The 12-year-old girl set the highest record in the world

Sophie Hollins (England) suffers from Marfan gene disorder syndrome and is forced to accelerate puberty to curb abnormal height development.

Sophie Hollins (12 years old) in Southampton, England, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest girl in the world with the present height of 1.88m, according to The Sun.

Sophie was about to touch the ceiling (left cover) and much higher than her mother and brother (right).(Photo: The Sun).

Sophie was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome at 8 months of age. Marfan is a form of genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissues. It can cause organ problems or cause an abnormal height increase.

Sophie was 1.47 m tall when she was only 6 years old and when she was 10 years old, she touched 1.8 m. Doctors must curb Sophie's height growth by destroying some of the tissue in the knee and stimulating hormones to speed up her puberty.

She had Marfan gene disorder since childhood.(Photo: Facebook).

Meanwhile, Sophie 's parents and younger brothers are all people of normal height. Ian, Sophie's father, 1.78m tall and Lorraine, Sophie's mother, 1.62m tall, while brother Aaron (10 years old) is 1.4m tall.

"Mother told about Marfan syndrome since she was young, let me see myself and be proud of it," The Sun quoted Sophie as saying.

She was very happy when she reached a height of 1.88m but claimed she didn't want to be too much.

Sophie stood with her friend Marta Porter at the same age.(Photo: The Sun).

According to Guinness World Records, the world's tallest man is a Turkish farmer named Sultan Kosen (35 years old), 2.49 m high. The tallest woman in the world with Chinese nationality, Ms. Sun Fang (30 years old), is 2.2 meters tall.