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Is it hip to have 15in waist at 68?
With an hour-glass midriff that measures a mere 15 inches, some would say Cathie Jung is waisting away.
But the mother of three puts her astounding silhouette down to wearing a corset for 23 hours a day for the past 22 years.
Cathie 68, who holds the world record for the smallest waist, first wore a corset for her wedding in 1959. It was not until 1983 after her children had left home that she decided to start “training” her waist to squeeze back into the restrictive garment.
Even then Cathie’s uncorseted waist was still just 26in. Now her uncorseted midriff measures 21in - which is further reduced to 15in when she is laced into the unforgiving top. Cathie, who is 5ft 6in tall and weighs nine stone, has suffered no ill effects from wearing a corset virtually
All the time and claims to eat a normal diet.
And according to her orthopaedic surgeon husband Bob, the corsets have in fact bolstered her. spinal support rather than causing damage.
Cathie, from Old Mystic in Connecticut, has a little further to go if she wants to claim the title of smallest waist ever - a tight 13in by the late Ethel Granger.
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