some people are tall some people are not we are all different and that’s fantastic [Music] it’s what makes the world such an exciting place to be but there are certain heights at either end of the spectrum that are so extreme you just can’t help but notice and think to yourself wait what really these are the world’s smallest people you won’t believe exist [Music] number 15 charlotte garside charlotte garside is a 12 year old girl who attends school plays with her friends and family and goes horseback riding with this information alone you would expect her to look and be like any other preteen except charlotte is a little bit different she is one of the smallest people in the world she was born in 2008 with a rare form of primordial dwarfism which only affects around 100 people in the world when she was born she weighed one and a half pounds which is the size of a baby in the womb at 16 weeks charlotte was only born one month premature which makes her size even more incredible she was smaller than a credit card at birth and doctors weren’t optimistic that she was gonna live very long but charlotte is proof that medical professionals don’t always get it right charlotte will always be different and that’s obvious by the fact that she only weighed nine pounds by the age of five still she goes to school plays with her siblings and is living a life as normal as it can be no one knows her outlook for sure but the 12 year old is full of surprises like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you’re sleeping number 14. kennedy jordan bromley kennedy jordan bromley is like any teenager she’s energetic enthusiastic and has a contagious zest for life but there’s something different about kennedy which is immediately apparent when you look at her i want a big one i want a big i want another one i want another one kennedy has primordial dwarfism and she is one of only 100 or so people in the world to have this condition when she was born she weighed just 2.5 pounds and nurses nicknamed her thumbelina doctors told her mother that she wouldn’t live longer than a few days but she defied all odds the 17 year old stands at a little over three feet tall and weighs the same as an average two-year-old kennedy was diagnosed with the condition at eight months old and her parents were told there were no useful treatments for the disease kennedy likes to draw play sports and go to school like any typical teen but her condition does mean she has some drawbacks primordial dwarfism comes with delayed development respiratory and eating issues and frequent illness she also has learning difficulties underdeveloped limbs and fragile bones but she never lets those things hold her back kennedy is loving independent and kind-hearted number 13 bridget jordan anyone who tries to get a guinness world record knows how challenging that can be you may even have more than one attempt to secure the record but for bridget jordan it was easy she just had to be born at two feet three inches tall bridgette was the smallest living woman what do you think you can do it so you can get your hands pink and red both she and her brother brad were born with a condition called microcephalic osteodiplastic primordial dwarfism type 2. her brother was 38 inches tall by the time he reached age 20. even though bridgette was the smallest living woman in the world she didn’t let that title dictate her life the sand oval illinois woman went to kaskaskia college loved cheerleading and dancing and was on the cheer squad for the college bridgette took the guinness world record title from elif kokoman from turkey who was just two feet 4.5 inches tall then lost it to giotti amgi of india in 2011. having a condition such as hers meant bridget’s time on earth was limited she died in june 2019 at age 30 her brother brad died in 2017 at the age of 25 number 12 kegendra tapa magar khagendra tapamagar who has now sadly passed away was the shortest living mobile man on the planet he was just two feet 2.41 inches tall and was born in nepal in october 1992. kagandra was rupe bahadur and don maya’s eldest child and when he was born he could fit in the palm of their hands according to roop his size made it extremely difficult to bathe him but it wasn’t until 2010 that the two-foot man came to the attention of guinness world records [Music] records manager marco frigatti measured him and confirmed that at the time he was the shortest living male teenager when he reached age 18 he was able to take out the adult title nabbing the top spot from edward hernandez from colombia who was 2 feet 3.46 inches tall as word spread kagendra became the nepalese goodwill ambassador for tourism in 2011. before he passed away in 2020 from heart problems pneumonia and asthma kagendra enjoyed the simple things in life he spent time in his family shop played guitar and rode around with his brother on a motorbike number 11 genry balawing genry balawing is the son of a poor blacksmith from sindang zamboanga del norte in the philippines that in itself doesn’t make him unique but the fact that he’s one of the smallest people in the world does genry was born in 1993 a seemingly normal healthy newborn according to his father though he stopped growing when he was two years old the 23.6 inch tall man is now considered the world’s shortest man having been given the certificate title on his 18th birthday the previous record holder kagendra tapamagar was a whole 2.75 inches taller than genry in 2012 genry lost his title to nepal’s chandra bahadur donghi who was 21.5 inches tall that meant he held on to it for less than a year however when chandra passed away in 2015 he was given the title back as of 2015 the 26 year old still held it