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Lindsay Kay Hayward: I thought of Shaq during my ambulance ride
Lindsay Kay Hayward had one specific person in mind during her ambulance ride to the hospital after a health scare... fellow giant Shaquille O'Neal!
We got the "My Giant Life" star and 6'9" pro wrestler Friday in Vegas after she was hospitalized last week -- for what she thought was a blood clot in her lung -- and she's got a funny way of remembering her time on the stretcher.
Good to see Shaq helped Lindsay stay positive in what could have been a serious problem. Big folks gotta stick together... in sickness and in health.
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Local tall girl goes big
LORNA SHERIDAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR
September 30, 2019, 6:26PMUpdated 7 hours agoSonoma Valley Rotarian Greg Brennan’s daughter, Jenna, has launched a lifestyle and clothing blog for tall girls and women. She’s nearly 6 feet 4 inches, herself.
"My family and my wife’s are tall, so we knew Jenna would be, too," said Greg Brennan. "Height was normal as Jenna grew up." Her brothers (6-foot-5 each) and cousins (nearing 6-feet-10 in one case) are tall, as are uncles and aunts – and even grandparents.
"Tall is beautiful’ was a mantra around our house as the kids grew," said Greg.
Not surprisingly, Jenna was a natural at sports. She wound up at U.C. Berkeley (’15) on a soccer scholarship and walked onto the track team to throw the discus.
Today, she works as a digital marketing manager at one of the world’s largest clothing retailers. But her passion project on the side is a blog called "Tall Girl Takeover."
Recently, a woman reached out to Jenna via the blog. The woman has two tall daughters who are really struggling, and she asked Jenna for her advice to get through such a tough phase of life.
Last week, Jenna posted a letter to her 16-year-old self (and all the tall young girls who are struggling to love their height) because she thought it would be helpful to many other tall girls. It’s her advice about growing up six inches taller than other girls. "Life is short. I’m not," says Jenna on her blog. "So let’s have some fun while I navigate life being a foot taller than the average woman."
Follow her blog at www.tgtakeover.com or @TallGirlTakeover_Jenna on Instagram.
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Long Elegant Legs: High Fashion for the Leggy and Lovely
I'm 5'8 with a 33 inch inseam, and wouldn't mind an extra inch or two. So, I've never been one to offer a crying shoulder to the tall girl's lament: "I can't find anything to wear off the rack. The pants never fit, the sleeves are too short. I can't wear heels"
Hey all my Long-Limbed Sisters: cry me a river.
You get picked first for Varsity Basketball, you don't need a Bed Bath and Beyond stool to reach the high shelf in the kitchen and you can pass yourself off as a Rockette at Christmas.
But it wasn't until I bff'ed (i.e. made a best friend of) a 6 foot self-proclaimed Amazon that I truly understood the obstacles the "short-impaired" go through when it comes to something as simple as buying a pair of pants.
My Amazon buddy Tanya is a glorious 6 feet tall. She complains that her 35" inseam makes it almost impossible to find everyday clothes without paying... wait for it... an arm and a leg... for customized tailoring.
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Mackenzie: Everyday Struggles of a Tall Girl
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Sleeping with Strangers
It’s 6.10am. My leg is touching his. I look at his thigh as it presses against mine. Who would have thought our relationship was going to get this physical this soon? Our shoulders brush. I can feel his warmth when our flesh mingles. And it mingles a lot. I hadn’t planned this. Neither of us had. It was as much of a surprise for me as it was for him.
But here we are snuggled up side by side in our cabin. The atmosphere is heavy. He’s sound asleep and I can’t help sneaking a look at him. He’s quite beautiful. I don’t even know his name. I know it’s wrong. I’m married. I’m twice his age. But here we are, sleeping together.
He’s not the first stranger I’ve slept with. There have been many. There’s no guilt. My husband and I sleep with strangers all the time. We don’t get jealous. We don’t ask questions. We just accept that with the kind of lives that we live it’s going to happen more often than not.
