Watch Basketball Player Who Became The World’s Tallest Model!
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A Russian basketball player and Olympic medalist has been dubbed the world’s tallest model who stands at 6ft 9in.
Ekaterina Lisina from Penza, Russia, has decided to develop her passion for modeling and take her looks to the stage after quitting her basketball career.
“The record is held at the moment by Amazon Eve and she is 6ft 8in, which is smaller than me,” Ekaterina said, admitting that she believes she is the tallest model in the world.
“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.”
Following the launch of her modeling career, the 30-year-old quickly received praise and support from around the world.
“I do like the attention and I hope after I get the title I am going to get even more attention!” the tall model admitted.
“I think my long legs can definitely help my modeling career because there aren’t so many models with such long legs.
“I wanted to be a model since I was 16-years-old but at that time I started my professional basketball career. Basically, I had to choose between modeling and basketball and of course there was no question because with basketball I had talent.”
While Ekaterina’s height may seem extraordinary, the woman was destined to grow far beyond the average due to her mother standing at 6ft 1in and her father being 6ft 5in tall.
“When we were picking her up from the hospital we noticed right away that her legs were really long and her body mainly consisted of them,” the model’s father, Viktor Lisin, recalled.
“I remember she was bullied a few times at school because she was the tallest and I had to show up there a couple of times,” Sergei, Ekaterina’s brother, added.
“She realized quite quickly that it gave her a huge advantage in a sport which she started doing professionally almost straight away.
“So I don’t think it was too uncomfortable for her. Also, because all of our family members are tall, not many of us felt uncomfortable about this fact.
“On the contrary, I think being tall is awesome, no doubts about that. If I had an option of adding on about four or five centimeters to my height I’d certainly agree to do that.”
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