- Title: Rumeysa Gelgi from Turkey confirmed as world’s tallest living woman
- Date: 15th October 2021
- Summary: SHOTLIST KARABUK, TURKEY (OCT. 14, 2021) (AAVN – ACCESS ALL) 1.VIEW OF HOUSE WHERE RUMEYSA GELGI WHO HOLD WORLD RECORD 2. GELGI GOING OUT HER HOUSE 3. VARIOUS OF GELGI SITTING ON WHEELCHAIR 4. VARIOUS OF GELGI POSING FOR PHOTO 5. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) WORLD’S TALLEST WOMAN, RUMEYSA GELGI, SAYING: “I applied to the Guinness Book of Records to be the tallest living woman earlier this year. There was a measurement process and then my record was approved. Certificate presentation took place last week.” 6. WHITE FLASH 7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) WORLD’S TALLEST WOMAN, RUMEYSA GELGI, SAYING: “Being different is not a bad thing as it is said, it can lead you to unexpected successes. I think that differences can be turned into advantages by people's own effort.” 8. VARIOUS OF GELGI SHOWING HIS CERTIFICATE OF GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 9. VARIOUS OF GELGI POSING FOR PHOTO 10. GELGI SITTING ON WHEELCHAIR (TWO SHOTS) AAVN SCRIPT Turkish woman Rumeysa Gelgi, who has been confirmed as the world's tallest living woman by Guinness World Record resides in the Safranbolu district of Karabuk in northwestern Turkey. Reminding that she had the title of "the tallest young girl under the age of 18 in the world" before, Gelgi stated that she applied to Guinness World Records to have the title of "the tallest woman in the world". Gelgi said “I applied to the Guinness Book of Records to be the tallest living woman earlier this year. There was a measurement process and then my record was approved. Certificate presentation took place last week.” “Being different is not a bad thing as it is said, it can lead you to unexpected successes. I think that differences can be turned into advantages by people's own effort,” she added. Gelgi was born in Turkey weighing more than 5kg and 59cm tall. Two months after she was born her family was told that Rumeysa had hole in her heart. She he had to have a heart operation when she reached 26 kg. By the age of six she was 1.76 m and 65 kg, reaching 2.05m by her 11th birthday. Gelgi suffers from Weaver syndrome, a disorder characterized by skeletal abnormalities and developmental delay. The bones of affected individuals grow and develop more quickly than usual before and after birth.
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