SASKATOON -- โHeight is just a numberโ is how Wildine Aumoithe feels after recently earning the Guinness World Record for being the shortest non-mobile woman.
โHonestly, it's something I've always wanted to do to check off my bucket list,โ the high school senior told CTVNews.ca in a video interview on Tuesday.
โI feel amazing. My family's reaction was ecstatic since I'm the first person in my family to hold a record.โ
The Miami native stands at only 73-cm tall and her short stature is due to an extremely rare type of dwarfism called SADDAN dysplasia, which means she uses a motorized wheelchair to move around.
โWhat is short? We justโฆ it's just [we] do stuff differently, we might take a little bit longer to accomplish something, but we'll get it done,โ Aumoithe said.
Since she was born, sheโs had a habit of defying expectations. When she was born, doctors thought she wouldnโt make it through the night, let alone to her 18th birthday.
Aumoithe said sheโs never had to endure bullying for her dwarfism, but she could live without people staring at her or snapping photos of her without her permission.
She runs her own YouTube channel where she talks about her life and genetic condition openly. She has also set her sights on going to college to become a pharmacist because โI actually don't know any little people who are pharmacistsโฆ maybe I can break a record for that too.โ
Check out the video to hear more about Aumoitheโs story.
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Wildine Aumoithe, who holds the Guinness World Record for being the shortest living woman, says 'height is just a number' and plans on becoming a pharmacist.(Wildine Aumoithe, Guinness World Records)
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