Ten Heaviest People in the World

1. Paul Mason

Paul Mason, a 50-year-old man from England was once considered the world's fattest man at 980 lbs. but he recently underwent gastric bypass surgery and already is down to 560 lbs. He says his 20,000 calorie-a- day diet is what attributed to his extreme size, but he also blames Britain's national health service for not allowing him to see an eating disorder specialist when he was just over 400 lbs.






2. Donna Simpson

Donna Simpson (born 1967) is an American woman who, in 2008, expressed a desire to become one of the world's heaviest women. She wished to attain a target weight of 1,000 pounds (450 kg). As of June 2010, Simpson weighed 602 pounds (273 kg), down from her weight of 630 pounds (290 kg) in 2008. During the process, Simpson maintained a website where fans paid to watch her eat. In 2010, she won the Guinness World Records for the "Heaviest woman to give birth." In August 2011, Simpson decided to go on a diet to reduce her weight to a target of 370 pounds (170 kg) in order to become more self-sufficient and be able to do a better job of raising her children.

3. Manuel Uribe

Manuel Uribe (born June 11, 1965) is a man from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, notable for suffering from morbid obesity to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history. After reaching a peak weight of around 597 kg (1,320 lb) and having been unable to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe lost approximately 400 lbs. (one-third of his body weight, about 181.8 kg) with the help of doctors and nutritionists, and by following the Zone diet. Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January 2006, but turned down offers for gastric bypass surgery in Italy.

Uribe has also been featured on The World's Heaviest Man, a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome the disease. By October 26, 2008, Uribe had reduced his weight to 360 kg (790 lb). His efforts to overcome the disease continue. In mid 2009, it was falsely reported that Manuel had died. As of February 2012, he weighs 440 lbs.






4. Robert Earl Hughes

Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world. Hughes' excessive weight was attributed to a malfunctioning pituitary gland. His chest was measured at 3.15 metres (10.3 ft), and he weighed an estimated 486 kilos (1,070 lb) at his heaviest. At the age of six, he weighed about 92 kilos (200 lb); at ten, he weighed 171 kilos (380 lb). By the time of his death, he weighed over half a ton.

During his adult life, Hughes made guest appearances at carnivals and fairs; plans to appear on the Ed Sullivan television program were announced but never came about. On July 10, 1958, Hughes contracted a case of measles which soon developed into uremia, resulting in his death in Baylis, Illinois, U. S.; he was 32 years old.

He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case." His headstone notes that he was the world's heaviest man at a confirmed 1,041 pounds (472 kg).

5. Kenneth Brumley

Kenneth Brumley was one of the heaviest people ever recorded, whose weight was confirmed. He was featured on the Channel 4 BodyShock documentary "Half Ton Dad," as a father of four, who weighed almost 74 stone (468 kg or 1,035 pounds).

According to Kenneth Brumley's statements in the documentary, he had been bed-bound for four years. After he was accepted as a gastric bypass patient at the Renaissance Hospital in Houston, Texas, a fire crew had to hammer down a wall in Brumley's house to get him out.

At Renaissance Hospital, Brumley was treated by the team of specialists that treated Renee Williams, believed to have been the world's heaviest woman at the time. The first step in Brumley's treatment was a diet restricted to 1200 calories per day, which enabled him to lose 167.5 pounds (76 kg) in only 40 days.
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6.  Michael Hebranko

Michael Hebranko (born May 14, 1953) is a person suffering from an extreme case of morbid obesity, known to be one of the heaviest people in the world.

After a stay at St. Luke's Hospital in New York, he dropped his weight from 411 kg (910 lb) to 90 kg (200 lb) and waist size from 290 cm (110 in) to 91 cm (36 in) in 19 months, with the help of dieting and exercise coach, Richard Simmons, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest recorded weight loss in 1990. He lost some of this weight through surgery. He then toured the United States lecturing about his experiences and advocating dieting and exercise and appeared in infomercials promoting Richard Simmons. He also appeared on TV talk shows such as The Howard Stern Show and the British chat show, Wogan, in 1990.




