Chandra Bahadur Dangi: smallest man who ever lived in photos
THE smallest man in the world is Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi. He’s got a certificate to prove it, given to him by the Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glanday, right, after being declared the world’s shortest living man and shortest man ever by the Guinness Book of Records, at a ceremony in Katmandu, Nepal.
The 72-year-old man was measured at just 21.5 inches (54.6 centimetres) high takes the title from Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who is 23.5 inches (60 centimetres) tall. Here’s Mr Dangi posing in a series of photos that show juxtaposed against bigger things, like a newspaper, a nan bread and Mr Glanday’s shoe…
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Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, who says he's only 22 inches (56 centimeters) tall, sits on the table as he eats breakfast just hours before he was to be measured by officials, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Guinness World Records officials were set to measure Dangi who hopes to be named the world's shortest man Sunday. Dangi is hoping to snatch the title of the world's shortest man from Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who is 23.5 inches (60 centimeters) tall. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Posted: 26th, February 2012 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
