who is the tallest woman in the?
Yao Defen. Yao Defen (1972) is the tallest living woman in the world and in the same, she is 3rd tallest woman ever after Zeng Jinlian, China, (8 feet 1 3/4 inch) who died in 1982 and Jane Bunford from UK , (7 feet 11 inches) who death in 1922). All these three women are Guinness book verified and the data is valid.
Yao Defen is considered the tallest living woman who was born in July 15, 1972 in Shucheng China . Yao measured 2.33 m (7 ft 8 in). Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland. The story of this woman giant began to spread rapidly after she went to see a doctor at the age of fifteen years for an illness.