The world’s tallest man from Turkey is once again hogging the limelight, but this time alongside the world’s shortest woman when they met each other in front of the pyramids in Egypt.
Sultan Kosen, 35, from Turkey, stands 8ft 1in and met Jyoti Amge, from India, who is just over two feet tall. Bizarrely, their air fares were paid by the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board in a bid to boost visitor numbers to Cairo’s ancient monuments.
Both are Guinness record holders – and Kosen is one of only ten people in history measured at over eight feet tall.
Kosen has a condition called pituitary gigantism where the brain produces large quantities of growth hormone. Amge, who was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1993, is an actress, and has a growth abnormality called achondroplasia.
Kosen and Amge will be also be visiting Cairo’s other famous tourist sites and also take a part in a conference in the Fairmont Nile City Hotel, Cairo.
On February 9, 2011, Kosen became the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness in over 20 years. The 35-year-old Kosen took the title of world’s tallest man from Xi Shun from China, who measured 2.361 m (7 ft 8.95 in) in height.
In December 2011, Amge took the title of world’s shortest living woman from American Bridgette Jordan. Born in Nagpur, Maharashtra, she became the smallest woman after her 18th birthday.
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