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Rumeysa Gelgi, Celebrating a Decade of World Records
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Jul 29, 2024
Discover Rumeysa Gelgi's inspiring journey from being the tallest female teenager to holding eight unique Guinness World Records titles.
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This is Rumeysa, the tallest living woman and the holder of 8 record titles at total
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It's been 10 years since Rumeysa claimed her first record title of tallest female teenager
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Since then, she's gone on to break many more. My height is caused by my extremely rare syndrome, which is called Weaver syndrome
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Weaver syndrome is a random genetic mutation. It is so rare and I am the first case diagnosed in Turkey
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My family and people around me are very supportive. Being the only woman with that kind of height makes me feel really special
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I have just broken new records and I am so happy to share this news with everyone today
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I was born at 32 weeks by a natural delivery. I had a massive height for a premature baby
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So I thought, why wouldn't that also be a record? You know, my ears are obviously large and unfortunately, these have been one of the
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main points that I am blamed for. So I thought that it would be a very strong message to break another record with something
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I was previously looked for. Actually, having large ears even brings some benefits
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I have an impressive hearing ability. Remesa also holds three other record titles, which she claimed in 2022
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The record for the largest hands on a living person female, with her right hand measuring
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9.81 inches and her left hand measuring 9.55 inches. The record for the longest finger on a living person female, measuring 4.40 inches
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And lastly, the record for the longest back on a living person female, measuring 23.58 inches
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After being introduced as a record holder, I felt that I could turn my unique condition
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which was seeming like something very bad, into a blessing for myself
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I also became more confident than ever. So don't let others opinions make you feel upset about who you are
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I encourage everyone to feel happy in their own skin. Sometimes people make you believe that what you have is a curse
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Believe it or not, I wasn't going to be any other way
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I'm so excited to celebrate my 10th anniversary with Remesa. This now makes Remesa an incredible eight time world record holder
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More to come, maybe, who knows
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