Granny with 15-inch waist

Don't worry, you don't need to visit the optician, there's nothing wrong with your eyes. And the photo is perfectly normal too. Cathie Jung’s astonishing 39-15-39 figure is the result of spending the last 25 years laced into tight corsets, which only come off when she showers. But the 70-year-old insists there is no concern. Grandmother Cathie is perfectly healthy.

Tightlacing is the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to achieve extreme modifications to the figure and posture and experience the sensations of a very tight corset. Those who practice tightlacing are called tightlacers. Some tightlacers call the corsets they wear training corsets.

The most frequent aim of tightlacing is a slim waist. Depending on the silhouette desired, the shape of the ribcage may be altered as well. However, these effects are only temporary and will be lost on removing the corset. Excessive corset wearing has been claimed to weaken certain muscles, making it more difficult to maintain posture without a corset.

Cathie, from Manteo, North Carolina, reckons that while her corsets restrict her waist they don’t hold her back from everyday tasks. She said “I do everything that I want to do. I eat fairly small meals but I prefer that at my age anyway. I find it tricky sitting in low chairs and sometimes in restaurants I have to sit on the high chairs at the bar. I even have a special swimming costume with a corset sewn in it, so I can still go to the beach. And I am still able to do housework — unfortunately!”

Cathie’s husband Bob is an orthopaedic surgeon and he reckons his wife’s unique look does her no harm. She said “Bob has carried out X-rays on me and says the corset actually helps support my spine. Everything in the midriff is flexible.” Cathie Jung is currently the smallest living person’s waistline listed in the Guinness Book Of Records.

Source : www.cathiejung.com

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