Pictured above is 72-year-old Nepalese man, Dangi who stands at a height of 21.5 inches and 18-year-old Nagpur, India woman, Amge measuring 24.7 inches.
However, an exception was made when the world’s shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, met the world’s shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, as part of a promotion for the 2013 edition of Guinness World Records.
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According to Marco Frigatti, an adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, the experience of getting the two smallest people on the globe together in one room was a true career highlight.
“The atmosphere was magic,” he said. “You could see everyone was smiling. It was something special in the air.”
Neither Amge nor Dangi said anything about the meeting, apparently it was a short one but both are happy to have their respective titles.
Amge is happy to be recognized by Guinness, and hopes to parlay the fame into a career as a fashion designer and a Bollywood actress.
“Since being recognized by Guinness World Records, I have been able to visit lots of different countries,” she said. “I love travelling. I have visited Japan and parts of Europe and now I can’t wait to visit the UK.” 
Officials of the world records had been aware of Amge’s existence for years, but waited until she was 18 to make the “world’s shortest woman” title official.Dangi, on the other hand, managed to escape discovery for more than 70 years before Guinness found him in the remote Nepalese mountain village of Rhimkholi, about 250 miles west of Kathmandu.
The recognition may be somewhat late in his life, but, hey, he’ll take it. “I’m very happy that I’m being recognized by Guinness World Records and that my name will be written in a book,” he said. “It’s a big thing for my family, my village and my country. I am very happy.”Dangi and Amge appear prominently in the 2013 edition of Guinness World Records, which will be published September 13.
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