Uzbekistan is famous for many things, like. . . . Well . . . .Okay so I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, so this will have to do:
It may, however, and I emphasise ‘may,’ soon be the recognised home of the world’s oldest woman, though. Gulsara Bekmuradova, from a remote mountain village in south-eastern Uzbekistan, has just turned 119 according to a regional administrator.
Her documents state that her year of birth was 1890, when everything was in black and white, there’s was no internet and teeth were a luxury. Her husband died during World War Two, and she has had three sons, two daughters, and over one hundred grand children, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Cripes. . . .
If her age is proven then she’ll take the ‘World’s Oldest’ crown from Portugal’s Maria de Jesus dos Santos, who’s verified to be 115. Ah, but hold on a minute. You see there’s another contender who’s also after the title, and she comes in at an alleged 128. One. . . hundred. . . and. . . twenty. . . eight!
Tuty Yusupova, who is coincidentally also an Uzbek, was born in 1880 – or rather she claims to have been:
BBC Interview With Tuty Yusupova
Hmmm. Of course, both of the cases will need to be verified before anyone gets too exited. Either way, we must never forget that old people are just so funny.
BREAKING NEWS (26/03/09)
OMG, there’s another claimant now:
