Midget under long legs

World's smallest man meet woman with longest legs

A record-breaking pair on that London’s Trafalgar Square, each a legendary in their own right. A just under 2 feet 6 inches He Pingping is the world’s smallest man. Pingping barely reached the knees of Svetlana Pankratova . He shouldn’t feel too bad, though. Because she holds for the world record for the longest legs in a woman ,they measure almost four feet four inches. Well, actually it’s great for me to realize I’m the queen of the longest legs. And, you know like the longest on the planet, it just feels good. I guess actually I'm proud of it.

The two are brought together to celebrate the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Record Book. Pingping, a 20-year-old from Mongolia, has a condition called primordial dwarfism. He runs a restaurant back home.

He’s not afraid of anything.

The six-foot-tall Pankratova held from Russia, Guinness officials said they don’t want to make the book a freak show.

We will (be) very careful and / want to make sure that we are celebrating their differences. That's the important thing, and not just the fact and the point that we can stare and laugh. And in our book, I hope the combination of interesting individuals shows you that it's an educational thing.

The 2009 edition goes on sale Wednesday,Matt Friedman, The Associated Press