I have another look at my stranger. He’s really very lovely. Often they’re not. We often sleep with fat people. Old people. Stinky people. But this morning his face is soft and dreamy. I think about licking him. Then I don’t. I drift off for a moment and when I wake feel his arm against my breast.
In the ideal world I wouldn’t be sleeping with him. I didn’t mean this to happen. But it’s not my fault. I couldn’t stop it. We were thrown into this together. By Jetstar. I’m 22b and he’s 22c. I’m smashed in beside some handsome young bloke and we can’t stop touching each other. Not on purpose. It’s the ridiculous contortion and subsequent flesh pressing required to fit anyone who isn’t five foot two into a seat these days.
I am certain that in those changeover tidy-ups between every flight the good people at Jetstar move the seats closer by one millimetre. I used to fit. I remember there being at least an inch between myself and the seat in front. I remember being able to actually use the arm rest. Even put my arm on it. These days a 6-foot-tall woman does not fit in that seat without a decent man spread. And by man spread I don’t mean some sort of sandwich filling made with processed man meat; I am referring to the body position where one must sit with one’s legs open rather than closed.
Terribly unladylike, but I can’t keep my legs together on a flight any more. If I do, my knees push into the person in front. I’m particularly long from hip bone to knee.
I remember in my youth, when I was being measured by my modelling agency, their remarking that I seemed to be normal sized everywhere except there. I have freaky femurs. So to sit with any degree of dignity I have to open my pelvis and press my knee against the person beside me. When travelling with family this is just annoying. But man spreading with strangers can be uncomfortable, embarrassing and erotic all at the same time. Especially when I’ve forgotten to wear pants. You can’t man spread in a frock. Well, you can, but you might be thrown off the flight.
It’s a strange sensation being forced to touch someone you’ve never met. It’s even more bizarre when you have to utter the seven words every man wants to hear from a woman: ‘I have to go to the toilet’. There are two choices. Get up and let me out or experience an impromptu mid air and wildly clumsy lap dance as I try to squeeze over the top. If we hit turbulence your face is going to get wedged between my air bags. And please, fellow travellers, just because you can put your seat back doesn’t mean you should.
It’s a bondage situation. If I’ve got my tray out, that two degrees of comfort you are now enjoying in the possible arc of 360 sentences me to the stocks. I ain’t going nowhere. If I have to go to the toilet it’s going to happen right there in the seat.
The thing about the Jetstar ‘getting to know you program’ is that you don’t always get seated next to someone you actually want to know. Let alone touch. It’s usually gross. So if they’re vaguely pleasant it’s mildly tolerable. I can handle it when I’m awake as I maintain a kind of ninja body awareness but it’s when I am sleeping that I come undone. It’s too close. It confuses me.
I’m a very sensual, tactile person. I like to touch. If you sleep with me I will molest you. Just ask my friend Julie. She’s still recovering from my bed-sharing with me a few months back. In future if we share a bed I’ve asked her to use a ‘safe’ word.
So this morning on my flight from Melbourne I fall asleep pressed thigh to thigh against my handsome young stranger. I’m dreaming. It’s a very very nice dream. I feel the warmth of his body beside me. I roll over, reach out and when I wake up I’m licking the side of his face. How was I to know he was the pilot? It’s amazing how much room I got after that.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Tall story
Most of my adult life I have endured being stared at. It’s unnerving. People really have a good look at me in public. I am so used to it now I barely notice, but when I was a teenager it was a constant source of anxiety. It made me feel like a freak.
