World's Tallest And Shortest Women Meet For First Time To Celebrate Guinness World Records Day 2024

The very first meeting between the world's tallest and shortest women has taken place in London.

Jyoti Amge (2 ft 0.7 inches) and Rumeysa Gelgi (7 ft 0.7 inches) shared an afternoon tea at the iconic Savoy Hotel and swapped stories and experiences of life from two very different perspectives.

The meeting was part of celebrations for the 20th annual Guinness World Records Day (GWR Day).

Rumeysa said:

“It was so amazing meeting Jyoti for the first time.

"It was difficult for us to make eye contact at times due to our height difference, but it was great.

"We do have things in common; we both love make-up, self-care, and doing our nails.”

Jyoti said:

“I’m used to looking up and seeing people taller than me but I was so happy to look up today and see the world’s tallest woman.

"I’m delighted that I’ve met Rumeysa, she is so good-natured, and I felt very comfortable talking to her.”

With Jyoti standing at just 62.8cm high, and Rumeysa at a towering 2m 15.16cm, and as two of Guinness World Records best-loved title holders, the pair are also honoured as GWR ICONS in the book’s 70th anniversary edition.

They feature alongside other GWR ICONS including longest fingernails (female) Diana Armstrong, Tallest man Sultan Kosen and disabled strongman Dave Walsh in Guinness World Records 2025, which is out now.

“Being named as a Guinness World Records icon in this anniversary edition is surreal, it is the greatest honour I have ever had. I've seen myself among all these artists and athletes that I’ve always been a fan of – it’s an indescribable feeling.” Said Rumeysa.

Jyoti added:

“I am thankful to Guinness World Records for finding me in 2009 and giving me the opportunities I have had.

"I never thought I would be called an icon and it’s extra special that it is in the 70th anniversary edition. I can’t explain how happy I am!”

As well as meeting each other for the first time, it is also Rumeysa’s first ever trip to the UK.

She is keen to visit the sights with Jyoti, with the help of their parents who are travelling with them.

Rumeysa, the tallest woman living, has a rare condition called Weaver syndrome which causes accelerated growth and skeletal deformities.

Hers was only the 27th case ever diagnosed, and the first in Türkiye.

Rumeysa uses a wheelchair and can only stand using a walker for short periods of time but refuses to let her physical challenges hold her back.

As well as being an advocate for Weaver syndrome Rumeysa works as a qualified web designer.

Jyoti is an actress and is known for her role as Ma Petite in American Horror Story.

Her career means she is the record holder for the shortest actress as well as shortest woman living.

Jyoti was an average-sized child at birth, but as she got older her parents noticed she wasn’t growing at the same rate as her peers.

She has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and will never grow beyond a certain height.

In 2009, she was announced as the record holder for the shortest teenager living (female) after doctors measured her to be 61.95 cm (2 ft) tall.

At just 5.4 kg (12 lb), she weighed only 4 kg (9 lb) more than when she was born.

When she turned 18, she qualified for the shortest woman living category.

Also featured in the book and honoured as GWR ICONS are:

• Taylor Swift (USA): Most Album of the Year Grammy (vocalist), 4 AND Most entries on the US Hot 100, 263 AND Highest-grossing music tour in a year ($1,039,263,762; £840.2m) .... [over 100 record titles]
• Lebron James (USA): First father-son duo to play on the same NBA team at the same time AND Most points in NBA All-Star games, 426...  [32 more record titles]
• Max Verstappen (NLD) Youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship race, 18 years and 228 days [11 more record titles]
• Diana Armstrong (USA): Longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female), 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in) AND Longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female), 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in)
• Preet Chandi (UK): Longest solo unsupported on-way polar ski journey (female), 1,484.53 km; 922.44 miles AND First Asian female to compete a solo ski expedition to South Pole AND Fastest solo, unsupported ski journey to the South Pole (female), 31 days 19 minutes
• Dave Walsh (UK): Heaviest wheelchair vehicle pull, 9,360 kg; 20,635lb
• Silvio Sabba (ITA): Highest standing jump onto a balance board carrying a 40lb pack (male), 1.03m; 4.55 in AND Most squats on a balance board carrying a 100lb pack in one minute (male), 22

More information on these record holders and further GWR ICONS can be found on the website here.