Smallest waist in recorded history

Ethal Granger is the world record holder for the smallest waist recorded in history. At the age of 23 Ethal had around a 22 inch waist which was thought to be her natural waist line more or less.

Ethals husband William Granger was the reason she started to shrink her waist by using corsets. He found it wonderful to be able to put his arms all the way around her wasit when he hugged her. William did all he could to interest Ethal into wearing a corset.

By wearing a corset all day Ethal shrunk her waist to 19 inches, after asking her husband is that was small enough, he suggested wearing it 24hours. She was then made to wear a 17.5 inch corset. To stop Ethal from loosening the corset while her husband wasnt home he created a steel belt which he fastened around her while he was away.

In 10 years Ethal got her waist size from 22 inches to 13 inches.











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