World's tallest and shortest women meet over afternoon tea for Guinness World Records Day

The world's tallest woman, 7ft 1in Rumeysa Gelgi enjoys day beverage with the world's shortest woman, 2ft 1 Jyoti Amge, astatine the Savoy Hotel arsenic they swapped beingness stories

The world's tallest and shortest women met for day beverage successful London successful solemnisation of the 20th yearly Guinness World Records Day.

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 215.16cm (7ft 1in), portion Ms Amge is the shortest pistillate astatine 62.8cm (2ft 1in).

"It was truthful astonishing gathering Jyoti for the archetypal time," said Ms Gelgi. "It was hard for america to marque oculus interaction astatine times owed to our tallness difference, but it was great. We bash person things successful common; we some emotion make-up, self-care, and doing our nails."

Ms Amge said: "I'm utilized to looking up and seeing radical taller than maine but I was truthful blessed to look up contiguous and spot the world's tallest woman. I'm delighted I've met Rumeysa, she is truthful good-natured, and I felt precise comfy talking to her."

Ms Gelgi has a uncommon information called Weaver syndrome which causes accelerated maturation and skeletal deformities - hers was lone the 27th lawsuit ever diagnosed, and the archetypal successful Turkey. She uses a wheelchair and tin lone basal utilizing a walker for abbreviated periods of clip but refuses to fto her carnal challenges clasp her back.

Ms Amge, who played Ma Petite successful US TV bid American Horror Story, has a signifier of dwarfism called achondroplasia. 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."