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INDIA : Is it bad taste to have a 'world's shortest' record?

  • Friday, December 16, 2011 6:58 PM
    Message # 775605
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11228268 [Link]

    The latest entrant in the "world's shortest" category is Indian Jyoti Amge.

    Ms Amge measures 62.8cm (or 24.7 inches) and has a condition called achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.


    Like many of the title holders she is proud with the award.


    "I feel grateful to be this size, after all if I weren't small and had not achieved these world records I might never have been able to visit Japan and Europe, and many other wonderful countries," she said.


    Anand/Monterey
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