Sultan Kösen, 41, who holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest living man, and Jyoti Amge, 30, the world’s shortest living woman, had breakfast together in California on Monday, according to media reports. They last met in 2018 for a photo shoot in Egypt.
An incredible 8 feet, 2.8 inches tall, Kösen in 2009 became the first man over 8 feet tall to be measured by Guinness World Records in more than 20 years.
The part-time farmer from Turkey grew nearly 2 inches, to his current height, in the two years after he was initially measured.
Kösen was diagnosed with acromegaly, which is typically caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland.
The tumor produces an excess amount of growth hormone, which can lead to gigantism.
Kösen stopped growing in 2011 after undergoing treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center to control the production of the growth hormone.
He holds the Guinness record for the largest hands on a living person, each one measuring 11.22 inches from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger.
He also once held the record for the largest feet on a living person (each about 1 foot, 2 inches).
Kösen is four times taller than Amge. At Monday’s meeting, Kösen can be seen sitting on his knees behind Amge and resting in a chair while Amge stands on his right leg. He also holds one of his shoes next to Amge for good measure.
Amge, an actress from India, is a little over 2 feet tall. She has achondroplasia, a rare form of dwarfism.
Following her 18th birthday, on Dec. 16, 2011, Guinness officially declared her the world’s shortest living woman.
She played Ma Petite in “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” which premiered in 2014.
Kösen and Amge met in January 2018 to pose for photos in front of Egypt’s Giza Pyramids.
The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board extended the invite to help boost tourism.
Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported the pair traveled to California for Monday’s meeting at the behest of an unidentified American producer.
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