17. Just how tiny is the smallest waist in the world?
Having the perfect body, or one where curves stood out, is something many models and celebrities aspire to have. Not everyone has the same beauty standards, but we can tell you for sure that Cathie Jung can quickly turn heads around with her 15-inch tiny waist. She and her husband are fascinated with corsets and Victorian-era clothes and how they can transform the human shape to have the perfect hourglass form. So in the 1980s, she began tight-lacing training to lower her waist from 26 inches to 15.
Believe it or not, she had never had any type of surgery to get her tiny waist; it’s all with years of tight-lacing training every single day. In fact, she has worn a corset for 23 hours a day since 1983, and she only removes it when she goes into the shower. This mother of three doesn’t have a special diet or any type of exercise to achieve this, just the consistency of wearing the corset every day. Cathie never did this to set a record. She only did this because “it was about dressing appropriately for the age.”