The World’s Shortest Man

By Adrienne Crezo in Everything Else, World Records on Jun 12, 2011 at 9:59 am

Move over, Edward Nino Hernandez, there’s a new smallest man in town. Junrey Balawing of Zamboanga del Norte, who turns 18 today, measures only 24 inches from head to foot lying down and just over 23 inches standing up.

Balawing, the eldest of four siblings, is not only the shortest living man, but the shortest living man in history, the Guinness World Records said.

No monetary prize will be given for Balawing and all other Guinness world record holders.

Balawing unseated Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal who is 26.4 inches tall.

Municipal administrator Allan Selda earlier said the local government is preparing to celebrate for the record with balloons and a cake for Balawing.

Link | Image: AP

Tags: Guinness World Records, Junrey Balawing, shortest man

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Matthew Gallagher
Jun 12th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Ack! Poor Edward Nino Hernandez!!!

The last line from his article: “I feel happy because I’m unique,” Nino said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press.

Well, you’re still special, Nino.
Fuzzy Mike
Jun 12th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
My first reaction : “Holy…” Second reaction after reading he was 18: “Holy Shhhhhnikes!”
GailW
Jun 12th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
I would like to know why he is so tiny.
Timothy P
Jun 12th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I hope no one hands him too many balloons…
Swami
Jun 12th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
This man’s appearance could be caused by primordial dwarfism, which is a genetic mutation. (looked it up on wikipedia)
Duh
Jun 12th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
That’s pretty funny. A cat could eat him.
catz
Jun 13th, 2011 at 2:10 am
Turning 18 and being celebrated with cake and balloons. They are sure getting out of their way to treat him like an adult for a change.
Bry
Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:14 am
What country is he from (post doesn’t say)? Shouldn’t the word “living” be deleted from “the shortest living man in history”?
Ryan S
Jun 13th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Which should mean absolutely nothing to us, but because we are fanatics that need to dwell on extremes, we think this is neat. And because we are discriminators we have to tell Hernandez to “move over”. You don’t see it eh?
Julie
Jun 13th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
I feel its not right to put him on display like that..If he could be given cash to help him that is fine, but this is just like objectifying him.

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