The Tallest Known Living Women

(women who are 6'6 1/2" / 200cm or over)

Meet the tallest woman alive:
De-Fen Yao from China who stands at  7'9" (236,2cm) confirmed!

Recently De-Fen Yao's plight has been featured rather prominently in the media. I sincerely hope it will make a difference (for her sake!). According to a programme on the Discovery Channel UK she was supposed to have an operation on the brain tumour which caused her gigantism in January 2007. So far I haven't had any news if the operation has taken place or not.

More on the tallest woman alive:

Article: The biggest wish of Asia's tallest woman

Finally some good news on De-Fen Yao: "Gigantism patient receives treatment in Shanghai"

I've been asked several times why I consider Ms. Yao to be the tallest woman in the world:

Well, as you can see in the video-clip it has finally been confirmed that she is the tallest woman in the world. I guess the Guinness Book of Records needs to be updated.

The story: 19 years ago she was diagnosed with Acromegaly – a disease resulting from a tumour on the pituitary gland causing it to pump out excess growth hormone.

Thanks to a documentary being made for a British Television programme, two of the leading doctors specialising in Acromegaly have offered to help De-Fen for free.

The doctors and the television production team have been raising money for De-Fen’s recovery and future.

Even though the actual appear is now over you can still visit the Yao Defen Appeal Website.

Please note: Personally I wish both De-Fen and Sandy were ten inches shorter, healthy and could lead a relatively normal life (like Margo Dydek). It seems that you can grow up to 7'2" and still not suffer from major health issues. Being tall isn't a good thing if it kills you or forces you to live in poverty.

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