Oldest Person in the World

Guinness World Records can officially announce that Eugenie Blanchard has inherited the title of the oldest person in the world. Eugenie was born in St. Barts, France, on the 16th February 1896.
Eugenie, one of the few people now alive to have been born in the 19th century, spent most of life working as a nun.

She took the title from Kama Chinen who unfortunately passed away on the 2nd May 2010.