Top 10 Tallest Women in the World
Height is just one of those characteristics that are capable of separating us all. Tall people are usually being looked up to as gifted and blessed, but for the ones that are abnormally tall, this could be a curse. Their height problem can cause serious problems with finding clothes and shoes and other things they may bother not being able to enjoy due to their heights. Some may be dreaming of being tall while others are already happy being short. For the women who love sports and modeling, tallness is the pleasure. Here is the list of top 10 tallest women in the world in 2018.
10. Heather Greene
The first tall woman on our list is Heather Green, whose height is 6ft and 5.5 inches. She was born in American and is very popular in the United States just because of how tall she is.is very popular in the USA. In the age of 15, Heather reached her height 6ft and 5.5 inches. She wears a size 13 shoe, which is pretty big. She works as a model in her spare time. She has modeled for many advertisements such as The Amazons Arena, TallKat.com and Cassidy Heights.
9. Rita Miniva Besa
Rita Miniva hails from Zimbabwe she currently lives in the United States. Because of her 6 feet 8 inches height, she is in a basketball team. Rita’s height gives her a significant advantage over her competition in basketball. She is famous and has all the talent for an awesome sport. Being extraordinarily tall is a blessing for some people, she is one of those. She’s perfectly healthy, and she puts that health to good use.
8. Caroline Welz
German woman Caroline Welz is 6 foot 9 inches tall. She lives in Cologne and works as a tailor and a model. She is pretty popular in Germany for her work that she has done in modeling. She also holds a specific interest in trumpet and has played for many musical groups. Even though there are so many people that are very tall in height living in this country, Caroline is unique because she is actually the highest out of all of them. She holds the honor of being the tallest woman in all of Germany.
7. Malee Duangdee
Standing at 6 feet 10 inches, Malee Duangdee is the tallest woman in Thailand and second tallest in all of Asia. She was tall due to a defect, specifically a tumor that has caused her overgrowth. She had tried to have the tumor removed in the past, but the surgery was never successful. She had been being affected by her wellness for most of her lifetime. Duangdee died of a heart attack in her village in 2016.
6. Gitika Srivastava
6 feet 11 inches tall Gitika Srivastava is from India. She is a former member of the Indian National Women Basketball Team. Gitika‘s father was also a part of basketball team and was 7ft, 4inches tall. The founder and CEO of Navya Network Inc. Gitika is a very successful businesswoman.
5. Uljana Semjonova
Uljana Semjonova was the best basketball woman player in the world in 1970-80’s. She measures at 7 feet 1 inches and also known as a basketball player with the largest feet. She played for TTT Riga and joined the Olympics for team USSR. She played her heart out while playing basketball and she set a lot of new records and received multiple awards for her talents, including FIBA Hall of Fame, and Lifetime Contribution to Sport. She has won two Olympic Medals in 1976 and 1980. She is the most celebrated personality on the list of the tallest women in the world.
4. Zainab Bibi
Zainab Bibi is from Pakistan who moved to Britain because her family did not like how tall she was. She stands 7 feet and 2 inches. She was a former holder of the ‘Tallest Woman in the World’ title. She was a target to open harassments and attacks in her village in Pakistan, due to which she tried to get a place to stay but was rejected in two thousand and nine for staying at the asylum. She was still given two free years to live in a flat in Greater Manchester.
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3. Małgorzata Dydek
Malgorzata Dydek or Margo was the tallest professional basketball player in the world. She was from Poland, but she lived in the United States. They allowed her to be on the team because her 7 feet and 2 inch height. Her sisters are also professional basketball players. She played in Poland for the Colorado Xplosion. She later got married to a guy named David and they moved to Brisbane after that. She died when she was pregnant with her third child due to a heart attack in 2011.
2. Sandy Allen
Sandy Allen was recognized as the tallest woman in the world by the Guinness World Records during her time. She held that title during the last fifteen years of her life. She faced many health problems due to her height. She went a surgery after which she began to use a wheelchair to move. She was bedridden and spent the last years of her life Indiana.
1. Yao Defen
Yao Defen was born in a poor town in the Anhui province of China. She was 7 feet 8 inches tall woman and holds the record for being the tallest woman in the world by the Guinness World Records. She became this very tall due to a tumour in her pituitary gland. During her lifetime, she had to cope with hypertension, heart disease, and osteoporosis.
These women have come out of the narrow perceptions set for them by the society and have shared their gifts to the world.
