Michele Koebke To Earn Smallest Waist Record

Michele Koebke has worn corsets for three years to shrink her 64 cm waist to a mere 54 cm. The 24-year-old from Germany told that she only takes her corset off to shower - she even sleeps in it.

"I started binding at the end of 2009," Koebke said. "I can bind [my waist] down to 41 cm (16 in). I want to get to 38 cm (14.9 in)."If she succeeds, she'd have out-shrunk the current Guinness World Record holder,Cathie Jung, whose waist is a minuscule 15 in.

But extreme corseting affects more than Koebke's outward appearance.
Because she cannot stomach normal-sized meals, she must eat ten tiny meals per day, according to Barcroft. She also suffers shortness of breath and has difficulty supporting herself without a corset.
That won't stop her, though. She told HuffPost she doesn't experience pain, and is set on trying to break the world record.