Four women have been crowned winners of the world’s widest hips – with a combined circumference of a whopping 27ft.
Voluptuous ladies Mikel, Denise, Marlena and Claudia, say they couldn’t be happier with their sizeable saddlebags, despite their daily struggles to get about.
Curvesome Mikel Ruffinelli, 42, who currently holds the world record for the biggest hips, measures in at a well-rounded eight foot.
Mikel Ruffinelli from Los Angeles, California, with her family.
The mum-of-four, from Los Angeles, loves her womanly shape and husband Reggie worships her statuesque form.
Proud Mikel said: “I’m extreme, I have an extreme physique. I love my curves, I love my hips and I love my assets.”
But with the visual perks come the physical drawbacks and Mikel is forced to side-shuffle around her house to avoid getting stuck in corridors and even struggles to fit in the shower.
She is forced to drive a wide truck which she accesses using a step ladder as she doesn’t fit into a standard size car.
Grandmother Denise Souder, or ‘Sweet Cheeks’ as she is known, is a 56-year-old Las Vegas stripper whose record-breaking hips measure just over 6ft (74 inches) – twice the size of the average woman.
Denise suffers from arthritis in her hips and knees, which affects her mobility and can be painful.
Steve said: “I want her to be as fat as she can be but not be unhealthily fat and there’s a fine line there.
“As you get older it can become more problematic so there’s part of me that feels guilty that I like it so much.
“It’s something that as she gets older I struggle with because I feel bad about it but I also like it.
“I feel conflicted sometimes especially if she’s in a lot of pain or having a particularly hard day.”
Mikel Ruffinelli, 39, who holds the world record, has curves measuring eight feet.
Marlena Plummer, 35, is a hip-heavy singleton from New York whose hips span an impressive 7ft (83 inches).
But far from letting her hefty hips hold her back, active Marlena partakes in swimming and even pole dancing in her spare time and now she is on the lookout for love.
She said: “I believe there’s somebody out there who’s going to love me for me.
“I always had hips even as an infant. I have a small appetite and it’s a mystery why my hips are the way they are but I love my hips, I love my shape and I love me.”
Aspiring actress and plus size model Claudia Floraunce, 40, moved to Hollywood from Austria with dreams of making it big.
She believes her 64inch hips hold the key to potential stardom and has amassed a legion of fans on YouTube where she posts videos about her love handles.
Claudia said: “I find my hips very sexy, in fact I find my whole body very sexy.
“I think people like looking at me because I’m a very unique size. I’m very large but I carry myself with a lot of confidence.
“I get a minimum 27 marriage proposals every day. To have curves is in and I’m in – finally.”