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117-year-old Jamaican woman now believed to be world’s oldest person

WATCH ABOVE: Violet Brown at 117-years-old is believed to be the world's oldest person, said she credits her "hard work" for her long life – Apr 17, 2017

Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugarcane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica.

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She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken, and celebrated her 117th birthday last month.

On Saturday, she is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person following the death of Emma Morano of Italy, born Nov. 29, 1899.

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Brown told The Associated Press she is surprised but grateful to have lived this long.

READ MORE: World’s oldest person dies in Italy at age 117

“This is what God has given me, so I have to take it, long life,” Brown said.

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Brown is considered the oldest person in the world with credible birth documentation, according to Robert Young, director of the supercentenarian research and database division at Gerontology Research Group, a network of volunteer researchers into the world’s oldest people.

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