Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina (russian: Екатерина Викторовна Лисина; born 15 October 1987), also known as Ekaterina Lisina, is a

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and former

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. She currently holds a Guinness World Record as the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.

World record holder

Lisina held two world records: the record for the woman with the longest legs and for the tallest professional model , both noted in the

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2018. She also has been officially recognized as having the largest feet (EU 49, US 16) of a woman in Russia. In October 2020, the world record for woman with the longest legs (over 1.34 m) went to US teenager, Maci Currin.

Popular culture

In addition to modeling, Lisina is a

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who portrayed the ''

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'' antagonist

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. As of November 2022 she has a social media following that has surpassed 10,000,000 garnering over 117,000,000 "likes".

Personal life

Lisina is fond of reading and singing

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. She easily communicates on the Internet and loves to take pictures. Lisina used to embroider paintings. She is a follower of

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and became a vegetarian after she converted. On January 24, 2011, Ekaterina Lisina gave birth to her son. In 2013, she starred in the video of the USB group "Two Meters of Love".

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* * Living people Russian women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic basketball players for Russia Russian female models Russian models 1987 births Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in basketball Sportspeople from Penza Converts to Hinduism from Christianity Russian Hindus Universiade silver medalists for Russia Centers (basketball) Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub