Madge Bester

Madge Bester (born 1963) is believed to be the world's shortest living woman. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ CNN] ] [ [http://www.csbsju.edu/library/help/qb.htm College of St. Benedict Question Board] ] From South Africa, she measures 2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) in height. She has osteogenesis imperfecta, which is characterized by brittle bones. She is also affected by other deformities of her skeleton and is in a wheelchair. Her mother, Winnie, is not much taller, measuring at 70cm and is also confined to a wheelchair.

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