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Official: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali poses with his certificates after being declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials at 21.5 inches.
One notable exception came recently when the world's shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, met the worldâs shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, as part of a promotion for the 2013 edition of Guinness World Records. Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepalese man is, at 21.5 inches; Amge, 18, of Nagpur, India, measures 24.7 inches.