to get an idea of just how small jonry is a coca-cola bottle is taller than his waistline he’s around the size of a toddler and has a child’s demeanor while he used to attend school his parents withdrew him after he distracted the other children with his differences number 10. giotti kissangi amgi jiyoti kasangi amgi from nagpur central india was born a seemingly ordinary healthy baby there were no alarm bells that she had any kind of condition or that she would end up becoming one of the smallest people in the world but by the time giotti was 5 years old her mother ranjana noticed something was wrong she had stopped growing doctors diagnosed her with achondroplasia a form of dwarfism and she would never become taller than two feet three-quarter inches the 26 year old is now an indian actress and the world’s smallest living woman when she was 18 she was given the title and measured at 2 feet 0.6 inches while the health conditions can of course set you back they have opened many doors for giotti she was a guest participant on the indian tv show big boss sex and was cast as ma petit in season 4 of american horror story freak show she was also given the opportunity to meet the world’s shortest man chandra bahadur dangi from nepal and she has a wax statue in the celebrity wax museum in lanavala number nine chandra bahadur dangi chandra bahadur dhangi may have been the world’s shortest man but he’d never let that affect what he did with his life the one foot 9.5 inch man was a craftsman farmer and lived to the ripe old age of 75. he passed away in september 2015 in pago pago american samoa chandra came to the attention of a wood contractor in nepal’s dang district in february 2012 he was given the title of the world’s shortest adult human ever recorded believe it or not he isn’t the only short member of his family but it’s not known what condition caused him to be as small as he was three of his five brothers were less than four feet tall but his remaining two brothers and two sisters were of average height his cause of death was not disclosed but it was thought he had been suffering from pneumonia before then he had been touring the south pacific with the tupal bruno’s magic circus from samoa he had always wanted to use his guinness world record title to popularize his country number eight ist von toeth est von toath may not be a name you know too well after all he doesn’t have a guinness world record nor has he appeared in too many news stories about the smallest people in the world but as it turns out he was probably quite deserving of a bit of the spotlight ist von toth was a hungarian man who claimed he was the shortest man in the world he measured at just 26 inches tall and is pictured next to a small motorcycle that seems to fit him perfectly next to an adult that bike would stand at around calf height est von toath may have left his run too late to get his world record title for he passed away in 2011. he was 48 when he died and may have been one of the smallest people to walk this earth not much is known about istvan’s condition and what caused him to stop growing it’s also not known what he did with his life where he lived and whether he was married or had a career if he had lived just a few years longer he may have had his claim of being one of the shortest people in the world verified by the guinness world records team number 7. gulmuhamed ghul mohammed was born in february 1957 in new delhi india he was like any other baby or so people thought but he ended up being anything but ghoul was the shortest human being of his time and passed away at the age of 40 in october 1997. the guinness world records verified him as being the shortest human after being examined at ram monohar lohia hospital in new delhi india he was just one foot 10.5 inches tall and weighed a mere 37.5 pounds however his record was then broken by nepal’s chandra bahadur dangi in 2011 who was 21.5 inches tall ghoul didn’t have the easiest of lives and was considered a pauper he ran a candy and biscuit stall on the side of the road but his size often caused him to be robbed he often relied on the generous donations of friends and voluntary organizations to get by cool was a heavy smoker and it’s thought that this caused respiratory problems asthma and bronchitis which caused him to pass away from a heart attack number 6. madge bester madge bester hailed from south africa and stood at just 25.6 inches tall before she passed away in 2018 she was the shortest woman on earth madge was born with osteogenesis imperfective which comes with the common side effect of brittle bones to get around she used a wheelchair given her condition madge could have lived a sheltered life without achieving anything and sure she did wish she could do things for herself and walk but she also never let her stature hold her back she traveled the world as a champion for people with disabilities and had a motto that became quite famous in her community forget your disabilities and use your abilities madge told this to anyone who needed to hear it she was also a firm believer that parents shouldn’t hide their disabled children away but rather send them to school growing up madge always wanted to be a nurse and this led her to get in touch with the johannesburg nursing school she was unable to make that dream come true due to not being able to reach patients in bed but still she definitely made her mark on the world number five lucia zarate the world is very good at record keeping in this modern age you can search for the best worst tallest shortest lightest and heaviest of almost anything as it turns out record keeping was quite common even over a century ago lucia zarate is proof of that lucia was born in 1864 in mexico and was entered into the guinness book of records when she was 17 years old according to that record she was the lightest person to have ever lived at the age of 1 she was 24 inches and she never grew any taller she then became the first person to be diagnosed with majeski osteodiplastic primordial dwarfism type 2 which is exceptionally rare not uncommon for the times lucio was put on show she was part of a united states exhibit and went by the name of the marvelous mexican which was given to her by the washington post unfortunately lucia’s life was cut short when her circus train became stuck in the snow in 1890 she died from hypothermia that doesn’t mean she’s not deserving of being recognized as one of the shortest people in the world though number four lin yu-chi lin yuchi born in 1972 is the former shortest man who can walk in the world he was given the title in 2007 and it was then taken from him by nepalese man khagendra tapa magar when he turned 18. lin stands at 2 feet 2.58 inches tall and suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta this condition stops the growth of bones which subsequently affects his height many people who suffer from disabilities prefer to hide away and live a quiet life but not lin the taipei taiwan man is a social activist and author he also appeared in a documentary called the world’s smallest man and me which appeared on channel 4 in britain and was hosted by mark dolan lynn regularly campaigns for the disabled and never lets his height affect his potential in fact he lives a life very similar to most other people but with the goal of helping others he founded the osteogenesis imperfecta association which provides information and resources to families who have members suffering from this condition it’s also dedicated to funding research gene therapy drug therapies and diagnostic testing number three pauline musters many people who end up being the shortest or smallest in the world die from complications related to their conditions that caused them to be short but if pauline musters didn’t die from pneumonia and meningitis in 19 who knows just how long she would have lived she was born in austin direct the netherlands in 1876 and died in march of 1895. the dutch woman was the shortest woman ever recorded and stood at just 24 inches tall her titles of the shortest ever woman and shortest adult human were then taken by lucia zarate pauline measured 11.8 inches at birth and the average length of a full term baby is between 18 and 22 inches she also only weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces it was immediately apparent that pauline was not going to be a tall person however her family possibly never realized that she would essentially only double in height before reaching her full adult height in the years that followed people would call pauline the might and princess paulina she passed away not long before her 20th birthday number 2 aditya romeo dev adidya dev who went by the nickname of romeo was the world’s smallest bodybuilder the 23 year old was 2 feet 9 inches tall and weighed just 22 pounds sadly he passed away in 2012 after being told he had a brain aneurysm in 2008 that could burst at any time his parents said he was rushed to satyam hospital in punjab india but died the following morning in september 2012. along with a diagnosis of a brain aneurysm doctors also said he had moya moya syndrome which caused arteries in the brain to restrict blood flow adidya’s best friend maninder singh said he and adidya used to go to the gym together he never let his primordial dwarfism stop him from leading a normal life even though he only weighed 22 pounds he could lift dumbbells weighing up to three pounds he also worked out often to keep his body well defined adidya also had plans to have an entertainment career something he liked the idea of after being in tv shows and the guinness book of world records he dreamed of performing in london with his idol jazzy b number one ki ping ping hee ping ping was born in 1988 and died at the age of 21 in 2010 in rome lazio italy the chinese citizen was at one time the world’s shortest mobile man standing at just two feet five inches tall he grew up in the city of ulan cobb and was the third child in his family according to his father he was born small enough to fit in the palm of his hand both of his sisters were of average size doctors eventually diagnosed the cause of his size and slow growth as osteogenesis imperfecta given how small he was it didn’t take long for people to hear about hi ping ping although he doesn’t look it her ping ping is 19 years old he appeared on the tv show the world’s smallest man and me and was the world’s shortest man until 2009 in 2008 he made his way to new york city to help launch the 2009 edition of the guinness book of world records then in 2010 he featured in the amazing races 10th episode of the 16th season that episode which was filmed in shanghai was dedicated to his memory in 2010 he developed chest pains and was taken to a hospital in rome where he had been filming he died 10 days later from heart complications if people have ever made fun of you for your height then spare a thought for some of the world’s smallest people you might be shorter than your friends but imagine being mere inches tall there are many medical conditions that can cause people to be far smaller at birth and considerably shorter in life than others too that doesn’t mean they don’t grow up to do incredible things though do you think your height is noteworthy how tall or short are you also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time you
15 World’s Smallest People You Wont Believe Exist
