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.

Personal life and death

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.

She began waist training in 1959, shortly before her marriage.

Jung died on August 19, 2025, at the age of 88.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Smallest waist - living (tightlacing)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ^ "811) Cathie Jung – The Exasperated Historian". theexasperatedhistorian.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ^ "Catherine Jung Obituary (3/15/1937 - 8/19/2025) - Houston, TX - The Day". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.