Jyoti Amge
Jyoti Amge was born in December 16, 1993 in Nagpur, India. As of December 16, 2011 she has been officially declared the World's smallest woman by Guinness Book of Records with a height of 62.8 cm. She has grown less than 1cm in the last two years, Guinness said in a statement, and will grow no more due to a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia.
Amge is shorter than 22-year old American Bridgette Jordan who stands at 69cm and had held the Shortest woman title since September 2011. she celebrates her 18th birthday today, could only be assessed for the Shortest woman title once she had reached her adult birthday on 16th December 2011. Amge is just 61.95 cm tall and weighs 5.5 kgs. When she held up her certificate Friday, the frame covered her entire body, and the Guinness World Records book came up to her waist. Officials went to her hometown of Nagpour, a city located 800 km east of Mumbai, where three measurements were taken over a 24-hour period to confirm her height.
The Amge family is committed to ensuring Jyoti lives a normal life and follows her dreams to become a Bollywood film star & she hopes to earn a degree. Jyoti has attended regular school since she was 4 and, other than a small desk and chair, she is like any other pupil. Jyoti Amge is not the Shortest woman in history. This title continues to be held by Pauline Musters, who lived from 1876 to 1895 in Netherlands & measured just 61cm.
Earlier in the day, she had celebrated her birthday with a cake that is almost the same size as her. Surrounded by family, including her proud mum Ranjana, emotional Jyoti was presented with a framed certificate which came up to her chin. She could not have been happier, calling the world record an “extra birthday present”. She explained, “I feel grateful to be this size, after all if I weren’t small and had not achieved these world records I might never have been able to visit Japan and Europe, and many other wonderful countries.” After being crowned the teenage title, Amge went on multiple Guinness sponsored trips to meet with other record holders.
Talking about Jyoti's 18th birthday, her father, Kishanji Amge, said: "This year is a special celebration and we expect more visitors than ever to Jyoti's birthday party. But it has always been this way, she's always been very popular. I am sure this year her birthday party will be very colourful and loud, just like Jyoti!".
Guinness World Records Adjudicator, Rob Molloy, said: "I'm honored to be here in Jyoti's home town to celebrate this very important birthday with her and her family. I'm pleased to be updating Jyoti's record status from Shortest teenager and crowning her the world's Shortest woman. Jyoti encourages us all to look beyond mere size and to just celebrate our differences."
Actress Jyoti, who is set to appear in two Bollywood films next year. As a teenager at school in Nagpur, Jyoti had her own small desk and chair, but said the other students didn't treat her any differently.She also has to sleep in a specially-made bed and uses utensils that are smaller than average. This was not Amge's first Guinness record. Until Friday she was considered the world's shortest teenager, but in turning 18 qualified for the new title.
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