Pauline Musters is the world's shortest woman ever measuring only 23 inches (58 cm). She was also known as Princess Pauline. She is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever in recorded history.
Pauline Musters was born on February 26, 1876, in Ossendrecht, Netherlands. She measured 12 inches (30 cm) at her birth. However, she was only 21.5 inches (55 cm) tall at the age of nine. She weighed only 1.5 kg at that time. From that point afterwards she didn't grow much.
Pauline began to be exhibited when still an infant and the public simply marveled at her tiny proportions at that time. However, as she grew older, Pauline she acquired dancing and acrobatic skills to enhance the act. During her career, Princess Pauline visited different countries including Belgium, Germany, France and Britain. She was invited to perform in the United States in 1894. Princess Pauline quickly became the amazingly popular in New York.
Pauline Musters contracted pneumonia while she was staying in New York. She died on March 1, 1895 from a combination of pneumonia and meningitis in New York City. Pauline Musters died at the age of just 19. She measured exactly 24 inches (61 cm) at the time of her death as a post mortem examination showed. This was because there was some elongation after death.
Pauline Musters was born on February 26, 1876, in Ossendrecht, Netherlands. She measured 12 inches (30 cm) at her birth. However, she was only 21.5 inches (55 cm) tall at the age of nine. She weighed only 1.5 kg at that time. From that point afterwards she didn't grow much.
Pauline began to be exhibited when still an infant and the public simply marveled at her tiny proportions at that time. However, as she grew older, Pauline she acquired dancing and acrobatic skills to enhance the act. During her career, Princess Pauline visited different countries including Belgium, Germany, France and Britain. She was invited to perform in the United States in 1894. Princess Pauline quickly became the amazingly popular in New York.
Pauline Musters contracted pneumonia while she was staying in New York. She died on March 1, 1895 from a combination of pneumonia and meningitis in New York City. Pauline Musters died at the age of just 19. She measured exactly 24 inches (61 cm) at the time of her death as a post mortem examination showed. This was because there was some elongation after death.
