Happy Birthday Jyoti Amge: Everything you need to know about world's smallest living woman As the Guinness World Record holder turns a year older on Wednesday, here's a look at all that you need to know about Jyoti Amge. DNA Web Team Dec 15, 2020, 11:17 PM IST World's smallest living woman and Indian actress, Jyoti Kisange Amge, turns 27 on December 16. In 2011, when Jyoti turned 18, she was officially declared the world's shortest living woman (measuring less than two feet one inch) by the Guinness World Records. In 2009 when Jyoti was just 16-years-old, she was adjudged the shortest living girl. Before Jyoti, Bridgette Jordan of the US held the record.