When travelling with Ellen doing our show Women Like Us, she observed the phenomenon with some shock: ‘Are you aware how much people stare at you?’ It was freaking her out a bit, but I guess I am kind of used to it. Worn down by years of people having a good look. I try to not notice people noticing me. It’s the tall thing. It still shocks people if you are a tall woman. They like to get an extra long look because I don’t blend in very well. I pretend people look at me because I’m gorgeous, but I know it’s because they think I’m a bit freaky. Or I look a lot like Elle McPherson. Which I do inside my mind photographs that I keep of myself to boost my self-esteem. I sometimes wonder if these pervy strangers think I’m a super model who’s let herself go and they’re staring hard to work out which one. ‘Claudia?’ ‘Definitely not Twiggy’. It happened again the other day. I was queuing at the airport waiting to get through my gate when a businessman walked past. I saw him have a good hard look at me. I don’t make eye contact because that will just invite him in. I put up the wall. I know he’s looking because he does that thing people do when they forget to hide that they are looking: he stops right in front of me and actually looks me up and down, raises his eyebrows, nods his head and then walks past me. Fucking Weirdo. And it’s a really bad suit. Like something he’s been wearing since the 80s.
Then he comes back. I think Oh No he’s going to talk to me. Bad-for-business suit parks himself bang in front of me and asks ‘How Tall are you?’ Nice opener, mate. Does he also go up to fat people and ask how much they weigh? Ask cripples how disabled they are? It’s a really stupid question. It’s not worth talking about.
Especially to a strange man in a bad suit. I want to say 5 foot 2 but that might mean he talks to me for longer. So I say ‘6 foot’. He’s impressed. It’s like I’m a fish. A really really big fish. Then he says, ‘I know this Chinese girl who is 6 foot 3’. What am I supposed to do with that random bit of information? I say ‘Oh. That’s tall’. Does he think I might know her? That tall girls meet up at a secret club once a month and measure each other? That we drink champagne and tell tall stories? (Mainly about stupid short men who ask dumb questions.) I see nothing interesting whatsoever in a person’s height.
Especially about what a freak I am in comparison to ‘normally’ sized women. They would say they don’t mean that, but it happens so much, people are so shocked, so interested, so obliged to stop and remark a fact I have known since I was 13 that I can only come to the conclusion that they find my height aberrant and not in line with what women are supposed to be. I am tall. It’s just one very small detail about who I am. I didn’t go on a diet to get tall. I didn’t decide. It’s my DNA. It just happened. It is not a conversation. I still don’t understand why so much unsolicited chat has to revolve around something so inconsequential and so absolutely out of my control.
My being tall is about as interesting as my going up to someone and saying ‘you have brown eyes’. I have secretly marvelled at the size of a person’s rotund arse but never for a minute considered going up and sparking up a conversation with ‘how big is your arse exactly?’ ‘Hmm, wow, I know someone with an arse twice as big as yours!’ Why do they always want to tell you they have a tall friend? Is that like a homophobe saying they have a gay friend or a white supremacist saying they have a black one? Does it make their height-based transgression permissible?
Then dickhead asks: ‘How tall is your husband?’ Now he’s assuming I’m married and a heterosexual. I say ‘Three foot five – she’s a dwarf. But she’s got a massive intellect.’
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Manitoba's Van Landeghem propelled by crowd to Pan Am wins
Winnipeg's Chantal Van Landeghem has picked up two swimming golds at the Pan Am Games in Toronto
CBC News Posted: Jul 15, 2015 11:42 AM CT Last Updated: Jul 15, 2015 8:02 PM CT
Manitoba's Chantal Van Landeghem, 21, stole the show on the opening night of swimming competition, finishing with two gold medals and two Pan Am records.
Her parents, Wayne and Dinah Van Landeghem, watched all of the excitement unfold from their home in Winnipeg Tuesday night.
Wayne spoke with Chantal right after she hopped out of the pool following the women's 100-metre freestyle race.
"[She's] really excited. And she could not get over the crowd. She said this is the first time where she actually could feel the crowd and hear the crowd. She said 100 per cent of the last 20 metres, the crowd like pulled her," Wayne said Wednesday.
He believes the double gold will give his daughter the confidence she needs to achieve her next goal, making Canada's Olympic team.
