Saturday, December 11, 2010

World's Shortest Girl

The world's shortest girl, Hatice Kocaman,21 
who is just 28
inches tall and weighing 15lbs is suffering from a 
rare bone disease
that means, at 21-years-old, she has the
 body mass of an
eight-year-old baby. Guinness World Record has 
officially granted the
title of world's smallest woman to Hatice Kocaman,
 following to
Khagendra Thapa Magar, Nepalese man who is the 
world’s shortest person
at 25.8 inches. More after the break...

21 year old, Ms. Kocaman told “I always hoped
 that one day the
world would recognise me”. “It was hard when
 I was a child because all
my classmates used to tease me for being small. 
But now I am famous
bec ause of my size. So it makes me feel like 
I am much taller.” And
she’s single, fellas! “God made me the way
 I am and I am proud of
that. I hope I can find someone who will love me one day.”

Her mother, Hatun Kocaman said, "There were no 
problems in my
pregnancy with her and I gave birth naturally." "
She weighed 3lbs 10oz
when she was born and was a normal baby. 
We never noticed any
problems until she was one. Then we noticed she
 seemed to be growing
more slowly than other babies."

Hatun Kocaman, Hatice’s mother said that 
Aside from her small
stature, Hatice is perfectly normal in terms of 
cognition. Hatice grew
normally until about age 1, then her growth 
slowed down while her
walking and talking skills developed like
 those of her peers.

"God made me the way I am and I am proud of that. 
I hope I can find someone who will love me
 one day", said Hatice.

Hatice’s dwarfism, related to a rare bone disorder, 
was only diagnosed by physicians a few years ago.