Yao Defen, of eastern China’s Anhui province,known to be the tallest woman on earth by Guinness World Records in 2010, when she stood 2.33 metres (seven foot eight inches) high,
“Yao Defen died on November 13th 2012,” a spokesman for the government of Shucha township, where Yao lived, told AFP by telephone.
Her growth started very early. At six years of age, she was already eating three times the normal amount of food compared to other children in her village. By elven year old, she was already over six feet tall. By fifteen, she was six feet and nine inches in height.
At fifteen, she saw a doctor to see if he could figure out what was causing her abnormal growth. She saw several doctors before they were finally able to diagnose the cause, however, her family was unable to do anything about it because the surgery would cost 4000 yuan ($640 USD), which they did not have.
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