According to the Guinness Book of Records, the owner of the largest foot size is Brian Takiul, a native of Morocco. At 29 years old, he has a height of 2m 46cm, and the size of his legs has reached 38 cm. According to European standards, size 58.
Now Brian lives in France, in an ordinary small-sized apartment, where he hardly moves around. High growth does not allow you to fully straighten your shoulders. The same problems lie in wait for him when moving around the city, it is problematic to take a taxi or go to the subway. A young man attracts a lot of attention to himself, but this does not annoy him at all. Brian happily poses for cameras and answers questions. He hopes that he will grow up a little more and again fall into the book of records, already in the section "the tallest man in the world." The only thing that the owner of big feet complains about is the high cost of shoes. It is sewn to order, and the cost of one pair is 3,500 thousand euros.
What is the cause of such extraordinary bone growth? There is such a disease acromegaly, its essence lies in the fact that the body produces an excess of growth hormone. A neoplasm in the brain can lead to serious health problems. Brain is recommended to undergo surgery to remove the tumor.
However, a person lives in Ukraine who does not want to be registered in the Book of Records. He is the owner of the 60 foot size, and his height is 2 cm more (2m 55cm) than the registered champion. This giant's name is Leonid Stadnikov. He is a native of the Zhytomyr region.
At the age of 12, Leonid was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, at 13 he underwent an operation in which the pituitary gland was affected. After her, the boy began to grow strongly. Parents did not have time to buy clothes. They didn’t join the army, when measuring height, there wasn’t enough ruler, and even flat feet were found. Even then, the leg grew to size 60.
At 41, he was still growing, from the weight (almost 200 kg) his legs hurt badly. The tumor pressed on the optic nerves from which vision deteriorated. I had to have surgery again.
Leonid is a very modest person, he does not like to draw attention to himself. He is dissatisfied with his size, so there is not a single mirror in the house. He is very laconic, but when it comes to his hobby (vine growing), he can talk for hours. Despite the fact that he has a higher education (he is a veterinarian), Leonid cannot fully work in his specialty. The cows are afraid of him, mistaking him for a rearing bull. Now he is on disability and does not work, he lives with his mother on the money that the state assigned him. And earlier it was necessary both in winter and summer to get to the place of work on a cart, the growth of the hero does not allow to fit in a car. Moreover, Leonid does not fit into a tractor. This is very upsetting for the Ukrainian giant. He is not married, does not want to shift his problems onto fragile shoulders. How he wants to lead the usual, quiet life. And most importantly, he wants to be healthy. So far, his only outlet is the cultivation of grapes. That's so sad in our time to be a giant!
Surely every person from time to time was dissatisfied with his appearance. Whether it's too big a nose, too thin lips, different size eyes, a disproportionate figure, etc. Such self-flagellation is more characteristic of women. However, many men also tend to condemn their appearance.
For example, a huge number of both women and men do not like the size of their own feet. And they secretly dream of finding some miracle recipe that can make their legs at least a little smaller.
That's just in our life, as you know, everything is known in comparison. Therefore, such “unfortunates” can be condemned by people with the largest foot size. Moreover, there are champions not only among men, but also among women.
In this article, we will talk about people who differ precisely in this feature of the body structure.
Who is the owner of the largest foot in the world
A man born back in 1918 was the most ordinary child. Perhaps he would have remained unknown to anyone. If not for one nuance. Robert, and that was the name of the baby, at birth was about four kilograms. However, by the year the situation has changed dramatically. He dramatically increased in height and weight. His figures at that time were as follows: 92 cm and 20 kg.
Already at that time, Robert was a giant and the owner of the largest foot size among kids of his age. Then his parents sounded the alarm and went to the doctor. After some research, it became clear that the baby was suffering from acromegaly. A rare and, unfortunately, incurable disease, due to which parts of the body quickly increase, but having reached a normal (corresponding to other people) state, they continue to grow further.
When Robert died in July 1942, his height was 2.72 meters, his foot size (the largest in the world) was 76.
More than half a century has passed since the departure of the tallest man in the world, but no one has broken his absolute record.
The man with the largest foot size living today
A guy who was born not so long ago, in 1995, became famous throughout the world. And all thanks to the fact that it is he who has the largest foot size in the world. True, only among living people.
His name is Carl Griffiths. Growth young man- about two meters, which does not really distinguish him from the average person. However, his feet are just huge! For this reason, Karl cannot buy shoes for himself in a regular store and is saved only by the services of shoemakers. Because it is impossible to find any suitable sneakers or men's shoes on his size sixty-three foot.
The woman with the biggest feet
The representative of the beautiful half of humanity can also “boast” with the largest foot size. Her name is Mandy Sellars. Known to the world for being the owner of legs that are constantly increasing in size. And we are talking not only about the feet, but about the leg as a whole. This disease is extremely rare and also incurable. Doctors can only help in such a situation by relieving the symptoms or by amputating both limbs.
