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In this undated photo, Jyoti Amge, 15, of Nagpur, India, who is the 'Worlds Smallest Girl' according to the Indian Book of Records, looks at a video camera. She was born on Dec. 16, 1993 and now measures just 1-foot, 11-inches tall and weighs 11 pounds. Jyoti has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Jyoti is a student at the Bhartiya Vidya Niketan Higher Primary School in Nagpur.
In this undated photo, Jyothi Amge, 15, of Nagpur, India, poses in her school uniform. Jyothi stands 1-foot, 11-inches tall.
Dec. 3, 2008: Is this the smallest boy in the world? Some say he very well could be. At 11-years-old Hazem Hawamdeh of Jerash, Jordan, weighs 12 pounds and stands just 2 feet, 4 inches tall. His family and doctors struggle to solve the mystery of his small size.
Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh walks with his parents near their home in Jerash, Jordan.
June 1, 2008: Actor Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" films, poses at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Troyer, 40, is 2-feet, 8-inches tall.
March 23, 2007: Wrestler Tony "Totally Outstanding" Elliott, right, screams out in pain while competing against Chris "Little Kato" Smith of The Half Pint Brawlers at Cascade Manor in Elgin, Ill.
March 24, 2007: Half Pint Brawlers, Steven "Puppet the Psycho Dwarf" Richardson, left, and Mike "Madd Mexx" Ingram embrace back stage after their match in Elgin, Ill.
April 6, 2008: Players of the Gigantes do Norte (Giants of the North) soccer team take the field to play a friendly match against the under-13 Barcarena team, in the Barcarenao Stadium near Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River. The Giants of the North, who are from Belem and claim to be the world's first "dwarf soccer team," plays friendly matches against youth teams mostly in northeastern Brazil.
Aug. 31, 2008: Peruvians Oscar Huertas, left, and Oswaldo Pacheco prepare before their performance at a circus in Lima. Huertas and Pacheco are members of the Peruvian Small Persons Association whose mission is to work with people suffering from dwarfism, most of whom work as performers in different types of shows, and change their image from that of circus freaks to one of regular people. ASPEPP also works with the families giving them psychological support and help in improving their lives.
Dec. 2, 2008: Performer Li Tianfei sings at a theater in Dalian, which is in Liaoning province, China. A group of 4 midgets with an average height of 3-feet, 9-inches performs around the province daily, with each of them earning 4,000 yuan, or $581 a month, local media reported.