4. Imagine living as the shortest woman in the world.
Jyoti Kisanji Amge, who turned 27 on December 16, 2020, is the Guinness World Record holder for the world’s shortest living woman. Born in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, Amge is two feet tall (61.95 cm), confirming her as the world’s shortest female alive. In 2009, she hit the spotlight globally when she appeared on Fuji TV’s Bikkuri Chojin 100 Special no 2. Amge was measured by Dr. Manoj Pahukar, an orthopedic consultant, at the Wockhardt Superspeciality Hospital in Nagpur, her hometown. Also, GWR adjudicator Rob Malloy was on hand to oversee proceedings, as per the record book.
According to her mother, Ranjana, her daughter was of average stature under five years of age. “It subsequently emerged that she has a form of dwarfism, known as achondroplasia, and will never grow beyond a certain height,” Guinness World Records states. The genetic condition is considered a disorder of bone growth, which prevents the changing of cartilage to bone, particularly in the legs and arms. The dwarfism also includes “limited range of motion at the elbows, large head size, small fingers, and average intelligence.”