World's Tallest Man and World's Shortest Woman Meet in Egypt

World's Tallest Man and World's Shortest Woman Meet in Egypt Sultan Kosen, 35, and Jyoti Amge, 24, visited the Giza pyramids as part of a campaign by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and the Guinness Book of World Records. Kosen, who is of Kurdish origin, is 8 feet 3 inches tall. He suffers from acromegaly, a rare condition caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone that results from a tumor on the pituitary gland. Amge, meanwhile, stands at 24.7 inches tall, and was declared the world's shortest woman in 2011 after her 18th birthday.