The current tallest man in the world as confirmed by the Guiness Book of Records, Bao Xishun of Mongolia, 56 years old and 7 foot 9 inches (236cm) tall, was married in a traditional Mongolian wedding. The bride Xia Shujian, a saleswoman from China, turned out to be not only half his age at 28, but also only a fraction of his height, standing at 5 foot 6. A global search had been organized to find Mr. Bao a suitor. Congratulations to the newlyweds!

View the video of the wedding by following this link. 

This month’s Atlanta Magazine features the owner of Graffiti’s, a pizza parlor in Stockbridge, GA. What makes this particular pizza place stand out is that the owner stands at 6 foot 10, making her quite possibly the tallest chef in town. At 27, she has found a happy life: Click on the following link to read on: Alana Renaud is probably the tallest woman you’ll ever meet, but she’s more than a medical marvel. 

“She has more confidence than anyone I’ve ever met. Spend one hour with Alana and you forget she’s 6-foot-10.”

We are currently looking for tall shopping sites for our shopping link page. Of the links I’ve looked at so far, I find Tall Clothing Mall to offer the most comprehensive clothes shopping information catering to tall people. Founder Krista is 6′1″ and is married to another tall guy, so this website provides reviews from personal experiences. If you haven’t done much shopping online, it be may be worth checking out. 

By the way, you can contribute to this section by signing up - this section is a “group blog,” open for every tall people with interesting stories.

Also, don’t forget to leave a comment about this link if you’ve looked at it - do you know of a better link that I haven’t yet added? 

Yao Ming, who is listed at 7′6″ by NBA’s Houston Rockets, is reported to be marrying his longtime girlfriend Ye Li. Ye, who plays on the Chinese women’s basketball team, is 6′3″. The wedding will be held in august during the Chinese national holiday of mid-autumn festival, China Post and other media reports.

It will also be televised nationally by the China Television. We can’t verify if this is in fact the tallest marriage in China, but it obviously will be one of the most widely watched weddings of tall people ever.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that tall people have decidedly more risk of experiencing nerve numbness in their feet or legs. People who are 5′9″ or taller are 2-3 times more likely to develop peripheral neuropathy, regardless of whether they have diabetes or not. 

To read more about this article, click here:
Height linked to risk of nerve numbness

The tallest woman of Pakistan is now in UK, after claiming asylum status because she can’t endure the ridicule of her fellow countrymen back home. She claims youths in her hometown threw rocks at her and pulled on her clothes often. One man hit her with a stick, breaking her wrist, and now she’s too afraid to go back home.

“A 7ft 2ins Pakistani woman is to live in Britain on benefits after claiming asylum because she is ‘too tall’ to return home.
Zainab Bibi, 33, claims she faces constant persecution and ridicule in her own country over her height. She has lodged an asylum claim with the Home Office and has already been granted a two-year visa to remain in the UK. “

Click here to read the article:
Pakistani claims asylum because she’s seven feet tall
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One of the most popular news today at Yahoo is this article on the Dutch being the tallest people in the world. The article says an average Dutchman stands 6 foot tall, while an average Dutch woman stands 5 foot 7. Compare that to the average american man, who stands 5 foot 9 1/2, or an average women, who stands 5 foot 4. The article states that an average American had been the tallest in the world for 200 years, when Dutch overtook Amercans during the 1950s and never looked back.

The article also says Dutch airlines used to have an agreement with the Dutch Tall People’s club to give tall people seating in spacious front seats, but then other people complained and had to cancel the deal.

Of the 16 million Dutch people, the number of men who are 6-3 or taller, or women 5-11 or taller are estimated to be 800,000.

The increase in average height has been slowing down recently, with countries in Scandinavia maxing out at around 6 feet. 

How tall do you think we will be in about a hundred years?
Just a food for thought. 

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For most of you who have already been flying, you’ve probably used SeatGuru.com by now. It provides you with detailed maps of airline seat layouts and how much legroom they offer. Even if you don’t want to change your airlines (mileage card, etc), it may be a good idea to check it out before you go on your next flight.

If you have some more time to check around airline services, you can visit AirlineQuality.com for more general customer satisfaction forums. They also offer seat pitch guide.

If you think you really can’t take people in front of you taking away your legroom, there’s a product called the Knee Defender($14.95 + S&H), which stops people from reclining their seats. Has anyone use this product? What did you think about it?

More discussions on air traveling at TallPeople.org Forums

Did you know an average car is designed for a person between 5′5″ and 6′0″? If you are not in this category, then you have probably already experienced all of the following annoyances:
1) Head bumping.
2) Leg Cramping.
3) Knee Jamming.

However, once in a while, the carmakers wise up and engineer some ingenious marvels into their models, in the form of higher rooflines and longer seat track, enabling an average tall person to ride comfortably in their vehicles. (Just joking..) Auto experts at Edmunds.com pick out which 10 cars are best suited for tall people.

Here are some threads on tall people & cars:
Cars for Tall Men & Tall Women
Cars for tall drivers (6′10″ and up)
Cars for tall drivers (6′7″ ~ 6′9″)
Cars for tall drivers (6′3″ ~ 6′6″)

The Law of Average says what went up must come down. What’s expensive becomes cheap. In the same sense, obviously who’s tall must wear short-looking clothes. Besides describing how to dress like Krusty the Clown, where did these guys get the idea that we want to look shorter? Here’s a funny tip on how to dress to look shorter (eHow.com):

1) Try wearing a longer top to help visually shorten your legs.
2) Wear pants with cuffs to ground and truncate your legs.
3) Choose horizontal stripes over vertical ones; avoid pinstripes, for example, which will elongate your figure.
4) Mix light and dark shades. Pairing a dark shirt with light pants, or vice versa, will shorten your body.
5) Put on flat, rather than heeled, shoes.
Pick clothes that have larger details ‘ wide lapels, buttons and other features. Delicate details such as small collars will make the body look large by contrast.

The real advice? Try doing the opposite. Wear right-sized top. Don’t have cuffs on your pants. Choose vertical stripes (power suit). This will make you look nicely dressed.