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Woman with big ambitions
AN AMERICAN woman is waging a campaign to become the world’s heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food, according to national media reports.
Donna Simpson, 42, weighs more than 600 pounds and aims to reach 1,000 pounds.
The mother of two children, ages 3 and 14, models on a web site where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating greasy foods or walking to the car.
She has appeared in television interviews and said she welcomes media coverage.
A Guinness World Records spokeswoman said Simpson has submitted a claim for the title of world’s heaviest woman to give birth, a claim that is being reviewed
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