Three years ago, while trying to qualify for the London Olympics, Van Landeghem finished 0.01 second off of the qualifying time.
Canada's crown jewel
Chantal's former coach of six years, Tom Hainey, says Chantal is Canada's crown jewel in the 100-metre freestyle event. So the wins didn't surprise the coach at all.
Tuesday, Chantal beat out 12-time Olympic medallist Natalie Coughlin from the U.S. Chantal has the physical advantage over many of her competitors, measuring six feet three inches tall.
"I was so happy for her. When you coach an athlete and you go through what we went through together, the highs and lows – the low being missing the Olympic team by a hundredth of a second – and for her to do that in front of a home town crowd. That's where she trains, that's her home pool now. It's awesome," Hainey said.
"Her progress has been outstanding. And once we saw how she reacted to missing the team, I knew it was just a matter of time. She is a very big girl. Tall. And it takes long time for tall women to gain strength, no matter what you do."
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Meet CMH Fashion Week Designer Stephanie Foster
Meet CMH Fashion Week Designer Stephanie Foster
CMH Fashion Week launches on Sunday, Oct. 12, with a High Fashion Tea and wraps up on Saturday, Oct. 18, with the 5th Annual Finale Runway Show. Ten local designers will send their looks down the runway, as will headliner Althea Harper. Here, meet designer Stephanie Foster.
Name: Stephanie Foster
Age: 27
Residence: Columbus
Credentials: I took the Fashion & Fabrics class at Northeast Career Center. Upon high school graduation, I received a four-year scholarship to play on the women’s basketball team at Florida A&M University. I also received my Bachelor of Science in broadcast journalism and became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
My story: I began sewing in the 11th grade, and it was at that time I knew I wanted my own clothing line. I also played basketball my whole life, and I met a lot of tall women like myself who had trouble finding fashionable clothing that fit correctly. I have taken my own personal woes with clothing and turned them into Prissy Duck Designs! I provide clothing for women of many shapes and sizes. It’s been a long time coming, but I can finally show people what I have to offer!
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Meet Ella Williams, the world’s tallest woman in the late 1800s
Meet Ella Williams, the world’s tallest woman in the late 1800s
BY MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR, at 02:10 pm, May 31, 2018, HISTORY
Ella Williams, otherwise known by her stage name as Mme Abomah was in the late 1800s described as an extraordinary woman who stood over eight feet in height and could easily support the weight of a man on her outstretched arm.
Born in South Carolina in the USA in 1865 to slave parents, Ella Williams grew to become an international celebrity and travelled all over the world as the tallest woman in the world.
She missed being born a slave as the 13th Amendment to the US constitution was ratified about 10 months before her birth.
Her real name was Ella Grigsby but since Grigsby was the last name of her parents’ slaveholders, she took on the last name of her employers, Elihu and Harriet Williams, a family she worked with while in her teens.
Growing up, Williams was contacted by various circus and show promoters to sign a contract and tour as a giantess, due to her abnormal height, something she gained after being struck with malaria when she was around 14.
Williams refused these offers from show promoters. However, while working as a cook in her native South Carolina, she agreed to be hired by Frank C. Bostock for a tour of the British Isles in 1896.
History says Bostock at the time mixed a little fact with fiction in promoting his act.
He gave Williams the stage name Abomah, a name which came from Abomey, the capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin).
He further promoted Abomah as being a member of one of the legendary Dahomey Amazons, the all-female fighting force that existed around the time.
“One of King Dahomey’s Amazons who has been brought over to England for show purposes is a giantess indeed. Her height is eight feet, and she is both broad and muscular,” he used to say, according to the American press.
Bostock took Abomah’s act to Europe because racism in the US was then very distinct.
Abomah’s manager knew that in Europe, his strong and beautiful African Giantess would definitely be given massive audience.
During her 30-year-career, Abomah did not only tour Britain but most of continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, and South America.
