Sultan Kösen, the world's tallest man, met Jyoti Amge, the shortest woman, in person in Irvine, California. Both Guinness records traveled to the United States because they are part of a common project.
In 2018, the duo had met in Cairo, Egypt, as guests of that country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Today, the smallest man in the world is the Iranian Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, with a height of 65.24 cm.