it reached 2.25 meters, before shrinking with age

Maria Feliciana dos Santos, Brazilian, has died at the age of 77. She was recognized as one of the tallest women in the world, standing 2.25 meters tall. She reached a height when she was young because over the years the woman has shrunk. The information was confirmed on Saturday 27th by her family. Maria Feliciana had been hospitalized for a few days in a private hospital in Aracaju. Feliciana has suffered from health problems in recent years, which have affected her mobility. In an interview with the Infonet Portal – granted in February 2020 – she recalled her story and above all the period of national fame when she was discovered as the tallest woman in Brazil – and in the world.

Who is the tallest woman today

For many years Maria Feliciana held the title of the tallest woman in the world before shrinking as the years passed. The tallest living woman in the world right now, Turkish Rumeysa Gelgi, measures 2.15 meters but she has never reached Maria Feliciana’s all-time record. The Estado de Sergipe building, a 28-story skyscraper in Aracaju that was the tallest in the city when it opened in 1970, is popularly known as the Maria Feliciana building. The woman, who had battled health problems for years, became a household name in her hometown after an incredible period of growth in her late teens.

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Maria Feliciana, the pain of the authorities

The Mayor of Aracaju, Edvaldo Nogueira (PDT), expressed his condolences at the death of the “queen of heights”, as Feliciana was affectionately known. «Maria Feliciana became famous throughout the country in the 1960s, when her 2.25 meters height made her the protagonist in Chacrinha’s program. I remember the first time I saw Maria Feliciana, I was still a child. She was in Pão de Açúcar, the city where I was born. Her presence aroused great interest »wrote the mayor.

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