Sep 18, 2008

Guinness record: the long and the short of it

This year's version of "Guinness World Records 2009" is due out Wednesday.

To publicize the release, the world’s shortest man and the world’s leggiest woman met in London’s Trafalgar Square for a promotional appearance.

He Pingping of China stands precisely 2 feet 5.37 inches tall.

The 20-year-old was born with a type of dwarfism. He called Svetlana Pankratova's legs "very beautiful."

Pankratova, 36, who is Russian but lives in Spain, has legs that are nearly 52 inches long, or more than 4 feet long. Her upper body has nearly typical proportions, giving her a giraffe-like appearance.

She isn't the tallest woman on record but has the longest legs of any woman.

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