The average shoe size that women in the United Sates wear is between 8.5 and 9. But a woman from Texas has created a record by having the world's largest feet on a living person (female). According to the Guinness World Records (GWR), Tanya Herbert's right foot measures 33.1 cm (13.03 inches) while the left foot is 32.5 cm (12.79 inches).
Herbert is 6 feet 9 inches in height which makes her just three inches shorter than the tallest woman living, Turkiye Rumeysa Gelgi, of Turkey who is 7 ft 0.7 inches tall. "By high school her feet had reached the record-breaking size they are today," mention the official website GWR.
Since her school days Tanya has been much taller and had larger feet than her peers. It was during school that her feet had reached the record-breaking size they are today, the website stated.
"Growing up I was always the tallest around. My mom was 6 ft 5 in and my dad is 6 ft 4 in so I had no choice but to be tall," said Tanya to GWR.
Speaking further Tanya said, "I never remember getting bullied or anything like that for my height. My friends actually took great care of me to make sure I was loved and liked."
She also spoke about how due to the size of her feet she could not find any shoes for women in that size and had to wear men's shoes for most of her life.
"I would always wear tennis shoes or men's loafers and they were not always the cutest thing when trying to dress cute for school!," she was quoted as saying by the Guinness World Records website.
Tanya is now working towards helping women with large feet find proper shoes at affordable prices.
"Women struggle with size 12 or 13, trying to find shoes, and I'm size 18. You can find men's size shoes (that are that size) easily but trying to find women's shoes is impossible or extremely unaffordable," told Herbert to GWR.