World's Shortest Man, Leggiest Woman Meet UPDATED (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

The AP reports:

LONDON -- Trafalgar Square routinely serves as a stage for mimes, jugglers and other acts, but the tourist attraction drew an exceptionally curious crowd Tuesday when the shortest man who can walk met the woman with the longest legs.

He Pingping, of China, stands precisely 2 feet 5.37 inches tall (.7461 meters tall). The 20-year-old was born with a type of dwarfism.

He called Svetlana Pankratova's legs "very beautiful."

The two met, with He standing at Pankratova's knees, the publicize the release of "Guinness World Records 2009." This year's version of the popular book is due out Wednesday.

Pankratova, 36, who is Russian but lives in Spain, has legs that are nearly 52 inches (132 centimeters) long, or more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) long. Her upper body has nearly typical proportions, giving her a giraffe-like appearance.

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Comments

[PhDiva]

09:01 PM on 09/17/2008

Please see wonkette where they describe this as Ann Coulter having a baby.

[AmandaBC]

04:25 PM on 09/17/2008

Looks like a scene from Todd Browning's horror classic "Freaks"...(and quite deliberately.) I think they should have pasted a fake beard on her face...after all, this charade is for effect, right?

http://www.noirfilm.com/freaks_1.jpg

BTW, the movie's message is that we should **ACCEPT** diversity and not make fun of people who look different. But then again, people who look and think different are scary from the perspective of America's corporate owners...

[donorman]

03:49 PM on 09/17/2008

I wonder if Ernest Borgnine has seen this yet?

[Obama4Life]

01:58 PM on 09/17/2008

Man those legs a fuggin hot! HOT!

[blooddoc]

01:47 PM on 09/17/2008

And there you have the long and the short of it.....

[InfiniteShibumi]

01:42 PM on 09/17/2008

No end of humiliation for the poor man. I'm exiting this page.

[Bluedog12]

12:31 PM on 09/17/2008

Anyone else see a similarity to the McCain/ Palin ticket? You make the call.

[happycat]

12:07 PM on 09/17/2008

This is just wrong.

[guinness327]

11:32 AM on 09/17/2008

Ah, what a lovely metaphor for the Palin-McCain.....I mean, McCain-Palin ticket.

[YouDisgustMe]

12:12 PM on 09/17/2008

LOL

[orderinchaos]

10:40 AM on 09/17/2008

He DID look up: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1799148008

[roninracer]

10:53 AM on 09/17/2008

I know I would too :)

[Stagehnd1]

12:02 PM on 09/17/2008

Yeah I would too...HAHA..

[fanoftruthiness]

10:06 AM on 09/17/2008

Yes, but you should see him on the pommel horse event!

[fanoftruthiness]

10:05 AM on 09/17/2008

Diana & Charles engagement pics!

[happycat]

12:08 PM on 09/17/2008

hee hee!

[WFV]

08:55 AM on 09/17/2008

This is all a bit creepy. Funny, but creepy. PT Barnum would have been proud.

[janmarie]

08:33 AM on 09/17/2008

Isn't that Diane look a bit dated?

[Quotidien]

11:36 AM on 09/17/2008

Just pray that the Camilla look doesn't get popular.

[JockoRoad]

07:44 AM on 09/17/2008

Come on Huffington Post - There is no need for this on your site. Mocking minorities of any kind is not what you should advance. If Guinness marched out the "blackest person in America", would you cover it?

[The One V]

10:11 AM on 09/17/2008

You can't be serious. If you are, you're beyond senseless.

[JockoRoad]

10:45 AM on 09/17/2008

Of course I am not advocating that they should. It's just that to me, there is little difference in mocking someone's height than mocking someone's race/ethnicity, but that's just how I see it. Do you see I difference? I am trying to be serious here and understand what you mean.