Abomah also had very expensive and extensive clothing, making the Amazon Giantess always appear elegant and royal.
When Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914, Abomah cancelled her tours and came back to the US in March 1915.
She worked for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey and at Coney Island.
Abomah was still doing shows in the 1920’s before she left the scene.
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Meet Irene Agbontaen's TTYA, The Clothing Line Tall Models Love To Wear
'I wanted to make that excluded girl feel included.'
By Lauren Rae Jun 5, 2017
'I felt there was a girl like me, who was always excluded and I wanted to make that excluded girl feel included,' says London-based stylist Irene Agbontaen.
Bored of the difficulties that came with finding clothes for women her height (she's 5'11"), she decided to create a line of her own that could fill in the gaps in her wardrobe. Called TTYA (Taller Than Your Average), the line addresses all your tall girl woes and screams, 'I'm tall and I'm fashion.'
'It's about being style conscious, not self conscious,' Agbontaen explained. And her ethos is taking off; ASOS, Selfridges and Barneys New York all stock the line, which includes Jourdan Dunn and Iman Hammam among its fans.
This month, she expands her line with a new 'I Do' collection, which focuses on occasion wear. So, what better time to catch up with the woman behind the brand than right now. She opens up to ELLE about her views on body and ethnic diversity in the fashion industry and how her little startup became a global hit.
Tell us a bit about your design background?
TTYA: I just got really frustrated with the current availability on the market for tall women. At the time I travelled a lot and I found it so annoying to just get the basics, so I made my own; maxi dresses, maxi skirts, leggings, all of the basic wardrobe staples I couldn't find. I didn't have any design background at the time, but I've done a couple of courses since and I'm still heavily influenced in the design process.
You were quite the big in the London nightlife scene - how has that helped you in your new career?
I used to work predominantly at a night called YOYO [You're Only Young Once] at the Notting Hill Arts Club. It was a night that broke through a lot of artists before they got signed and then it would turn into a party. It was a massive cultural impact on London because we broke everyone from Jessie J to Tinie Tempah. It was fashion, art, music and was just a really cool underground subculture. I was the door girl at the time, so everyone had to get through me to get in. I met a lot of influential people organically, who became good friends of mine.
You started in an e-commerce and styling background, could you tell us a little about that and your transition into design?
I used to work at ASOS and Selfridges. You know when you go for a job and they mention that the company has 'ideals', Selfridges ideal was 'every woman should be able to come to our store, that's our thing' and I'd say 'well I'm tall and I can't shop here' so your ideals don't really work for me. So it was like, well, there must a market for this kind of girl because I'm surrounded by tall girls all the time and I know things don't fit them. In real life we can't Photoshop jeans to fit us, so that's the premise of the transition.
What struggles have you faced when building the TTYA line up from the ground up?
At the start, I knew how to make things look good because of styling and working at ASOS. No one really tells you the most important thing is how you make yourself visible. I can make it all shiny and amazing and it can be the best brand on the planet, but if no one knows that it exists, it's pointless. For me the biggest learning curve was how to self promote. I took loads of classes on SEO and Digital Marketing to make sure everything was brand aligned.
Okay, so, who is your key demographic?
The go to label for all girls who want to feel inclusive. That's it!
What were the #TallGirlProblems you faced before curating the TTYA line?
Sleeve swingers were a no no!
Very few brands cater to taller women, do you feel that TTYA fills a gap in the market?
My brand is made by a tall woman, so I know first-hand your frustration. You're not coming to a boardroom of men talking about tall fashion. If you want to relate to tall girls, you've got to talk to girls like me and I think that's what my brand does. I'm tall, I'm one of you and I've started this brand so we no longer have to feel excluded.
The fashion world is far more accepting of different sizes in recent times, but do you think the industry still needs greater diversity?