However, Mandy did not dare to make such drastic changes for a long time. She accepted herself for who she was, continuing to fight for her life every day. After all Bottom part the girl’s body weighed almost a hundred kilograms, her right leg was much shorter than her left, and top part bodies of perfectly normal size. All this affected the heart of the owner of the largest leg size in women, at some point it could not stand it, and the doctors did not give any guarantees that the girl could be saved.
As a result, Mandy, when there was practically no choice, had to agree to the surgical assistance of doctors. And in 2010, her left leg was amputated below the knee. But the girl did not despair, did not fall into depression, she is doing well, and even any healthy person can envy her love of life.
An ideal imposed from childhood
Almost from birth, every girl grows up on the ideal of beauty, which implies a miniature leg. Which, for example, could boast of Cinderella from the famous and beloved fairy tale by children. Later, in her teens, the young fashionista learns about such charming "living dolls" as geishas. Their ability to subdue men fascinates, delights. However, these charms also sing of one specific detail - a small, neat foot. How it looks is perfectly visible in the photo.
These are the sacrifices the geisha had to make. After all, even then, not every girl or girl could boast of graceful legs given to her by nature.
In the modern world, the teenage period is not the easiest, and then there are huge feet! And if the girl is also a long-legged beauty, there is no chance at all to achieve the ideal. As a result, tears, self-flagellation, rejection of one's own appearance, complexes and other psychological problems begin. However, if you look at celebrities, it becomes clear that small legs are no longer in fashion.
About what is the largest foot size, we talked earlier. Now let's look at whose female legs are considered beautiful in Hollywood and what is their size.
It is difficult to find a person who has never heard this name. After all, Pamela Anderson’s “virtues” a few years ago were full of almost all the covers of magazines, her portraits were an indispensable attribute in the boys’ room, and the girls tried to be like her and made an appointment with plastic surgeons in droves. Pamela's large breasts are constantly mentioned, but the fact that she wears the 42nd shoe size is not often heard.
But Anderson isn't the only big-footed celebrity. Her colleagues: Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Heidi Klum also differ in not a small foot.
Monica Bellucci
Of course, the feet of this beautiful lady are far from the largest human foot size. However, Monica also does not match the image sung in fairy tales. After all, she wears shoes that are not at all female 44th size.
Not much different from her Paris Hilton and Tyra Banks. Their legs are 43 sizes.
The official owner of the largest legs in the world is Hayson Rodriguez, this was recently recorded by experts from the Guinness Book of Records. With a height of 220 cm, he wears shoes of size 59. The length of his feet is 40.1 cm, which is almost half the height of his 8-month-old niece.
Until the age of ten, Hayson was quite ordinary. But suddenly the feet began to grow and in just a year they grew from 38 to 46 sizes. All this time he experienced severe headaches and was constantly under the supervision of doctors.
During the examination, it turned out that Hayson's pituitary gland is too active, which produces hormones that affect growth and metabolism. Because of this, he also grew rapidly. It looks like the 59th size.
Hayson has not been going to shoe stores for a long time, all his shoes are made to order. Yes, and big legs - not a reason for joy. At school, he was constantly bullied about this by his peers, so he thought about quitting several times.
“When I was 14 years old, they began to sew shoes from my pants. They were enough for two or three weeks in total, so sometimes you had to walk barefoot.
With such growth, God himself ordered to get involved in basketball.
Niece.
In the world of legs.
"My swallow, put away your flippers!" Joking aside, not some people really need neither fins nor skis - they have everything of their own, natural. Whether they were lucky or not is a big question. Read more about the largest-legged men and women in the world. Do you find it difficult to find ready-made shoes in the store because your size is too large? Sometimes you have to make to order? Do not despair, there are people who are even less lucky with their legs.
This British woman with a sweet smiling face suffers from an extremely rare disease - Proteus syndrome. There are no more than 120 people all over the world with this syndrome. True, Mandy could not be diagnosed for quite some time, because she has symptoms that are not characteristic of the disease. To date, Proteus syndrome is not treated, doctors can only alleviate the condition.
The upper half of the girl is fragile and graceful, weighing less than 40 kg. The lower one seems to belong to a giant - the weight of the legs is almost a centner. Growth began almost immediately after birth. Already at the age of 2, doctors doubted whether this child would survive. However, Mandy showed extraordinary fortitude and not only survived, but practically adapted to her illness, trying to lead a normal life.
Sellars is grateful to her parents who supported her, especially during adolescence, when she began to clearly stand out among her peers. At 19, the girl left home and began to actively build her life - in particular, she received a bachelor's degree in psychology. On the this moment Mandy lives alone and manages quite well without outside help, even in wheelchair. Her vitality is truly amazing.
The foot size of this Briton is 63 with a height of 197. The guy's feet grew very quickly from childhood, at the age of twelve he already had to buy shoes of size 43, and then the increase went on by another size per year. Parents were at a loss - after all, they, and all relatives, have completely normal legs.
Since it is rare for any manufacturer to produce shoes larger than size 47, Karl is forced to order them abroad, which costs a lot of money. In addition, he plays rugby, and sneakers for this should be as comfortable as possible. Both shoes and socks wear out very quickly, so this problem is there all year round.
