This is the list of the tallest women ever. Topping the list at 248 cm (8 ft 1 in), Zeng Jinlian of China was the only women verified to have reached 8 ft tall as well as the tallest recorded Chinese person.

At the second tallest height in this list, Anna Haining Bates measured 243 cm (7 ft 11in). She was the tallest woman in her lifetime and she married Martin Van Buren Bates, known as the Kentucky Giant (232cm, 7 ft 7.5 in). Together, they were the tallest married couple ever.

At third, was Jane Bunford (241cm, 7 ft 11 in), who was the tallest recorded English person.

Fourth tallest was Yao Defen of China, at a height of 234cm, the tallest women born in the 20th century (1972).

Yao Defen 234cm

one of tallest women ever