I feel like it's moved on quite a lot, at one point 'Curve' was probably one of the biggest market shares. You only have to look at what Beth Ditto did for Evans. When you've had a customer that feels so neglected and left out for so long, once you cater to them they will keep coming back, because there's a place for them to go. It's like you're giving them a home to keep coming back to. I'm happy that it's gotten so much better now.
You're currently being sold on ASOS, in Selfridges and Barneys New York - where's your dream place to be stocked?
I'd like to have my own stand alone store one day, perhaps a concept store where I can do TTYA Talks and make it more of a home base. For me, it's about reaching as many girls around the world as possible. A place where people can connect, chill and have a cup of tea. More of a community base, that'd be my dream.
Your brand ethos stretches further than just the clothing - it sets out to encourage women.Tell us a bit about TTYA talks.
I started TTYA Talks back in 2013 and set it up as a space to open up my black book. I'm lucky enough to be indulged in a community of women that I really respect. So TTYA Talks focuses on industry and career specific topics and it provides direct access to successful women working across the creative industry. Each series has a specific topic. We did one focused on entertainment and lifestyle - I had everyone from FKA Twigs to Donna Rooney speak at it. I've set up a podcast now so that if you're unable to come to the talks, you can always listen back to the podcast.
One of your recent campaigns features the beautiful Naomi Shimada - does she pretty much embody the aesthetic of your brand?
100%, she's carefree, she's free spirited, she's an activist and she's a feminist - I love everything about her! She makes me look at myself and think 'who am I?', 'who do I channel?', 'what do I represent?'. I went back to Lagos over Christmas and reconnected with my roots.
I shot my lookbook there and found the whole team through social media: the models were all Nigerian based, hair, makeup and photography were all sourced from Nigeria. I'm really proud of that. It's based around weddings/guests at weddings and it'll be live on ASOS from May and in my ASOS Black collection (called 'I Do').
The reason I shot it in Lagos is because, in my culture, it's pretty wild when you're in your 30s and not married. So I thought it'd be a bit lols to be like: 'well I'm going to shoot this wedding collection and I'm not married. I'm going against the grain, but I'm [also] reconnecting with my culture'.
There seem to be so few black women designers leading major brands, what are your thoughts on this?
TTYA: I think it leads to communication. Being a pioneer, doing what I'm doing and pushing a brand as much as I can, opens the gateway for new generations. I feel like it's always about educating the next level down and by doing that you position yourself as a gatekeeper, so you can now open those channels for others. We've got women of colour in our corner who are opening those doorways and kicking down those barriers for us.
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Meet the Chinese schoolgirl who's 6ft 10ins tall aged eleven
A Chinese schoolgirl who is nearly 7ft tall aged 11 has been compared to one of her country’s greatest ever sportsmen.
Zhang Ziyu towers over her classmates at 6ft 10ins tall and is already a prodigious basketball player.
Now Zhang, who idolises NBA star LeBron James, has been dubbed ‘the female Yao Ming’. Yao, now retired aged 38, was a Houston Rockets centre for eight years as well as a constant for the Chinese men’s national basketball team.
He is considered one of the country’s greatest sportsmen and was inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Now in her sixth year at Wenhua East Road Primary School in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong Province, Zhang is reportedly likely to become a basketball player in the future too.
Both her parents are former professional basketball players, who began teaching their daughter about the game at the age of five.
Her mum, Yu Ying, now coaches Shandong's provincial women's basketball team.
Zhang's classmates at school are fond of their very tall friend.
'I like Zhang Ziyu because she's very tall!' one said.
Another added: 'She can lift some of our shorter classmates using one arm!'
A schoolboy who has known Zhang since the start of primary school said: 'She was 1.6 metres (5ft 3in) in our first years. We've been growing for six years but still aren't as tall as she was in grade one.'
Another added: 'She's younger than I am by a few months, but she has to bend down to talk to me.'
Besides calling Zhang the 'Female Yao Ming', some believe China may have finally found a successor to retired professional women's basketball player Zheng Haixia.