Carl works as a welder, goes to clubs and generally leads a perfectly normal life. The guy did not register his performance, although he could well officially become the man with the world's largest legs.
This man lives in France. He wears a size 58 and faces the same problems as Griffiths. These men do not have elephantiasis, they suffer from another syndrome called "acromegaly", literally translated from Greek - "limb enlargement". Acromegaly is already detected in adults: when ordinary people stop growing, those suffering from this disease continue to partially grow for many years.
In addition to the limbs, the face also changes: a person eventually begins to resemble a Pithecanthropus due to the growth of the facial bones of the skull. This phenomenon is associated with a malfunction of the pituitary gland, that is, in other words, it is a hormonal disease. In children, such a violation causes gigantism, in adolescents - tallness, and in adults - acromegaly. Mild degrees can be treated with hormonal therapy, in more serious cases, pituitary surgery is required.
19-year-old girl from the UK Emma Cahill has the biggest women's size shoes in Europe. She has a size 49 foot, which is twice the size of the average female.
At the same time, the girl believes that for her height - 196 cm - the size of her legs looks proportional. Despite her height, Emma loves shoes with heels, but finding the right size is almost impossible.
"I have one pair of stilettos - but they are not very cool. I dream of owning a pair from Louboutins," says the student.
The only shop where Emma can find her size is in Germany. And then when she was there in last time, she was 13 and had a smaller foot. It was the largest size in the store. The only hope for the girl is the shoemaker, who said that he could make shoes in size 49 especially for her.
No less problem for a girl is the selection of clothes, especially pants, so all her jeans are 3/4 long.
With the opposite sex, Emma is also complicated. She notes that men are scared off by her height, although she herself likes to be tall. In the club, she was only once approached by a guy who was taller than her, but other than that, they had nothing else in common. The girl still hopes that she can find a guy who will be taller than her, although she understands that the bar may be too high.
Let's add that at the age of 9, Emma already had the same foot size as her mother, but now she wears shoes of the same size as her father.
We also note that Emma's leg is even larger than that of the two-meter football player of the England national team Peter Crouch, who has a 46 leg size.
In 2016, 20-year-old Hayson entered the Guinness Book of Records. The length of the right foot of the Venezuelan is 41.1 cm, and the left foot is 36.06 cm. early age the young man noticed that he stood out among his friends. Now he wears shoes of the 60th size, while his height is also quite large - 2 meters 20 centimeters.
Hayson complains that it is very difficult to find shoes for such large feet. At the moment he has two pairs of boots, and both are made to order - one in Venezuela and the other in Germany. Also, the guy cannot perform simple actions for other people - for example, ride a bicycle. He only has to move public transport. Nevertheless, the young man does not lose optimism and dreams of becoming a famous chef, and if this does not work out, then a movie star.
Often people with the largest foot sizes are sick with severe and incurable diseases. One can only envy their cheerfulness and fortitude, which allows them to overcome any difficulties.
Jason Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez of Maracay, Venezuela was presented with a new Guinness World Records certificate today thanks to his stunning foot size.
Since 2014, a 22-year-old man boasted the biggest legs, his right leg was 40.1 cm (1.31 ft) and his left leg reached 39.6 cm (1.30 ft). Jeison contacted Guinness World Records via their Facebook page and an official ceremony and photo shoot was arranged for this year's record book.
Jason reads Guinness World Records 2014
Four years later, Jason's legs have grown to a staggering 40.55 cm (1.33 ft) and 40.47 cm (1.32 m) respectively. The largest feet, measured in Germany. The ceremony took place at the Wessels shoe store in Vreden, Germany, where Jeison was shopping for new shoes custom-made by owner Georg Wessel.
Jason needs to get his unique shoes because his feet are too big for normal shoes. Guinness World Records judge Lucia Sinigallesi said: “We are very happy to meet Jason here in Germany and honor him with the Guinness World Records title. He achieved the record in 2015 and broke his own record. meet and present the certificate in person.
Jason with Judge Lucia Jason, who is 7ft 2.6in (220cm) tall and a keen basketball player, was thrilled to receive his new shoes and a Guinness World Records certificate: "Finding shoes in my size has never been easy. I've already tried to find my size when I was 16." The Guinness World Records made me appreciate myself more, especially the importance of my feet size. Today I am proud to have the biggest feet on earth. Closer to the age of nine, Jason realized that his legs were larger than those of his friends. They often compared sizes and Jason won every time. However, he was often teased for the size of his feet.
He struggled to find shoes in his size in his hometown of Maracay, so he was forced to wear sandals made from old tires and fabric before shoemaker expert Georg Wessels offered his help. Jeison should get his boots custom made for him. Georg also made shoes for Sultan Kozen, our tallest living record holder, whose feet are slightly smaller than Jason's. However, the world's largest feet belonged to the tallest man, Robert Wadlow (USA, 1918-40), who wore shoes in US size 37AA (UK size 36), which equals 47 cm (1 ft 6.5 in).