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

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

2. Why
the
fascina@on?
In
a
nut
shell
it
boils
down
to
5
li1le
words:
Four
and
a
half
inches!

3. Midgets
v’s
Dwarves
What
does
it
all
mean?

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

5. Dwarves
Short
stature
in
itself
is
not
a
disorder!

6. To
be
PC
or
not
to
be
PC
–
that
is
the
ques@on?
Dwarves
Midgets

7. Causes
Propor@onate
dwarfism
Dispropor@onate
dwarfism

8. Li#le
people
–
BIG
stars!

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Peter
Dinklage
• American
actor
• Born
June
11,
1969
• Was
born
with
achondroplasia,
causing
dwarfism
and
measures
4
X
5
in
(1.35m)
tall

13. 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

14. 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

15. Mini
celebri@es!

16. Cambodian
Midgets!
42
midgets
V’s
1
lion!

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

18. Hobbit
House
-­‐
Philippines
Manila
Boracay
Me
in
Manila!

19. Other
types
of
midgets!
The
Daihatsu
Midget
is
a
single-­‐seat
mini-­‐truck
made
by
Japanese
automaker
Daihatsu
from
1957
–
1972
and
1996
-­‐
2002.
The
MG
Midget
is
a
small
two-­‐seater
sports
car
produced
by
the
MG
division
of
the
BriJsh
Motor
CorporaJon
from
1961
to
1979.

20. 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!

21. Thank
you!
Diane
Ayres
Nerd
Night
October
2011