Height 2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) | Name Madge Bester | |
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Born 26 April 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-04-26 ) Similar People Pauline Musters, Bridgette Jordan, Lucia Zarate, Gul Mohammed, Edward Nino Hernandez |
Madge Bester (born 26 April 1963) is the world's former shortest living woman. From South Africa, she measures 2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) in height which was measured in 1991. Bester has osteogenesis imperfecta, which is characterized by brittle bones, and uses a wheelchair. She has been a campaigner for disability rights, holding a 1998 press conference on the issue accompanied by Lin Yih-Chih, the world's smallest man.

Bester lives in a retirement village in Bloemfontein. Her mother Winnie, who died in 2001, also suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta and measured only 70 cm.

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