Rumeysa Gelgi (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish web developer, who is known for holding the record for Guinness World Record for tallest living woman since 2021, though several other living women not yet confirmed by Guinness are known to be taller.
[10] Because of her condition, she usually uses a wheelchair to move, but she can walk for short periods of time with a walker.
[2][3] On 28 September 2022, Gelgi was able to fly on an airplane for the first time in her life.
Turkish Airlines had to place a stretcher on six chair rows in one of their planes to make her trip from Istanbul, Turkey, to San Francisco, California, U.S., a possibility.
The event got media attention[11] and was shown in a Guinness World Records documentary titled Rumeysa: Walking Tall.