She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh is celebrating big news: he's officially been named as the world's shortest man. The 20-year-old from Iran, who is 2 feet ...

Standing two-feet tall and weighing only 12 lbs., Jyoti Amage was declared by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest living woman on Dec. 16, 2011 Emily Strohm is a Senior Editor at PEOPLE.

Most world records are pretty standard — the world's smallest man (21.5 inches tall), the world's oldest twin sisters (103 years old), or the world's highest standing jump (4 feet 10 inches onto ...