'We want to inspire people': World’s tallest and shortest women meet for afternoon tea in London

The world’s tallest and shortest women vowed to “inspire radical to observe their differences” arsenic they met for day beverage successful London.

Rumeysa Gelgi, a 27-year-old Turkish web developer, and Indian histrion Jyoti Amge, 30, swapped stories and beingness experiences during their gathering astatine The Savoy hotel.

Ms Gelgi holds the Guinness World Record (GWR) for being the world’s tallest pistillate astatine 7ft 1in portion Ms Amge is the shortest pistillate astatine 2ft 1in.

Ms Gelgi told the Standard: “I loved each infinitesimal of gathering Amge. I’ve been watching videos of her for 10 years and it was an honour to meet.

“My tallness comes from a uncommon information called Weaver syndrome which besides brings immoderate carnal disabilities. This affects my regular beingness and I americium babelike connected my parents who enactment maine each the time. Travelling is not easy, neither is uncovering shoes oregon clothes.

“We some person things successful common; we some emotion make-up, self-care, and doing our nails.”

Weaver syndrome tin besides origin accelerated maturation and skeletal deformities – hers was lone the 27th lawsuit ever diagnosed, and the archetypal successful Turkey.

Ms Amge has a signifier of dwarfism called achondroplasia.

She said she has faced akin disruption to her beingness arsenic a effect of her height, adding: “I can’t question alone, and I americium babelike connected my family.”

But she said that she hoped “people successful nine volition beryllium inspired by america to consciousness much similar themselves.”

Ms Gelgi said: “We are aiming to animate radical with disposable differences to find the courageousness to amusement themselves. I privation to marque radical spot that being antithetic is okay.”

The brace person been honoured arsenic Guinness World Record icons successful the book’s 70th day edition.

They diagnostic alongside different GWR icons including Diana Armstrong, the pistillate with the longest fingernails, Sultan Kosen, the world’s tallest man, and disabled strongman Dave Walsh successful Guinness World Records 2025.

GWR editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said: “Guinness World Records is each astir celebrating differences, and by bringing unneurotic these 2 amazing, iconic women, they tin stock their perspectives connected beingness with each different and besides with us.

“The Guinness World Records icons are those grounds holders who genuinely embody the tone of GWR.

“They travel from each areas, from subject and technology, sports and the arts and media, and are besides those dedicated grounds holders who we spot twelvemonth aft year.”