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Li#le People! By Diane Ayres Nerd Night October 2011

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Diane Ayres discusses little people of all shapes and sizes; the difference between midgets and dwarves; and faces you may recognize!

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Li#le  People!  

By  Diane  Ayres  

Nerd  Night  October  2011  

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Why  the  fascina@on?  

In  a  nut  shell  it  boils  down  to  5  li1le  words:  

Four  and  a  half  inches!  

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Midgets  v’s  Dwarves  

 What  does  it  all  mean?  

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Midgets    

 General  Tom  Thumb  (real  name  Charles  Sherwood  Stra1on)  in  P.T  Barnum’s  circus  

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Dwarves  

Short  stature  in  itself  is  not  a  disorder!  

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To  be  PC  or  not  to  be  PC  –    that  is  the  ques@on?  

Dwarves   Midgets  

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Causes  

     

Dispropor@onate  dwarfism  

Propor@onate  dwarfism  

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Li#le  people  –  BIG  stars!  

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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  

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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  

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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  

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Peter  Dinklage  

•  American  actor  •  Born  June  11,  1969    •  Was  born  with  achondroplasia,  causing  dwarfism  and  

measures  4  X  5  in  (1.35m)  tall  

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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    

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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  

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Mini  celebri@es!  

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Cambodian  Midgets!  

 42  midgets  V’s  1  lion!  

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Midget  Tossing!!!!  

 If  you  fancy  having  a  go  yourself  there  is  an  on-­‐line  computer  game:    h1p://www.freeonlinegames.com/game/midget-­‐tossing.html  

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Hobbit  House  -­‐  Philippines  

Manila   Boracay  

Me  in  Manila!  

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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.    

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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!  

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Thank  you!  

Diane  Ayres  

Nerd  Night  October  2011