How tall was Yma Sumac?

Yma Sumac is commonly listed at 5 ft 2 in (158 cm).

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Yma Sumac’s 5 ft 2 in (158 cm) is a little below average for a US woman: about 33 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Yma Sumac beside others

Yma Sumac is one of the shorter singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 6 in (45.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 6.5 in (16 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 2 in: Nelly Furtado.

Leigh Anne Pinnock: 5 ft 2 in (157.5 cm), 0.2 in (0.5 cm) shorter than Yma Sumac.
Ariana Grande: 5 ft 2 in (157.5 cm), 0.2 in (0.5 cm) shorter than Yma Sumac.

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5 ft 2 in (158 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Foto Brosio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Yma Sumac, 5 ft 2 in (158 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)