A small amount of water and a piece of an Alka-Seltzer tablet are placed in a plastic film canister. The lid is quickly snapped on and the canister turned upside down. Within a few seconds the canister explodes with a loud pop, sending the bottom of the canister flying through the air.
At just under 25 inches tall, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, is the world's shortest woman. She's a college-bound student, with dreams of making it as an actress. Still, she weighs just 12 pounds -- only nine pounds more than she did at birth. Even among dwarfs, Amge is tiny.
Average Female Height By Country. According to the map below the tallest women on earth, on average, are from the Netherlands, standing at. 5ft 7in (169.9 cm) tall. The shortest people are from Bolivia standing at 4ft 8in (142.2 cm) tall. The tallest woman according to the Guinness World Records is Zeng Jinlian (China) (b. 26 June 1964) of Yujiang village in the Bright Moon Commune, Hunan Province, measured 2.48 m (8ft 1.75in) when she died on 13 February 1982.