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Cathie Jung

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Cathie Jung (born 1937) is an American Victorian dress and corset enthusiast residing in Manteo, NC, United States. She has held the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person since 1999. Jung, who is 1.72 meters (5 ft 8 in) tall, has a waist that measures 38.1 centimeters (15.0 in).[1]

Jung appears uncredited, by her own choice, due to the undesirable contents, in the Matthew Barney film Cremaster 2 in the role of Baby Fay La Foe.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Jung is married to Bob Jung, an orthopedic surgeon, with whom she has three children, including a daughter.[2] Jung studied biology at Tufts University, where she met her future husband.[citation needed]

Jung began waist training in 1959, shortly before her marriage to Bob.[citation needed]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Smallest waist - living (tightlacing)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ^ "811) Cathie Jung – The Exasperated Historian". theexasperatedhistorian.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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