She stands just 1ft 11in tall and the average two-year-old would tower
over her. But Jyoti Amge is no toddler - she is 14 years old.
This
remarkable teenager, who weighs just 11 lb, is the smallest girl in the
world.Her tiny size - she's just nine inches taller than this page -
means that Jyoti has to have her fashionable clothes and jewellery made
for her.
ven bathing is done on a miniature scale.
She uses specially-made steps to help her get in the bath and a small bucket and jug to wash herself.
But,
astonishingly, she goes to a regular school, where her fellow pupils
treat their tiny classmate as one of themselves as she she sits at her
mini-desk and chair.
And Jyoti, who like any teenager loves listening to pop music and watching DVDs
She says: "I am proud of being small. I love all the attention I get.
I'm not scared of being small and I don't regret it. I'm just the same
as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any
different." And her size has its benefits. She's a mini-celebrity in
her home city of Nagpur, in central India. People flock to see her.
a goddess. And she has even recorded a soon-to-be-released album with
her favourite Indian pop star, the bhangra/rap singer Mika Singh.
Her
businessman father Kishanji, 52, says: "I can't separate myself from
her even for a single day. I love her very much. She makes me proud.
Lots of gurus come to see and bless her.
Her mother Ranjana, 45, adds: "When Jyoti was born, she seemed quite
normal. We came to know about her disorder when she was five. We
consulted a specialist and he said she will be this size all of her
life. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and we love her very much."
For one so small, Jyoti has big ambitions.
She hopes to one day break into Bollywood as an actress.
She says: "I would love to work in a big city like Mumbai, act in films and travel to London and America."
I'm proud of being small. I love all the attention I get because of it
All her things at home are in miniature.. but she's very happy. Some people even think she's a goddess
She loves DVDs and wearing fashionable dresses.. and has made an album with her favourite rap star.