7. Mayra Rosales

"Mayra Rosales Child Murder - 1,000-lb woman is 'too big to kill' "

A Texas court has ruled that Mayra Rosales, who weighs about 1,036 pounds, weighs too much, and that it would have been impossible for her to lift her arm in order to kill her 2-year-old nephew, whom she was accused of murdering in 2008.



8. Jon Brower Minnoch

This is Jon Brower Minnoch (1941 - 1983) of Bainbridge Island, WA. He was 6 ft. 1 in. tall, and was estimated as weighing "probably more than" 1400 lbs. in 1979, at which point it took 13 people just to roll him over in bed. Minnoch, like many of the heaviest people, suffered from massive edema; his weight was augmented by at least 900 lbs. of fluid at its peak.

The former taxi driver had always been unusually heavy, reaching 400 lbs. in 1963, 700 lbs. in 1966, and 975 lbs. in 1976, but he claimed to have been handicapped, in no way, by his size until a 500-calorie diet sapped his muscular strength and left him on the brink of death. At his peak in 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch tipped the scales at an estimated 635 kilograms, or 1397 pounds, or if you prefer, 100 stone.

He passed away on on September 10, 1983 weighing 362 kilograms or 796 pounds. Minnoch was the father of two children by his 110-lb wife, Jeannette. (Source)



9. Terri Smith

A woman believed to be the world's fattest at 50 stone (700 lbs.) is facing a battle to shed weight after being told by doctors she could die.

Terri Smith is confined to her bedroom in her Ohio home, unable to move, stand, or roll over by herself, setting the new world record for the Fattest woman in 2010. She relies on her husband Myron, 44, and oldest daughter Najah, 30, to do everything for her.

By the age of 20, Terri weighed 18 stone (252 lbs.) but she remained active and held a job as a mental health care worker for 20 years. "I used to help people wash, feed and dress themselves," she said.

To undergo a brain scan and receive the life-saving treatment she may require, Terri is now embarking on a weight loss regimen of exercise and healthy eating.



10. Dzhambik Khatokhov

An 11-year-old boy named Dzhambik Khatokhov (known as Jambik) from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, weighs 324 pounds, is 5' 2" and sets the world record for the Fattest child.

At birth, Jambik weighed 6 lb. 6 oz. - a reasonable amount for a baby - but by his first birthday he was more than 28 lbs. At just three years old, Jambik was lifting weights as heavy as 7 lbs. At four, he had ballooned to 81 lbs, even though he was just 3 ft., 11 in., and at six, he was 157 lbs. Since then Jambik has gained nearly 112 lbs. more on a diet of porridge and ice cream.

But his mother Nelya, 42, doesn't share their doctor's concern that, Jambik's weight is dire. "He is just growing -- upwards and outwards," she said. "What can I do about it? This is who he is, this is how God created him."

Jambik, who practises wrestling five days a week and also goes swimming, said, "I want to be a sportsman when I grow up. Or better, an Olympic champion. I like to be strong."

Dzhambik is famous in Russia and has been presented on many Russian TV Shows. He has gained world fame through the U.K. Channel 4 BodyShock series, where he was presented in a series called - "World's Biggest Boy," which was aired on many TV stations around the world.

Nine Spectacular Athletes in Rio 2016

1. Yusra Mardini: The refugee who swam for her life a year ago

Yusra Mardini swam for her life when she fled Syria in 2015. Just a year later, the inspirational teenager won the first heat in the women's 100m butterfly at the Rio Olympics.

Mardini embarked on a perilous journey across the Mediterranean while fleeing war-torn Syria with her sister. They both swam for three hours in the frigid sea and pushed a sinking boat carrying 20 to safety before settling in Germany. The courageous 18-year-old was then named one of 10 members of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team for the Games in Brazil, where she rose to the occasion on day one, touching the wall first in the opening 100m butterfly heat.

Mardini's time of 1:09.21 did not see her through to the semi-finals, but she savored the experience nonetheless.



2. Oksana Chusovitina: The 41-year-old gymnast competing in her seventh Olympics

At 41, Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina is the oldest woman gymnast ever to compete in the Summer Games, and one of only a few women to return to international competition after becoming a mother. The average age of a female artistic gymnast at this year's Olympics is just under 20-years-old.

