10 of the World's Tallest Women

10. Heather Greene is "only" 6' 5½" (196 cm) and lives in Las Vegas.
9. Rita Miniva Besa is 6' 8" (203 cm).
8. Germany's tallest girl, Caroline Welz is 20 years old and 6' 9" (206 cm) tall.
7. Malee Duangdee is Thailand's tallest woman, with 6' 10" (208cm).
6. Gitika Srivastava, former basketball player from India, is 6' 11" (211 cm).
5. Standing at 7'0" (213 cm), Latvian Uljana Semjonova was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s.
4. Zainab Bibi, 7' 2" (218 cm) as well, was recently allowed to stay permanently in Britain because she claims her height has made her a target at home, Pakistan.
3. Malgorzata (aka Margo) Dydek, a basketball player in the US, is 7'2" (218 cm).
2. Sandy Allen appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records since 1976 --and until 2008, when she died-- as the tallest woman in the world. She was 7' 7¼ " (232 cm) in height.
1. Yao Defen claims to be the tallest woman in the world, with 7' 8" (233 cm). She weighs 200 kg (440 lbs) and has size 26 (UK) / 78 (EU) feet. Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland.

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Heather Greene @0:03 does she really need the high heels? Cool video! =)