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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.
Jyoti Amge (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian woman notable for being the world's smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records. Following Amge's 18th birthday on 21 December 2011, she was officially declared the world's smallest woman by Guinness World Records with a height of 62.8 centimetres (2 ft 0.6 in). Her restricted height is due to a growth abnormality called achondroplasia. Amge was featured in the 2009 documentary entitled Body Shock: Two Foot Tall Teen.