Overview:-
- Born in 1963, Madge Bester is one of the shortest women ever recorded. The South African is only 25.5 inches tall, which makes her smaller than an average one-year-old. She currently holds the record for the smallest non-mobile woman in the world.
- Bester suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta and is confined to a wheelchair. In 1998, this campaigner for disabled rights met then shortest man in the world, Lin Yu-Chih, at a conference for the disabled in Taiwan. At the meeting, Bester said: “My message to you is to take charge of your life. Forget your disabilities and use your abilities.”