Chuso's career has spanned more than a quarter of a century. She competed for the U.S.S.R in the Junior Nationals in 1988. Her first Olympic competition was with the Unified Team in 1992 in Barcelona. She then went to the German team before switching back to Uzbekistan.

She announced that London 2012 would be her last competition, only to change her mind the morning after making that decision. And as long as she still got the goods, why not?






3. Gaurika Singh: Rio 2016's youngest athlete survived Nepal's deadly earthquake

At 13-years-old, Gaurika Singh is the youngest athlete at 2016 Rio Olympics, but her place in history could have been vastly different.

A year ago, she was in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, on the fifth floor of a building, and was forced to take shelter under a table when the Himalayan country was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed 9,000 people. The 100m backstroke champion, who lives in London, left Nepal as a toddler but came back to compete in the Nepalese national swimming championship when the earthquake struck.

It's hard to believe that this baby-faced girl with braces will start the ninth grade when she returns to school just a month after the Olympics. This promising young athlete is going to have an incredible tale to tell her schoolmates. “What did you do on your summer holiday, Gaurika?” Her truthful reply: “Not much, apart from winning my heat at the Rio Olympics." On day three of the competition, she finished first of three swimmers in her heat, but with no chance of progressing further against an elite field in the women's 100m backstroke.








4. Julius Yego: The Kenyan javelin thrower who taught himself the sport by watching YouTube

Kenyan javelin thrower Julius Yego won gold at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015, with a new African record throw of 92.72 meters. His win puts him in the position to become the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event this month in Rio.

Yego's rise to fame is a bit more unconventional than the standard javelin medalist. He claims to be self-taught and relies on YouTube videos to perfect his technique. While Yego's hometown in the Rift Valley has produced several Olympic sprinters, there's a shortage of javelin specialists, so he had to learn on his own. He specifically found inspiration in Andreas Thorkildsen, a Norwegian javelin thrower who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Yego watched videos of Thorkildsen throwing while taking notes on his technique and training methods. (Source)



5. Zahra Nemati: The paralyzed flagbearer from Iran who will compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics

When archer Zahra Nemati carried the Iranian flag into Maracana Stadium, she broke new ground for the Islamic country. Never before had a woman led Iran's team in an athletes' parade in the opening ceremonies. It was quite an entry for the 31-year-old, who is also the only Iranian woman to have a gold medal.

She had hoped to represent Iran at the Olympics much earlier in life, and in taekwondo rather than archery. A car accident, which left her paralyzed, put the former black belt on a new sporting path.

Unlike most athletes, Nemati won't just be spending part of August in Brazil. She will be back a month later for the Paralympics, where she's the defending champion in the individual recurve (W1/W2). (Source)



6. Boris Berian: The runner who went from McDonald's employee to 800m U.S. lead

Two years ago, Boris Brian was working at McDonald's. Now he is competing at the Olympics.

A promising runner from Widefield High School in Colorado Springs, Berian struggled with his eligibility due to his grades. Eventually, he dropped out and tried to strike out on his own. He crashed on a friend's couch and found a job at McDonald's to subsidize his training. He even had to win a legal battle against Nike, but nothing held him back. Each day, he rode his bike or walked the nearly three miles to work the early shift, so he would have time to train in the evening. He earned his spot in Rio by finishing second behind Clayton Murphy in the 800m at the U.S. Track and Field Trials. (Source)



7. Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima: The marathon runner who lit the Olympic torch

After soccer legend Pelé backed out of lighting the Olympic torch due to poor health, Brazil chose Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima to ignite the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

De Lima, a distance runner, is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics despite being tackled by a protester. He was leading late in the run, but his shot at the gold was derailed when an Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, grabbed him and knocked him into the crowd. (Horan had a history of disrupting sporting events, including the British Grand Prix, to promote his theory that the world was coming to an end.) De Lima had lost only seconds before an observer helped to pull Horan off him, but the damage was done. De Lima remained unfazed and finished the race third with a smile.

Besides winning the bronze, de Lima was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal — an honor rarely bestowed in the Olympics — for “exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values.” From heartbreak in 2004 to Olympic glory in 2016, De Lima has been a true sportsman in every sense of the word.



