Woman confirmed dead world's highest

The world's largest woman born in China, measured 2.33 meters when it was recorded by the Guinness. now the authorities of the region where he lived said he died, but gave no details on the reasons. " Yao Defen died in mid-November, " a spokesman said by telephone from Shucheng (or Sucha), eastern province of Anhui , where he lived. The gigantism of women was due to a tumor affecting his pituitary gland and caused an excess of growth hormone. At the time of his death, Yao Defen measured 2.36 meters , a journal of Anhui said, recalling that the 15 years and was over two meters. She was the daughter of two farmerspoor and from small to Liuan noted its tendency to grow more than usual. needed more than three times the amount of food from other children of his age. His life might have changed if at age 15 had undergone surgery, but his family did not have enough money (4,000 yuan, currently $ 640 ). Due to their physical weakness could never develop sports and because of lack of training, was illiterate, could not work. He spent some time traveling with his father to lecture and exhibit his gigantism as lifestyle. Finally, in 2006 he was removed and the tumor stopped growing, but bad reappeared and medical aid could not only alleviate their pain without avoiding the outcome. Your acromegaly made ​​her suffer from hypertension, heart failure, malnutrition and osteoporosis.  was born on July 15, 1972 and the official date of his death was the November 13, 2012. In the following video posted by DiscoveryTV on YouTube (in English) can be seen meeting with another giant China, Zhang Juncai during his convalescence in 2008.