Ekaterina Lisina, 29, is 6ft 9ins tall and is an Olympic medallist and former basketball player.

PENZA (Daily Dunya) - The tallest woman from Russia’s Penza city wants to set the world record for being the world’s tallest model.

Ekaterina Lisina, 29, is 6ft 9ins tall and is an Olympic medallist and former basketball player.

The Russian beauty has already been officially crowned the tallest women in her native Russia as well as been awarded a prize of having the world’s longest legs --- 52.4 inch. Apart from that, Ekaterina has also been officially recognised as having the biggest feet of any woman in Russia with a european size 47, or a UK size 12.

Ekaterina told Daily Mail: ‘The record is held at the moment by Amazon Eve and she is 6ft 8in, which is smaller than me.

‘I really want to be in the book of world records as the world’s tallest model. I also think I have a chance to be awarded the world’s longest legs. My legs are around 52.4 inches, which is longer than the current record holder’.

Her father is 6ft 5in (198cm) and her mother is 6ft 1in (188cm) whereas her older brother Sergei measures 6ft 6in.