Madge Bester
Madge Bester | |
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| Born | 26 April 1963 |
| Height | 2 ft 1.5 in (65 cm) |
Madge Bester (born 26 April 1963) is the world's former shortest living woman.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[2]
References
- ^ Murphy, Wendy (2002). Orphan Diseases. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7613-1919-1.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) viewed at Google Books - ^ a b Sampson, Lin (2005). Now You've Gone 'n Killed Me. Oshun. pp. 40–44. ISBN 978-1-77007-049-3.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help), viewed at Google Books - ^ "World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled". CNN News Asia. Cable News Network. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
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