The world mourns the death of the queen of heights, Maria Feliciana dos Santos

Maria Feliciana dos Santos went from being an average ten-year-old to Brazil’s tallest woman when she reached her final height of 221 centimeters in her early twenties. Santos toured several cities performing in circuses before winning the “Queen of the Heights” contest in the 1960s. During her lifetime, her name was also immortalized when the Estado de Sergipe, a 28-story skyscraper in the city of Aracaju that became the city’s tallest building when it opened in 1970, was referred to as the Maria Feliciana Building. In May 2022, the Museu de Gente Sergipana erected a statue in her honor at the entrance.