8. Michalis Kalomiris: The Athens lawyer who accidentally qualified for Rio 2016

Life is full of surprises. That's certainly the case for Michalis Kalomiris, an Athens lawyer, and amateur marathon runner. He was on a track and field website reading a list of athletes who would be competing in the Rio Games for Greece. It was there he came across the surprise of his life — his own name. The 30-year-old attorney had unknowingly qualified for the Rio Olympics in March 2015 while competing in the Rome Marathon.

Despite being 10 minutes too slow in that race for Olympic qualification, the 30-year-old had made it onto the Greek marathon team on a technicality. There's a stipulation in the regulations set by the International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) that dictates an athlete may still qualify should they finish in the top 10 of a Gold Label event, and the Rome Marathon was one such occasion.



9. Etimoni Timuani: The football player who is the only person representing his country

Etimoni Timuani, 24, ran the 100m at a pace of 11.72 at the 2015 World Championships, so he's not likely to advance after the first round. What makes him unique is that he's the only athlete in Rio representing Tuvalu, the small island nation with a population somewhere around 10,000. His is the only one-athlete country to compete this year.

Timuani also won't be competing in a discipline for which he has been prepared. He is a soccer player who came to the Olympics with scant little experience but was invited by the International Olympic Committee with just ONE track event under his belt. 

Top 10 most Awful Plastic Surgery

1

Hang Mioku: the korean plastic surgery addict who injected cooking oil into her own face



One of the most famous cases of awful plastic surgery gone wrong, Hang Mioku, a 48 year-old woman from South Korea, became so addicted to plastic surgery that she was left unrecognisable after her obsession led her to inject cooking oil into her face. She had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28. Following operation after operation, her face was eventually left enlarged and disfigured, and the surgeons she visited refused to carry out any more work on her and one suggested that her obsession could be a sign of a psychological disorder. So Hang resorted to injecting cooking oil into her face. It became so grotesquely large that she was called "standing fan" by children in her neighbourhood - due to her large face and small body.

As Hang's notoriety spread she was featured on Korean TV, viewers seeing the report took mercy on her and sent in enough donations to enable her to have surgery to reduce the size of her face. During the first procedure surgeons removed 60g of foreign substance from Hang's face and 200g from her neck. After several other sessions her face was left greatly reduced but still scarred and disfigured, a true challenge for korean plastic surgery. 

2

Jocelyn Wildenstein: a US$4 million monster

Known by the press by the nickname of "The Bride of Wildenstein" --a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein--, Jocelyn Wildenstein has allegedly spent almost US$4,000,000 on cosmetic surgery over the years, ending up as one of the worst and most famous cases of plastic surgery addiction. But who did that happened?

Once upon a time, in the late 70’s there was a beautiful women named Jocelyn Wildenstein. Jocelyn really had it made. She was a fresh-faced mother of two and married to an extremely rich art dealer. That is until she caught her husband in bed with a 21 year old Russian model. Now, any normal person would just leave her husband and take all of his money with her, right? Not Jocelyn Wildenstein! Instead she decided to win back her husbands love and make herself more beautiful by going under the knife. Well, her husband left her anyways, but Jocelyn will always have her plastic surgeon.

3

Michael Jackson: more than 10 nose surgeries

Does this really need to be explained? It’s incredible to forget how absolutely normal Michael Jackson looked back in the 70’s and 80’s, attractive even, before turning into the sideshow freak that he was until his death. He is rumored to have had more than 10 nose surgery procedures on his life.

4

Pete Burns: famous singer, spent almost all of his life savings on reconstructive surgery

Pete Burns, former frontman of the British band Dead or Alive --famous for their single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"--, has had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings and many tattoos. He revealed in early 2006 that he had spent almost all of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong.

5

Dennis Avner: the Catman

Dennis Avner, also known by "Catman" or his native american name of "Stalking Cat", has undergone incredible extensive surgery in order to look like his totem animal, the tiger. Modifications include extensive tattooing, transdermal implants to allow whiskers to be worn, subdermal implants to change the shape of the face and the filing and shaping of the teeth to make them look more like a tiger's.

