This is a much viewed section of tallwomen.org. Does it help to be a tall woman if you want to become famous? Well, judging from the list below it certainly won't do you any harm.
As I keep saying: "The sky's the limit. Virtually!"
Kara Wolters is 6'7", beautiful and is married to a guy who is 6'2". She also runs the Kara Kares Foundation - "The Kara Kares Foundation has recently dedicated its efforts to raise money for a cause very dear to the Wolters family. Kara's mother passed away over a year ago after battling lung cancer for 2 1/2 years."
Gorgeous Model Michelle Norkett is 6'3" and "working on Epilepsy awareness and fundraising ideas to benefit the research and to find a cure for this disease." A great cause if you ask me. Michelle tweets here.
Corey Parks is the 6'3" ex-bassplayer of HeavyRock Band "Nashville Pussy". She is now part of the Band
Chelsea Girls. Check them out on Myspace, Twitter and Facebook. Corey's Myspace profile can be found here.
Bodybuilder Nicole Bass is 6'2". Note: I'm not sure she is the ultimate role-model when it comes to being feminine but she is well-known / famous enough to be on here. Her website contains nudity and is not suitable for minors!
Paula McGee - Reverend and former basketball-player is 6'2"
With regret I have to report that Tamara Dobson (of
Cleopatra Jones fame) who was 6'2" has died in a Baltimore hospital on October 5th 2006. Tamara was 59.
R.I.P. Tamara!More...
Actress, Singer, Writer and Sculptor Suzie Plakson is 6'1 1/2" - check out her official website and listen to her music! You can buy her music on iTunes. Suzie wrote in the Guestbook recently: "Bravo to this site! Thanks for it - I'm honored to be on it... Best and brightest to my fellow tall gals!" Help
Suzie kickstart her current creative project
"The Return of King Lillian"
and visit her
Facebook
Page.
Tennis-Goddess and five-time Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams is 6'1 1/2"
Andrea Grant is a professional writer, editor, and multimedia artist. She is the Managing Editor of The Fashion Spot and the President and founder of Copious Amounts Press. Ms. Grant has published essays, poetry ('The Pin-Up Poet') and photographs in numerous publications internationally, and is the author of a graphic novel series called MINX, which merges Native American mythology with contemporary fantasy. And she is 6'1"
Alice Panikian (Miss Universe Canada) is 6'0" - thanks to Marie for the info
Tall Royalty? Yes, they're out there as well. In the UK in this specific case: Lady Victoria Hervey (daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol) is 6'0" and quite a "babe"
British Model Katie Green is 5'11" and absolutely gorgeous! (Biography). If you live in the United Kingdom you can sign her "Say No to Size Zero" petition. More on that here (article in The Sun Newspaper).
Indian model / actress and former Miss World Yukta Mookhey is 5'11". I've been told by my Indian friend Mehul that Indian women claim to be shorter than they actually are because of societal reasons. Let's hope this will change soon!
Model / Actress Rachel Hunter is beautiful, 5'11" and probably the best thing ever to come out of New Zealand - and that includes the All Blacks! (Biography)
With regret I have to report that Anna Nicole Smith who was 5'11" has died in a Hollywood, FL hospital on February 8th 2007. Anna Nicole was 39. R.I.P. Anna Nicole!More...