LIKE any girl of her age, Emma Cahill loves to wear heels. However, shopping for them is pretty tricky.

That’s because the 19-year-old, from Worcester, Britain, has one of the biggest pairs of feet of any woman in Europe — and at size 14, she has only ever found shoes that fit her at a shop in Germany.

The 1.98-meter Oxford Brookes University student, who is double the British women’s average size of seven, owns one pair of stilettos but finds it “impossible” to find the right shoes.

She said: “I think I’ve got the biggest feet in Europe, which makes it impossible to find shoes that fit. I own one pair of stilettos — but they are not very classy. I dream of owning a pair of Louboutins.”

Cahill — whose feet are larger than those of 2-meter England footballer Peter Crouch, a size 12 — said wearing heels puts her at 2.13 meters, and men are often too intimidated to speak to her when she is out.

Problems that Cahill encounters daily include fitting into cars and banging her head on door frames. She is even considering putting pipe insulator on frames in her home to prevent injury.

“The biggest issue is finding shoes that fit me,” she said. “I love shoes and it’s so hard getting ones I like. There’s only one place I can buy them in Germany. Last time I went I spent 500 pounds (US$805) on five pairs.”

From the age of 9 she wore a bigger-than-average size nine — the same size feet as her mom Jane, 49 — and up to the age of 14 she grew a shoe size every year.

Cahill — whose 49-year-old father Andrew is also a size 14, and 15-year-old sister Jenni is a 10 — added that her feet don’t look that big because they are in proportion with her height.

Trousers are out of the question for Cahill, so three-quarter length jeans with a long top are her preferred outfit. Meanwhile the teenager is limited to just one pair of shoes for evenings out.

For the last six years she has sported a gold pair of pumps bought from a U.S. Web site which has since gone out of business. (SD-Agencies)