So, Katya is 29 years old. She is originally from Penza. And she has been working towards her record, as they say, since childhood.
“I experienced some discomfort in adolescence, when I was 12-13 years old,” the girl recalls. - “I thought that guys didn’t want to talk because I was so tall! I was worried. I even wanted to become shorter. But basketball changed everything - at the age of 15 I signed a professional contract. And I began to communicate a lot with tall girls and boys. I finally realized that height is an advantage, not a disadvantage, already at the age of 19. It became clear to me that guys liked me, that I had many fans. It was liberating!”
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Basketball gave Katya Lisina not only confidence, but also a championship title. In 2008, a girl as part of the Russian team became a bronze medalist at Olympic Games in Pekin. But sport, as often happens, almost undermined my health...
“You know, I couldn’t, for example, go up to the basket and just put the ball on top. To do this you need to jump. But I rarely did this, even in training. From the age of 16, I began to have problems with my knees, and I spared myself, tried not to overload my body, and not to perform certain exercises. And to put the ball in the basket, you really need to try hard. The instinct of self-preservation kicked in - I didn’t jump like a goat. And yet, she won Olympic bronze.”
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Having reached the Olympic heights, Katya left the sport. Settled in Krasnodar. Raising a son. Now he is 6 years old. But, a champion in spirit, she is determined to set new records.
“I want to set two world records!” - says Katya. - “To become the owner of the longest legs and the tallest model in the world. I have already submitted an application to the Guinness Book of Records. We have provided all the necessary evidence!”
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Katya's height is 205.7 cm. Leg length is 133 cm. She is already officially recognized as the tallest girl in Russia. Naturally, the modeling business could not ignore such a luxurious beauty. Katya has been successfully posing for glossy magazines for a long time. But she does not intend to stop there.
“I would like to take part in filming in famous Russian magazines. Or maybe our or foreign designers will be interested in something,” she says. “I’ve never walked the catwalk before, but I really want to. I understand, however, that the modeling business will last up to a maximum of 35 years. Therefore, I set a goal for myself - to simply become famous. I love to sing, dance, I have many talents, not only tall height and memorable appearance. If possible, I would like to act in a movie. By the way, I was offered a role, already at next year. I won't reveal any details until filming has started, but it will be filmed in England. If it works out, there will be another reason to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest actress.”
Katya has indeed been noticed abroad for a long time. Just the other day the Daily Mail called and interviewed me. And the girl herself managed to travel around the world quite a bit during her sports career.
“Americans, for example, love tall people - I have a lot of fans from there,” notes Katya. - “The Arabs say: “Oh, how great it is that you are so tall!” As for Russia, everything depends on our mentality. If people are not intelligent enough or too young, they may say: “Oh, look, it’s long!” Naturally, an intelligent, well-mannered person will simply not react in any way. It doesn't matter who he sees - a person who is too tall, too fat or too short. He'll look and that's it! It also depends on the situation. So, in the Moscow metro they don’t react to me at all - people are immersed in themselves, they’ve already seen a lot.”
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Katya is the owner of another official record. She has the largest foot among Russian women. She has to try on shoes that are size 47, which creates natural difficulties.
“There is only one store in Moscow that suits me, but even there there is not always a choice,” sighs Katya. - Recently I was looking for, for example, winter boots - I barely found one pair! For the whole of Moscow, one pair of shoes is, of course, generally... And so, I buy shoes in Milan. The last time I went there specifically to buy shoes! I needed shoes for a photo shoot...”
Photo: from the personal archive of Ekaterina Lisina
However, the champion, record holder, beauty copes with these difficulties. As with her career, as with raising her son... But the heart of the model and aspiring actress is free. She is accustomed to male attention, but her eyes have not yet fallen on anyone.
“The sympathies are recognized by the most different men, and by the way, tall - to a lesser extent! - she smiles. - “It’s just that tall people usually have complexes themselves and therefore choose a shorter girl.”
Photo: from the personal archive of Ekaterina Lisina
Who will Ekaterina Lisina have to fight with for the title of owner of the longest legs in the world?
