The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.

He arrived in American Samoa yesterday as a member of The Magic Circus of Samoa and is seen here greeted by Miss American Samoa, Antonina Keka Lilomaiava.

You will be able to meet Kösen when The Magic Circus opens on March 17th. The circus is sponsored by the Samoa Shipping Corporation, McDonald’s American Samoa, Polynesia Line, Talofa Air, Swire, Peter E. Reid Stevedoring, Sheraton, and Sadie’s by the Sea, with big thanks to Pulu Ae Ae Jr.