6

Eric Sprague: the Lizardman

Born Eric Sprague in 1972, the Lizardman was one of the first people to have a split tongue and in some circles is seen to be wholly responsible for the recent popularity of this particular modification. This 37 year old man has transformed himself into a reptile via 700 hours of tattooing, five Teflon horns implanted beneath the skin of his eyebrows, filing down of his teeth into sharp fangs, bifurcation of his tongue, and stretching of his septum and earlobes.

7

Donatella Versace: a caricature of herself

Since taking over for her brother Gianni Versace, platinum blonde fashion designer Donatella Versace has gone through some drastic changes thanks to awful plastic surgery, turning herself into a caricature. Although nose jobs are usually done to make a nose smaller, Donatella’s has grown larger over the years. It is also wider and flatter and slightly crooked, indicating that at least one bad nose job took place. In addition to her big nose, Donatella also has large lips, like the trout pouts of the Hollywood divas the designer dresses. Although the fashion icon has always had big lips, the oversized upper lip indicates that fillers, like collagen, have been used liberally. For a 53-year old, Donatella’s skin is very firm, indicating a possible facelift. She probably also uses dermal injectables like Botox to eliminate wrinkles, even when she smiles. Her tight face is a strong contrast to the loose skin on the rest of her body. And yes, Donatella’s weight loss also revealed her breast implants. Anything left?

8

Jackie Stallone: facelift, brow lift, cheek implants, nose job...

The mother of famous actor Silvester Stallone, Jackie was also famous for claiming she can talks to dogs about the future, she also once set up a psychic hotline which would charge callers for advice. Now she’s relatively famous for what looks like a little too much plastic surgery, as she has tried everything: facelift, brow lift, cheek implants, nose job and, of course, lip jobs.

9

Amanda Lepore: world's most famous transexual

Once a poverty-stricken young boy, Amanda Lepore's countless surgeries have made her one of the world's most famous transexuals. She had her first plastic surgery at the age of 15, getting a sex change in her last year of high school, and countless surgeries after that.

10

Michaela Romanini: italian socialite, famous for her collagen abuse

Last but not least. Meet italian socialite Michaela Romanini. Another plastic surgery gone wrong, this lip collagen abuser is only 40 years old, and became famous after her many surgeries.

Drug Lord's Life Of Luxury in Prison Revealed

A Brazilian drug lord has been living a life of luxury behind bars - with a three-room suite complete with library, conference room and plasma TV.


Jarvis Chimenes Pavao - one of South America's most dangerous drug traffickers - was serving an eight-year sentence for money laundering at Tacumbu prison in Paraguay.

His surprising lifestyle was uncovered after a bomb was found inside the prison and police poured into the institution to investigate.

Racks of clothes and a guitar were also spotted in the cell

They found a three-room apartment complete with air conditioning, tiled walls, a DVD collection including a TV series about drug lord Pablo Escobar, a guitar, and several footballs.

In one cupboard police found six pairs of shoes, while in another were scores of T-shirts hanging on racks.

His lawyer Laura Acasuso said that corruption at the highest levels had allowed her client to live his luxury life.

A large conference table was found in the three-room complex

She said "six or seven justice ministers and six or seven prison directors" took bribes from the drug lord.


His prison lifestyle was in stark contrast to other inmates at the jail, where food is scarce and violence is rife.


Justice minister Carla Bacigalupo has already been sacked and her replacement Ever Martinez has promised a crackdown.

The drug lord slept on a double bed

He said: "We're going to demolish Chimenes Pavao's cell and take measures against the prison directors who allowed this inmate to enjoy these privileges."


He has now been transferred to a cell in a special operations unit.


One prisoner said Pavao had paid for a football pitch and chapel at the prison, and employed inmates as bodyguards.

The cell had stylishly tiled walls

He added: "I don't know what's going to become of us without him."


Another inmate, Antonio Gonzalez, said: "He was the most loved man in this prison."


His lawyer added: "He never said he was a saint. But he was completing his sentence and helping out with the money he earns legally through his companies."

A plasma TV screen hangs on the wall alongside a fridge

She said he also paid for lodgings for prison directors, toilets for the guards, the renovation of the prison library and the cooks' salaries.


Pavao was due for release next year, but faced extradition to Brazil on drug charges.


It is alleged that he was behind the prison bomb plot - hoping to blow a hole to allow him to escape.