The current record holder is Katya’s colleague in her basketball career, Svetlana Pankratova.
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Svetlana's legs are 1 centimeter shorter than Katya's - only 132 cm, with a height of 1.95 m. She became the official Guinness Book record holder in 2008.
Her photographs together with the smallest man in the world, He Pingping, were then scattered in huge numbers in the media. His height is only 74 centimeters.
American actress Daryl Hannah would have to bring up the rear. The length of her legs is 106 cm, with a height of 178 cm.
In 9th place is Uma Thurman. This may surprise some, but her legs are 108 cm long, with a height of 180 cm.
On the 80th line is the Czech model Eva Herzigova - 112 cm of legs by 180 cm of height.
7th place goes to our compatriot tennis player Maria Sharapova. 121 cm legs, with a 188 cm height.
Model from Slovakia Adriana Sklenarikova overtook our fellow countrywoman by just half a centimeter. But she was behind in growth by as much as 10 centimeters. She is only 178 cm.
Place No. 5 - German model and actress Nadja Auermann. 122/180 cm.
The Russian also took 4th place. Nina Pylskaya, with a height of 193 cm, has a leg length of 123.5 cm.
Supermodel Elle Macpherson is breathing down Nina's back. The length of her legs is the same, but her height is disappointing - only 185 cm.
In honorable second place is the Englishwoman Sam Stacey - out of 180 centimeters of her height, 127 are in her legs.
Well, Ekaterina Lisina and Svetlana Pankratova still have to “fight” for first place. However, Katya already has this “championship” in her pocket. Numbers are precise and stubborn things. All that remains is to wait for the authoritative expert commission from the Guinness Book of Records with a tape measure at the ready.
Well, and finally, let’s once again admire the photo shoot of our compatriot and natural champion Katya Lisina.
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Incredible facts
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest female legs in the world belong to Svetlana Pankratova. Leg length of a former basketball player is 132 cm with a woman's height of 1.95 m.
Svetlana Pankratova was born on April 29, 1971 in Volgograd in Russia and was already the tallest kindergarten.
Her legs caused her a lot of grief in her youth, as children often teased her. In addition, her mother always found it difficult to find the right clothes for her daughter.
Svetlana began her sports career with swimming, but basketball coaches immediately noticed the girl and suggested that she take up basketball.
She has traveled to many countries around the world and since 1992 played on the women's basketball team in the state of Virginia in the USA, where she now lives with her husband Jack Rosnell(Jack Gosnell)
In 2002, Svetlana’s friend noticed that Pankratova may have the longest legs in the world. After 6 years of documentation, this assumption was confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records.
In September 2008, the woman with the longest legs appeared together with the smallest man in the world He Pingping, who measured 74 cm tall for the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Svetlana is not the tallest woman in the world. Retained this title Yao Defen(Yao Defen) from China, whose height was 2.33 m. She was also a basketball player, but died in November 2012 at the age of 39.
Guinness Records: longest
Longest hair
The most long hair according to the Guinness Book of Records belong to a Chinese woman Xie Qiuping(Xie Qiuping), whose length as of May 8, 2004 was 5,627 meters. She has been growing it since 1973, when she was 13 years old, and still holds the record.
Longest nails
The longest nails belonged to an American woman Lee Redmond(Lee Redmond), who grew them from 1979 to length 8.62 meters in 2008. In 2009, Lee broke her long nails as a result of an accident.
The longest nails on a pair of hands of a man belonged to Melvin Booth(Melvin Boothe) from the USA, whose length was 9.82 meters. Unfortunately Melvin passed away in 2009 at the age of 61.
They belong to Russian woman Svetlana Pankratova from Volgograd. The length of her legs is 132 cm, which is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Svetlana was born as a child, but over time she began to significantly outstrip her peers in height. Even in kindergarten, the child was two heads taller than the others. At school, the difference in height with peers became even greater. Interestingly, the girl’s legs were growing mostly, so her concerned parents took her to the hospital for examination. But doctors were unable to find any genetic abnormalities.
