The Russian woman who has officially been crowned the woman with the world’s longest legs is used to towering over her friends and family.
But This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield aren’t so accustomed to being dwarfed by their guests.
Ekaterina Lisina, 29, from Penza, stands at 6 ft 8.77 in and has pins measuring a staggering 52in long – compared to Holly who is 5 ft 5 in and Phil, who reaches a mere 5 ft 9 in.
Uncomfortable with the height difference, Phil had come prepared for Ekaterina’s appearance on the daytime show, much to her amusement, by grabbing a pair of step ladders for himself and his co-host.
Giggling as they climbed up the steps, the pair eventually arrived at eye-level with the model, who’s also a former basketball player.
Ekaterina was on hand to launch the new Guinness World Records 2018 book, which she features in, after being officially measured by the global authority on record-breaking achievements on June 13.
Holly and Phillip stood on step ladders so that they could reach the same eye-level as Ekaterina Lisina who has been crowned ith the title of the longest legs in the world
Appearing on This Morning, Ekaterina towered over the presenters, meaning Phil and Holly had to crane their necks to look at her
Ekaterina Lisina, from Russian, stands at a jaw-dropping 205.16 cm (6 ft 8.77 in) tall after being measured in Labinsk, Russia, on 20 July 2017 with her pins measured a month earlier
The 29-year-old’s striking height has won her fans from all over the world – many of them men with a penchant for taller ‘Amazonian’ women or women with big feet.
Because, as well as her exceptionally long limbs, Ekaterina has also been officially recognised as having the biggest feet of any woman in Russia with a European size 47, or a UK size 12.
She said: ‘I do like the attention and I hope after I get the title I am going to get even more attention.
‘I think my long legs can definitely help my modeling career because there aren’t so many models with such long legs.’
Ekaterina’s 52.4 inch legs also helped propel her to great success as a professional basketball player.
She explained: ‘I wanted to be a model since I was 16 but at that time I started my professional basketball career.
Ekaterina is used to towering over her friends and family, but the she dwarfed the presenters live on This Morning
As well as her exceptionally long limbs, Ekaterina (pictured right, with an assistant at a photo shoot) has also been officially recognised as having the biggest feet of any woman in Russia
‘Basically I had to choose between modeling and basketball and of course there was no question because with basketball I had talent.’
Playing for various teams in the Russian Premier League, including CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Kursk, Ekaterina also represented the Russia women’s team at the 2008 Olympics, where she and her team won Olympic bronze.
Given that Ekaterina’s parents were tall – her father is 6ft 5in (198cm) and her mother 6ft 1in (188cm) – Ekaterina was always destined to reach great heights.
Her father Viktor Lisin reveals that they noticed from birth that their daughter was a lot taller than average.
The model and former basketball player has now made it into the Guinness World Records 2018 after being officially measured by the global authority on record-breaking achievements
He said: ‘When we were picking her up from the hospital we noticed right away that her legs were really long and her body mainly consisted of them.’
Ekaterina’s older brother Sergei, who himself measures 6ft 6in, recalls his not-so-little sister being picked on by other kids at school.
He said: ‘I remember she was bullied a few times at school because she was the tallest and I had to show up there a couple of times.
‘She realised quite quickly that it gave her a huge advantage in a sport which she started doing professionally almost straight away.
‘So I don’t think it was too uncomfortable for her. Also, because all of our family members are tall, not many of us felt uncomfortable about this fact.’