Bridgette Jordan Explained

Birth Date:	9 June 1989
Height:	69cm (27inches)

Bridgette Marie Jordan (June 9, 1989 – June 12, 2019) was the smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records at 2 ft 3in (69 cm). She was also one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records; her younger brother Brad was 38 inches tall at 20 years old. The siblings were born with a rare genetic condition called Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II.

Bridgette Jordan was the smallest woman in the United States; she lived in Sandoval, Illinois and attended college at Kaskaskia College. She enjoyed dancing and cheerleading. She was on the cheer squad for Kaskaskia. She wore an infant size 2 shoe.

Jordan received the record from the previous Guinness record holder, Elif Kocaman of Kadirli, Turkey, who measured 2 feet, 4.5 inches on September 20, 2011, but then lost the record to Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, on December 16, 2011, when Amge turned 18.^[1] In 2012, the Jordan siblings starred in Big Tiny, a reality series on TLC.^[2]

Jordan was born weighing in at 1 pound, 12 ounces and was 12.5 inches long. Her brother Brad was born weighing 2 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 13.5 inches long. Together, the two only reached 5 ft 5in. Brad Jordan died on February 21, 2017, at the age of 25. Bridgette Jordan died on June 12, 2019.^[3]

See also

• List of shortest people
• Shortest women
• Primordial dwarfism
• Dwarfism

External links

• metro.co.uk Associated Newspapers Limited, Worlds Shortest Woman, Retrieved on 2011-10-22.
• huffingtonpost.com Huffington Post By David Moye, Guinness Declares Illinois Resident Bridgette Jordan The World's Shortest Woman.
• worldrecordsacademy.org World Records Academy, Shortest woman: Bridgette Jordan breaks Guinness world record, Friday, October 14, 2011.
• youtube.com You Tune, Bridgette Jordan - The world's shortest living woman, Guinness world record.
• guinnessworldrecords.com Guinness World Records Video: Bridgette Jordan is new world's shortest living woman.
• facebook.com Brad and Bridgette Face Book page.
• abcnews.go.com Who Is the World's Shortest Woman?, By Katie Kindelan, Sep 21, 2011
• youtube.com YouTube, The Shortest Siblings - Guinness World Record 2012.
• yubanet.com Yuba Net, Nevada City, California, Guinness World Record: New Shortest Living Woman, Sep 20, 2011
• nodeju.com NDJ World, An American Is Smallest Woman In The World, Sep 20 2011
• worldssmallestpeople.com About Brad and Bridgette.
• vimeo.com Vimeo, LLC, Bridgette & Brad Jordan, the World's Smallest Siblings; World's Smallest Lady - EPISODE 1 by Gary Parker/Photographer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jyoti Kisanji Amge: Shortest woman living (mobile). 2022-02-23. Guinness World Records. en-gb. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121032102/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/jyoti-kisanji-amge-shortest-woman-living. live.
2. Web site: World's smallest siblings, Brad and Bridgette Jordan, in TLC series "Big Tiny" . 13 August 2012 . 2023-05-28 .
3. Web site: Obituary . 2022-02-23 .