Cathie Jung
Template:Short description Catherine Climenko Jung (March 15, 1937 – August 19, 2025) was an American Victorian dress and corset enthusiast residing in Manteo, North Carolina. Since 1999, she held the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person. Jung, who was 1.72 meters (5 ft 8 in) tall, had a waist that measured 38.1 centimeters (15.0 in).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Jung appeared uncredited, by her own choice, due to the undesirable contents, in the Matthew Barney film Cremaster 2 in the role of Baby Fay La Foe.Template:Citation needed
Personal life and death
Jung was married to Robert "Bob" Jung, an orthopedic surgeon, with whom she had three children, including a daughter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jung studied biology at Tufts University, where she met her future husband.Template:Cn
She began waist training in 1959, shortly before her marriage.Template:Cn
Jung died on August 19, 2025, at the age of 88.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>