Boys often made fun of her huge height and long legs, and the girl developed complexes about this. Soon Svetlana was noticed by basketball coaches that with her height of 1 meter 93 centimeters it was not difficult. The basketball player’s career took off; in Russia she played in the St. Petersburg “Volna”, then played in the USA for the university team of the University of Virginia. Arriving in Spain, she played in CBN (Pamplona).
In 2008, Pankratova was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the longest legs. She starred with the smallest man in the world - Chinese Hi Pingjin, only 74 cm tall. It is curious that the woman who has the longest legs in the world loves to wear shoes with heels.
What is the first thing all men look at when they see a beautiful girl in front of them? Maybe on the eyes or hair? But no. All men's eyes first fall on their legs. Beautiful, slender, long... And although the beauty of legs cannot be measured in centimeters, the length can be measured. Here are the Top 10 longest legs in the world.
This American film actress, according to some foreign publications, is the most beautiful representative of the film industry with a stunning figure. She is known to many for her interesting role in the once sensational film called “Kill Bill,” where she played an assassin. With a height of 1 m 78 cm, the length of her amazing legs is 106 cm.
On line 9 Uma Thurman 
The girl's undeniable talent and size 41 feet charmed Quentin Tarantino. The pretty and smart actress became famous after starring in the films “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill.” The length of her wonderful legs is 108 cm with a height of 1 m 80 cm.
Eva is a fairly famous and beloved actress by many. The best films with her participation are considered “Between an Angel and a Demon” and “Modigliani”. But that's not all, Eva is also actively working in the modeling business, having got here by luck. One day a girl came to relax in the wonderful city of Prague with her best friend, who lured her to a casting. With a height of 1 m 80 cm, its length gorgeous legs is 112 cm.
7th place – Sharapova Maria 
Maria is rightly called the most beautiful athlete on the planet. She not only plays great tennis, where she has no equal, but is also the face of such world-famous companies as Canon, Sony Erickson, as well as Palmolive and Colgate. Russia has something to be proud of! Maria Sharapova and an honorable seventh place in our ranking: with a height of 1 m 88 cm, the length of her athletic legs is 121 cm.
On the 6th line – Sklenarikova Adriana 
This long-legged beauty is, as you would expect, a model who got into this business thanks to her tall and beauty. She is known all over the world and many high-profile fashion designers dream of working with the beauty and owner of legs whose length is 121.5 cm. Surprisingly, Adriana’s height is only 1 m 78 cm.
5th line goes to Nadya Auerman 
Once upon a time, the beautiful German actress and supermodel was at the very top of such a top parade and was even included in the famous Guinness Book of Records as the longest-legged beauty. Today she is only on the 5th line of our rating. With a height of 1 m 80 cm, the length of Nadya’s beautiful legs is 122 cm.
Pylskaya Nina took a worthy 4th position 
Nina is a recognized Russian model, born in Kazakhstan. The beauty knew that she would become a model since childhood and strived in every possible way to achieve her dream. At one time, she even took courses from the well-known V. Zaitsev. Nina's height is 1 m 93 cm, her legs are only a couple of cm long more legs Adriana Sklenarikova is neither more nor less - 123.5 cm.
3rd place in the top 10 and bronze goes to Elle Macpherson 
Elle is an Australian actress, top model and a successful designer. When she was just over 20 years old, she was called one of the most beautiful girls peace. So, Elle and the length of her gorgeous legs are 123.5 cm with a height of 1 m 85 cm.
Honorable 2nd place and silver for Stacy Sam 
Sam Stacey is an Australian supermodel who at the beginning of the 21st century was considered to have the longest legs. But today she ranks only second in the top 10 ranking, because her record was broken by our compatriot, who will be discussed below. Well, Sam, with a height of 1 m 80 cm and a leg length of 127.5 cm, receives a well-deserved silver.
1 place. Gold. Pankratova Svetlana 
The officially recorded length of Svetlana’s legs is 132.2 cm. The former basketball player notes that changes in her body began to occur in kindergarten, when it became noticeable that she was growing much faster than her peers. Today Svetlana successful woman, who lives in Spain and holds a position in a large real estate company. The girl's height is 1 m 96 cm.
