The first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections commenced on April 19. The Phase 1 polling covers 102 constitutions with people in large numbers coming out to cast their votes. Jyoti Amge, the world’s shortest woman, also cast her vote on Friday. Accompanied by her family members, Jyoti also urged others to fulfill their duty.
In the video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by news agency ANI, Jyoti Amge can be seen with her family as they all came to cast their votes in Nagpur. As soon as she entered the school, the media surrounded her for pictures while she maintained a constant smile on her face and posed for the camera.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: World's smallest living woman, Jyoti Amge cast her vote at a polling booth in Nagpur today. #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/AIFDXnvuvk— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024
Speaking to the media stationed outside the polling booth, she said, “I would like to share that I have voted today with my entire family,” further appealing to others to also come forward and cast their votes.
VIDEO | “I have voted today with my entire family. I want to appeal to every voter to cast vote as well as it’s our duty,” says Jyoti Amge, the world's shortest woman, after casting her vote in Nagpur, Maharashtra.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024(Full video… pic.twitter.com/NFBr5rpR0h
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024
Jyoti added that despite the scorching heat, she chose to come to vote. “I always come to vote in this school, the place where I completed my education. My teachers from school always come and meet me when I am here. My teachers have supported me just like my family.”
In the videos, Jyoti can be seen being carried by her family to avoid the huge crowd at the polling booth. She was seen dressed in a glowing red outfit with matching lipstick and trinkets on her fingers and wrists.
The model-actress also shared a picture of herself, showing her inked finger after casting her vote in Maharashtra’s Nagpur.
More about Jyoti Amge
Born in Nagpur, Jyoti Amge presently holds the Guinness World Record of being the world’s shortest woman, measuring 62.8 cm (2 feet, ¾ inch) tall.
Owing to a genetic condition called ‘primordial dwarfism’, the 30-year-old Jyoti’s vertical growth had come to a standstill. However, she continued to remain a popular figure in India, having also worked in Indian and Hollywood films and television shows.
Besides, she has also remained a subject of documentaries and media articles over time.
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