Cathie Jung
Catherine Climenko Jung (March 15, 1937 – August 19, 2025) was an American Victorian dress and corset enthusiast residing in Manteo, North Carolina. Since 1999, she held the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person. Jung, who was 1.72 meters (5 ft 8 in) tall, had a waist that measured 38.1 centimeters (15.0 in).[1]
Jung appeared uncredited, by her own choice, due to the undesirable contents, in the Matthew Barney film Cremaster 2 in the role of Baby Fay La Foe.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
[edit]Jung was married to Bob Jung, an orthopedic surgeon, with whom she had three children, including a daughter.[2] Jung studied biology at Tufts University, where she met her future husband.[citation needed]
She began waist training in 1959, shortly before her marriage.[citation needed]
Jung died on August 19, 2025, at the age of 88.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Smallest waist - living (tightlacing)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "811) Cathie Jung – The Exasperated Historian". theexasperatedhistorian.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Catherine Jung Obituary (3/15/1937 - 8/19/2025) - Houston, TX - The Day". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
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