Who has the longest legs on the planet? The beauty and attractiveness of women's legs can only be assessed with a glance, but measuring their length in centimeters is a piece of cake. This is what the professional judges of the “Longest Legs” competition do from year to year. This prestigious title usually passes slowly to new owners, but some surprises do happen every few years. In this article you will learn about the owners of the most beautiful, longest and slender legs in the world.
The longest-legged girls in Russia
The official owner of the longest legs in Russia is considered to be Svetlana Pankratova. The girl received this title in 2008. The length of her legs is 132 centimeters. Another recognized Russian girl with “legs from ears” is a fashion model named Nina Pylskaya– student at Kostanay University. The girl Nina is separated from Pankratova’s record by only 10 centimeters. The length of the young student’s legs is 123 centimeters. Nina Pylskaya's extraordinary legs brought her fame and prestigious work as a fashion model.
The longest legs among celebrities
Which celebrity has the longest legs? Unconditionally in first place on the list is the popular American actress Daryl Hannah. Many authoritative publications and critics call Hannah almost the most attractive and sexy actress on the screens. Why, you ask? Of course, thanks to her long legs. Among other things, Hannah is the owner of the title of the most better body throughout the history of cinema. The most striking and memorable performance of the actress is the role of a hitman in the film “Kill Bill.” With a height of 178 centimeters, Hannah boasts legs that are exactly 106 centimeters long.
The sexiest and most Beautiful legs, undoubtedly belong to the Czech top model and actress Eva Herzigova. With a height of 180 centimeters, Eva’s legs are 112 centimeters long. An interesting fact: Eva Hertsinova got into the modeling business completely by accident. At the age of 16, the girl came to Prague on vacation and, on the advice of her best friend, as a joke, went to a model casting, where she was noticed by the judges.
Miss the slimmest and strong legs rightfully belong to the Russian sex symbol - Maria Sharapova. The former first racket of the world is not only a great tennis player, but also one of the most desirable and beautiful girls in the world. Maria's height is 188 centimeters, and her legs are 121 centimeters long. Maria, in addition to all her sporting achievements, made a good career in the advertising business and became the face of more than one world-famous company.
One of the longest-legged women in show business in the world is still a beauty Sam Stacey. The length of her legs is 127 centimeters, with a height of 180 centimeters. In 2001, the charming Englishwoman Sam Stacey was even included in the Guinness Book of Records, thanks to her long legs.
But the Slovak fashion model takes an honorable first place in the list of the longest and most beautiful legs among celebrities. Adriana Sklenarikova. At the beginning of the 2000s, she even held the title of the longest-legged model in the world. With Adriana's height being 178 centimeters, her legs are 122 centimeters long. It was thanks to her incredible legs that Adriana was able to make a brilliant career as a model and achieved dizzying success in life.
But the opinions of experts do not always coincide with the opinions of celebrities. For example, a world-famous director believes that the most beautiful legs in the world belong to actress Uma Thurman, with whom, as you know, the director is completely delighted. By the way, growth Minds Thurman is 180 centimeters, and the length of its legs is 108 centimeters.
The longest legs in the world
But if you still trust the numbers and do not pay attention to the stunningness and beauty of the legs of many celebrities, then the above-mentioned woman can rightfully be called the longest-legged woman in the world Svetlana Pankratova. Yes, you understood everything correctly, Svetlana not only has the longest legs in Russia, but also in the whole world. Let us remind you that Sveta’s height is 196 centimeters, and the length of her legs is 132 centimeters.
Svetlana Pankratova was born in Volgograd, in 1971, on April 29. Already from a young age, Sveta stood out for her great height among her peers. Svetlana's parents enrolled her in the swimming section. But Svetlana found a more appropriate use for her height - the girl began playing basketball professionally. Sveta built her career in her homeland in Russia, after which she decided not to stop there and continued to develop in America.
On this moment The long-legged athlete lives and works in Spain. After finishing her sports career, Svetlana found herself as a good real estate agent. In 2008, Svetlana was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-legged woman on the planet.
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