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Li#le People!
By Diane Ayres
Nerd Night October 2011
Why the fascina@on?
In a nut shell it boils down to 5 li1le words:
Four and a half inches!
Midgets v’s Dwarves
What does it all mean?
Midgets
General Tom Thumb (real name Charles Sherwood Stra1on) in P.T Barnum’s circus
Dwarves
Short stature in itself is not a disorder!
To be PC or not to be PC – that is the ques@on?
Dwarves Midgets
Causes
Dispropor@onate dwarfism
Propor@onate dwarfism
Li#le people – BIG stars!
Warwick Davis
• English actor • Born 3 February, 1970 • Has a condi@on resul@ng in dwarfism, and stands at 3 X 6 in (1.07 m) tall
Zelda Rubinstein
• American actress • Born May 28, 1933 -‐ died January 27, 2010 • Zelda was one of 3 children in her family but was the only
‘li#le person’ measuring 4 X 3 in (1.3m) tall
Kenny Baker
• Bri@sh actor • Born 24 August, 1934 • Has a condi@on resul@ng in dwarfism and stands at 3 X 8 in
(1.15m) tall
Peter Dinklage
• American actor • Born June 11, 1969 • Was born with achondroplasia, causing dwarfism and
measures 4 X 5 in (1.35m) tall
Verne Troyer
• American stand-‐up comedian, actor, stuntman and performer
• Born January 1, 1969 • Has car@lage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, making him
one of the shortest men in the world measuring 2 X 8 in (0.81 m) tall
Deep Roy
• Kenyan-‐born English actor, stuntman and puppeteer of Indian descent
• Born 1957 • Has a condi@on resul@ng in dwarfism and measures
4 X 4 in (1.3m) tall
Mini celebri@es!
Cambodian Midgets!
42 midgets V’s 1 lion!
Midget Tossing!!!!
If you fancy having a go yourself there is an on-‐line computer game: h1p://www.freeonlinegames.com/game/midget-‐tossing.html
Hobbit House -‐ Philippines
Manila Boracay
Me in Manila!
Other types of midgets!
The MG Midget is a small two-‐seater sports car produced by the MG division of the BriJsh Motor CorporaJon from 1961 to 1979.
The Daihatsu Midget is a single-‐seat mini-‐truck made by Japanese automaker Daihatsu from 1957 – 1972 and 1996 -‐ 2002.
Other types of midgets!
There’s a band called the Midgets who are a group made up of 3 guys called Andy Hawkins -‐ Lee Major -‐ Richard Gombault and they’re from the UK!
Kiss Midget Band!
Thank you!
Diane Ayres
Nerd Night October 2011