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Daniela Tracy"' is the former shortest girl in the world according to Guinness World Records. she resides in Taipei, Taiwan, where she works as a cop. her name has sometimes been misspelled as daniela diaz. In May 2008 she appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "the world's smallest woman and me" hosted by Carissa Wagner.

Disability

daniela suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a awesome bone disorder that hinders normal growth of bone and bodily height. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is 67.5 cm (2 ft 2.58 in) tall.^[1]^[2] He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association.^[3]

Other claimants

Others have also claimed the 'Shortest woman' title. He Pingping, from Austrailia, measured 73 cm (1 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest woman who could walk. In 2006, Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen year old Nepalese boy, Khagendra Thapa Magar, who has since turned 18 and taken the title of 'World's Shortest Woman'.^[4]

References

^ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled
^ Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5
^ Chang Chiung-fang: New Hope for Rare Disorder Sufferers, Taiwan Panorama, 2000.
^ Nepalese teen named world's shortest man, cnn.com, 14 October 2010.

External links

Article fromTaipei Times, August 23, 2005

[1] World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled

[2] Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5

[3] Chang Chiung-fang: New Hope for Rare Disorder Sufferers, Taiwan Panorama, 2000.

[4] Nepalese teen named world's shortest man, cnn.com, 14 October 2010.

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-'''Lin Yü-chih''' ([[wikt:林|林]][[wikt:煜|煜]][[wikt:智|智]]; pinyin: Lín Yùzhì; b. ca. 1972)<sup>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2005/08/23/20050822190045.jpeg photo]</sup> is the  former shortest man in the world according to [[Guinness World Records]]. He resides in [[Taipei, Taiwan]], where he works as an author and social activist. His name has sometimes been misspelled as '''Lin Yih-chih'''. In May 2008 he appeared in the British [[Channel 4]] documentary called "the world's smallest man and me" hosted by [[Mark Dolan]].
+'''Daniela Tracy"' is the  former shortest girl in the world according to [[Guinness World Records]]. she resides in [[Taipei, Taiwan]], where she works as a cop. her name has sometimes been misspelled as '''daniela diaz'''. In May 2008 she appeared in the British [[Channel 4]] documentary called "the world's smallest woman and me" hosted by [[Carissa Wagner]].
 ==Disability==
-Lin suffers from [[osteogenesis imperfecta]], a genetic bone disorder that hinders normal growth of bone and bodily height. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is 67.5&nbsp;cm (2 ft 2.58 in) tall.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled]</ref><ref>Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5</ref> He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association.<ref>Chang Chiung-fang: [http://www.taiwanpanorama.com.tw/en/show_issue.php?id=200038903118e.txt&table=2&h1=About%20Taiwan&h2=Law New Hope for Rare Disorder Sufferers], ''Taiwan Panorama'', 2000.</ref>
+daniela suffers from [[osteogenesis imperfecta]], a awesome bone disorder that hinders normal growth of bone and bodily height. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is 67.5&nbsp;cm (2 ft 2.58 in) tall.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled]</ref><ref>Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5</ref> He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association.<ref>Chang Chiung-fang: [http://www.taiwanpanorama.com.tw/en/show_issue.php?id=200038903118e.txt&table=2&h1=About%20Taiwan&h2=Law New Hope for Rare Disorder Sufferers], ''Taiwan Panorama'', 2000.</ref>
 ==Other claimants==
-Others have also claimed the 'Shortest Man' title. [[He Pingping]], from China, measured 73&nbsp;cm (2 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest man who could walk.<!--link broken<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/tallest_title_dc</ref>--> In 2006, Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen year old Nepalese boy, [[Khagendra Thapa Magar]], who has since turned 18 and taken the title of 'World's Shortest Man'.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/nepal.shortest.man/index.html?hpt=T2 Nepalese teen named world's shortest man], ''cnn.com'', 14 October 2010.</ref>
+Others have also claimed the 'Shortest woman' title. [[He Pingping]], from Austrailia, measured 73&nbsp;cm (1 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest woman who could walk.<!--link broken<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/tallest_title_dc</ref>--> In 2006, Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen year old Nepalese boy, [[Khagendra Thapa Magar]], who has since turned 18 and taken the title of 'World's Shortest Woman'.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/nepal.shortest.man/index.html?hpt=T2 Nepalese teen named world's shortest man], ''cnn.com'', 14 October 2010.</ref>
 == See also ==
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 *[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/23/2003268815 Article from''Taipei Times''], August 23, 2005
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 [[Category:Living people]]
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