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Is Rihanna taller than Taylor Swift?

No. Taylor Swift is taller than Rihanna by 2 in (5.1 cm).

Rihanna: taller than 95 in 100 US women. Taylor Swift: taller than 95 in 100 US women.

Taylor Swift is taller than Rihanna by 2 in (5.1 cm).Rihanna: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). Taylor Swift: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm).

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Where these heights come from

Rihanna is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). See all of Rihanna’s listed heights.

Taylor Swift reported a height of 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm) in a Vanity Fair interview published March 15, 2013. See all of Taylor Swift’s listed heights.

Photos: Rihanna by U.S. Embassy Bridgetown, Public domain; Taylor Swift by iHeartRadioCA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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For the height itself, cite the original publisher as well: Vanity Fair (Taylor Swift).

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Rihanna, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), and Taylor Swift, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline