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Meet Ekaterina Lisina, The Woman With The Longest Legs In The World

Ekaterina Lisina has the longest legs of any woman in the world. She is also the tallest model in the world, and as far as anyone knows, she has the biggest feet of any woman in Russia.

Ekaterina Lisina has the longest legs of any woman in the world, according to the Guinness World Records. The institute says that her left leg is 52.3 inches long and that her right leg is also 52 inches long.

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The model is 6’9″ tall, and she knew early on that her height was one of her best features. With a successful career in basketball, where height is important, the young Russian had the foresight to find early success in both sports and modeling.

The Guinness Book of World Records is a record book.

Ekaterina Lisina is so tall because no one else in her family is shorter than six feet. Lisina’s brother is 6’6″, her father is 6’5″, and her mother is 6’1″. Her son is already much taller than his peers, and he hasn’t even hit puberty yet.

According to Inquisitr, though, being so much taller than most people wasn’t always a good thing. It’s not the best trait for shy, insecure teenage boys, but it’s given her a lot of opportunities outside of school, which she’s used to building a profitable identity.

The early years of Ekaterina Lisina

Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina was born in Penza, Russia, on October 15, 1987. She holds another Guinness World Record because she has long legs. Metro says that her height of 6’9′′ makes her the tallest model in the world. As far as anyone knows, her size of 13 feet make her the biggest female foot in all of Russia.

Viktor Lisina, her father, said that he noticed his daughter’s long legs as soon as she was born.

Since then, the record-holder, who is 31 years old, has built an entire philosophy around her body and what it has helped her do. She isn’t afraid to use those legs to walk through the doors that have opened.

She said, “God gave me a great height so that I can reach the stars.”

Athlete at the Olympics

Lisina said, “When I was 16, I was already 6 feet 6.” “I’ve played basketball for a living since I was 15 years old.”

Lisina did a lot before she turned 30. She played professional basketball, represented her country at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and used her height to start a modeling career. All of these things have been inspiring to her brother Sergei.

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“Am I happy with her?” Sergei’s question was a joke. “Of course, I am. She quickly realized that her height gave her a huge advantage in a sport, so she started doing it professionally almost right away.

Record for the longest legs in the world

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When she was a teenager, puberty made her grow faster, and that’s when Lisina realized she’d be great at basketball and that putting on a jersey might be a better idea than trying to make it on the catwalk.

She was right, as it turned out. Ekaterina Lisina was a good player for the Russian national basketball team, and not just because she was tall. She also seemed to have some serious skills of her own. She was on the team that won silver at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. Two years after that, she was on the bronze medal team at the Olympics.

Since then, Lisina has switched from sports to fashion, which was hard for her to accept or even think about at first. She wasn’t always sure of her beauty, but when she was in her mid-20s, she finally accepted it fully.

As a young girl who was very tall, she often had to deal with bullies and other upsetting situations. Lisina wants to get these Guinness records because she wants to “be an inspiration to girls who aren’t very confident.”

“School was pretty hard for me because I was so tall,” she said. “To talk to the boys, I’d have to call my older brother.”

Lisina always felt safe and at ease at home, but she was pretty self-conscious when she was out in public. Even now, it’s hard for her to find pants that fit, shoes for women in her size, a standard airplane seat, or a car that’s big enough for her.

There are, of course, some good things about it.

She said, “I can walk much faster than most people.” “I’m very happy to have the world’s longest legs. When I first heard this, I was driving and almost wrecked my car.

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