16 July 2007

The world's tallest man met the shortest......

There's a lot of contention surrounding the designation of "tallest man on Earth". The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun met with He Pingping who claims to be world's shortest and both hail from the same region of Inner Mongolia. Mr Xishun, 56, towers above everyone at an astonishing 7.9 ft, while 19-year-old He Pingping is a mere 2.4 ft high. Bao Xishun was confirmed as the tallest person by the Guinness Book of Records last year.





While, He Pingping is seeking to be registered as the world's shortest man by the Guinness Book of Recrods. The current world shortest man is Lin Yih-Chih was measured as 2.2ft high.







However, the world's tallest man Bao Xishun,56, married a woman Xia Shujuan, a mere 5 foot 6 inches tall and just 29 years old, two-thirds his size and almost half his age in a traditional Mongolian ceremony recently.







Another man who claims to be the world's tallest man,is Hussain Bisad,who stands
at 7ft 9in tall Sadly died at the age of 22.








cheers.

No comments: