recorded in history, taking Jane Bunford’s record. She is also the only female counted among the thirteen individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China, she was 8 ft 1.75 in (249 cm) tall. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed spine. 

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