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World's
Smallest Girl from
India
The
two-foot teenager:
Jyoti,The world's
smallest girl set to make it big on British
TV
Her
tiny form is disarming. But Jyoti Amge's dreams are as big
as those of her friends.At 15 she stands just 1ft 11 in
tall and weighs less than a stone, giving her one very big
claim to fame - as the smallest girl in the world.Doctors
believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf but have never been
able to pinpoint her condition.Such dwarfism is caused
when the body fails to produce enough growth
hormone.
Jyoti,
centre, with some of her classmates - also aged 15. Her
little grey uniform is specially made for her Specialists
have told her she will remain the same size for the rest
of her life.'When I was three I realised that I was
different to the rest of the kids,' she said.'I thought
that everyone was bigger and I should get bigger
too.'Jyoti has her own mini grey uniform and school bag
and even a tiny desk. But she looks like a doll next to
her teenage classmates.She said: 'I am proud of being the
smallest girl. I love all the attention I get. I'm not
scared of being small, and I don't regret being
small.
Jyoti, centre,
is the world's smallest girl - but still attends school
with her classmates, who she says don't treat her any
differently
She
works from her custom made chair and table but her pens
and books are still rather too large for her.'I am sure
there are many people in this world who are dwarfs like
me.'I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you,
dream like you. I don't feel any different.'Weighing 12lb
- only 9lb more than her weight at birth, Jyoti dreams of
becoming an actress.Despite her size she insists on living
as normal a life as possible in her home town of Nagpur in
India - including going to the local school.'When I first
went to school everyone was so big I used to get scared
but I'm okay now, I like it. I have a different desk and
chair that were made for me.. I'm a normal
student.
Jyoti with a
family friend - who, at 13 months, is already bigger
than.She is also like any other teenage girl. 'I have a
huge collection of dresses. I like to shop for more.
Everyone in my family gets things for me... I love make-up
and like dressing up like beautiful models. I would like
to be an actress when I grow up. My dream is to do
films.'Jyoti has already had a taste of fame in a pop
video for Indian star Mika Singh.'They asked her to appear
in the video for a song on his album,' said her mother
Ranjana Amge, 45.However, Jyoti's dreams of stardom could
be ruined because of fractures to both her legs that have
never healed because of problems with her
size.
Baby of the
family: With sister Rupali, 18, Archana, 23, mother
Ranjana Amge, 45,, father Kishan, 52, and
Jyoti
is taken to school on brother Satish's motorbike, along with
sister Archana.'First I could walk, but I slipped on ice during
a holiday and hurt my leg. I find it strange that my legs just
don't heal. I don't like it, it causes me pain.'Mrs Amge said:
'No-one knows why she is so small. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and
we love her very much.'People in the region of India where the
family live flock to see the teenager and some even treat her as
a goddess..She receives a lot of support from her brother and
two sisters. Oldest sister Archana, 25, said: 'I have been
taking care of her since she was a small baby. She is so
delicate and fragile.'During her first five years of life, brave
Jyoti was in and out of hospital as she constantly fell sick,
but eventually she grew stronger.The teenager's father Kishan
Amge, 52, a construction worker, said: 'She makes me proud.Jyoti
is to be featured in Channel 4's Bodyshock series, which goes
out
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