Mikel Ruffinelli is an American woman who currently holds the record of widest hips in the world, according to the World Record Academy. Her weight is more than , and her hips measure an unusual in circumference, although her waist is only . She is tall.

Early life, marriage and pregnancy

Ruffinelli was a normal-sized young woman, and in her early 20s weighed an above average . At 22, she put on after having her first child, Andrew. After daughters Destynee, Autumn, and Justyce followed, her weight and hips ballooned further.

She eats an average 5,000 calories a day.

It is possible that this extraordinary accumulation of fat tissue is an advanced stage of a medical condition called lipedema.

See also Obesity

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