Guinness World Records adjudicators have today arrived in the Philippines to measure Junrey Balawing who looks set to break the record for the shortest living man.
Junrey, who doesn’t become eligible for the record until Sunday when he celebrates his 18th birthday, is reported to stand at just 22 inches tall.
This would make him considerably smaller than the current holder of the ‘shortest man’ title, Nepal’s Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measures 26.4 inches in height.
If the claims are true, Junrey will not only become the shortest living man, but also the shortest living man in history.
Commenting on his potential title, Junrey said: "If I were the smallest man in the world, it would be very cool."
According to his family, Junrey has not grown since his first birthday.
He lives with his parents and three younger siblings in a village in a remote region of the Philippines' Zamboanga del Norte province.
Guinness World Records Editor-In-Chief Craig Glenday is due to visit the Sindangan Health Centre in Junrey’s hometown tomorrow, where he will oversee three sets of measurements that are required for the record to be ratified.
Junrey’s height will be taken both standing and lying flat over the course of 24 hours, with a final result calculated from an average of the three measurements.
• Stay tuned to Guinnessworldrecords.com, where we’ll be the first to officially confirm if Junrey has made history.
Junrey, who doesn’t become eligible for the record until Sunday when he celebrates his 18th birthday, is reported to stand at just 22 inches tall.
This would make him considerably smaller than the current holder of the ‘shortest man’ title, Nepal’s Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measures 26.4 inches in height.
If the claims are true, Junrey will not only become the shortest living man, but also the shortest living man in history.
Commenting on his potential title, Junrey said: "If I were the smallest man in the world, it would be very cool."
According to his family, Junrey has not grown since his first birthday.
He lives with his parents and three younger siblings in a village in a remote region of the Philippines' Zamboanga del Norte province.
Guinness World Records Editor-In-Chief Craig Glenday is due to visit the Sindangan Health Centre in Junrey’s hometown tomorrow, where he will oversee three sets of measurements that are required for the record to be ratified.
Junrey’s height will be taken both standing and lying flat over the course of 24 hours, with a final result calculated from an average of the three measurements.
• Stay tuned to Guinnessworldrecords.com, where we’ll be the first to officially confirm if Junrey has made history.
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