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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.
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 ...
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 ...
While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...
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.
Multiple gold medallist and world record holder in Paralympic swimming events. [73] 1994– Nigeria: 125 cm (49 in) [74] Lauritta Onye: Paralympic athlete Onya won gold in shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. [75] 1984– Australia: 129 cm (51 in) [76] Kate Wilson: Paralympic swimmer
Circus producers Irvin Feld and Kenneth Feld had heard of Meszaros, and, after locating him in 1973, signed him to a contract and made arrangements to bring him to the U.S. and have him star in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as the "smallest man in the world".