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Elizabeth Anne Velásquez (/ ˈ l ɪ z i v ə ˈ l æ s k ɛ z /; born March 13, 1989) is an American motivational speaker, activist, writer, and YouTuber.She was born with an extremely rare congenital disease called Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome that, among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat and gaining weight.
Iheme is known for his nickname "PawPaw", which he adopted after the role he played of the same name in the film Aki na Ukwa. [58] [59] 1982– United Kingdom — Lisa Hammond: 1983– DR Congo — Cécile Bayiha: Bayiha is best known for playing the part of captive Pygmy Likola in the 2005 Franco-British-South African film Man to Man [60] Un ...
Afshin Ghaderzadeh (Persian: افشین قادرزاده; born 13 July 2002) is an Iranian Internet personality who is the shortest living man in the world. He was recognized by the Guinness World Records in December 2022. [1] [2] He has dimensions of measuring 65.24 centimetres (25.69 in), which is 7 centimetres (2.8 in) less than the previous ...
A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village. The term pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, comes via Latin pygmaeus from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaîos, derived from πυγμή pygmḗ, meaning "short cubit", or a measure of length corresponding to the distance from the elbow to the first knuckle of the middle finger, meant to express pygmies' diminutive stature.
At the time, her height was measured at 20 in (51 cm) tall, and her calf was measured as 4 in (10 cm) in circumference, 1 in (2.5 cm) more than the thumb of an average adult man. [9] She was with her parents at the time and found to be healthy and intelligent, able to speak some English along with her native Spanish .
Jyoti Kishanji Amge (born 16 December 1993) [1] is an Indian actress notable for being the world's shortest living woman according to the Guinness World Records. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Following Amge's 18th birthday on 16 December 2011, she was officially declared the world's shortest living woman by Guinness World Records with a height of 62.8 ...
The World Factbook reports white people being 17% of the Nicaragua's population, with an additional 69% of the population being Mestizo, which is described as mixed indigenous and white. [172] In the nineteenth century, Nicaragua was the subject of central European immigration, mostly from Germany , England and the United States , who often ...
Bridgette Marie Jordan (June 9, 1989 – June 12, 2019) was the smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records at 2 ft 3in (69 cm). She was also one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records; her younger brother Brad was 38 inches tall at 20 years old.