The Worlds Oldest Woman.

Meet The Worlds Oldest Woman

The worlds oldest woman turns 117 on November the 27th. Emma Morano says the secret to her long life is eggs. For the last 90 years she has eaten at least two eggs a day - which equates to over 100,000 eggs consumed in her lifetime. Born in Verbania, Italy in 1899. Morano began eating eggs at the age of 20, after a doctor diagnosed her with anaemia. He told her to eat two raw eggs and one cooked egg daily. Her doctor, Carlo Bava, confirmed that his patient didn't follow conventional nutritional advice. Despite turning 117, she says it's unlikely she'll even have a bite of her birthday cake. "Last time I ate a little, but afterwards I didn't feel good." she recalled. Morano has a few birthdays to go before she beats the record for the oldest verified age: 122 years and 164 days, held by french woman Jeanne Calmet who died in 1997. Morano hasn't left her two-room apartment for the last 20 years, has outlived all of her immediate family and isn't planning on a birthday party.