Happy Birthday June 26

The tallest woman ever, Zeng Jinlian, was born on June 26, 1964. Jinlian was from Yujiang village in the Bright Moon Commune, Hunan Province, China. The giant Chinese teenager measured 246.3 cm (8 ft 1 in) and because of spine curvature she could not stand at full height. The only woman verified to have reached 8 feet (240 cm) Zeng suffered from diabetes, dying aged 17 in 1982.

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