Zheng, 51, is 2.03 metres (6 feet 7 inches) tall and represented her country from 1983 to 1996 through four Olympic Games.
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Meet TTYA, The Hero Brand for Tall Girls
By Helen Gibson - 19 February 2015
Deputy Picture EditorOh the trials and tribulations of being a tall girl. Not only do we have to bend to fit in to rush hour tubes, whisper to friends and kiss boys, but also, nothing fits. Well, nothing that’s in fashion anyway. After years of constantly buying clothes two sizes too big just for the length, I began to accept that I would forever live in baggy clothes. That was until TTYA was born.
TTYA stands for Taller Than Your Average, because it’s a clothing range made for women that are, well, taller than your average.
At 5’11”, founder Irene Agbontaen was frustrated with never being able to find wardrobe essentials for tall women, and as a successful stylist, she knew just what was missing from the market.
“I grew bored of rolling up sleeves or wearing boots to hide the fact my jeans were swinging at my ankles," she told me. "I started TTYA to empower tall women to feel style conscience not self-conscience.”
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Meet two of Merseyside's real life Giants
As Liverpool prepares for the return of the Giant Spectacular this week, we met two of the city's real life Giants. Lawrence Hudson of Southport is surely one of the tallest men in Merseyside, if not the tallest. He stands at a whopping 7ft 1in. Meanwhile, Libby Corrigan from Maghull measures in at 6ft 4in...
Libby, 23, works with young carers. She said: "I like being able to help people get stuff off the top shelf. "I get lots of attention. And some men kind of see it as a competition." The pair say that being so tall does have its disadvantages. Firstly, there's the shoes. Libby wears a size 10, and says it is difficult to find women's shoes in that size. "I managed to find a pair of men's jelly shoes the other day, though," she said.
"My boyfriend is 5ft 8in, when I'm wearing heels I'm a full foot taller than him. People mistake him for my little brother!"
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Megan Thee Stallion designing Fashion Nova jeans for tall women
Megan Thee Stallion designing Fashion Nova jeans for tall women
By Melissa Minton - September 28, 2020 | 11:57am
Megan Thee Stallion is living up to her name.
The Houston native, 25, is teaming up with fast fashion brand Fashion Nova to give all the hot girls above a certain height a very special line of denim.
"Oh yeah and remember when I said I was collaborating with @fashionnova to make jeans for tall women," Meg posted on Instagram Sunday.
"These are the first samples coming soon."
The 5'10" "WAP" rapper posed in a pair of boot-cut ripped jeans with a dip-dyed color, darker below the knees than the light acid wash above.
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Minnesota family confirmed as tallest in the world
Minnesota family confirmed as tallest in the world
A family in Esko, Minnesota, USA, has achieved a record that not many can measure up to - quite literally!
Meet the Trapp family of five; Scott, Krissy, Savanna, Molly, and Adam.
On 6 December 2020, the Trapps were confirmed as the tallest family in the world with an average height of 203.29 cm (6 ft 8.03 in).
The family's combined height is equal to the length of half a tennis court!
The youngest (but certainly not the smallest) member of the family is 22-year-old Adam Trapp, who towers over his siblings and parents at an astounding 221.71 cm (7 ft 3 in) tall.
Savanna Trapp-Blanchfield, 27, is next, measuring in at 203.6 cm (6 ft 8 in). Last is their sister Molly Steede, 24, standing at 197.26 cm (6 ft 6 in) tall.
Unsurprisingly, all three Trapp kids played sports throughout their lives and were recruited by colleges for either basketball or volleyball.
"Coaches always said to us 'you can't teach height. You’re either tall or you’re not,'" said Molly.
Although they have many tall extended family members, it’s clear that the Trapp kids followed in their parents' (very large) footsteps.
Krissy, their mom, comes in as the shortest among the Trapp family at 191.2 cm (6 ft 3 in), while the father, Scott, is a towering 202.7 cm (6 ft 8 in).
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Miss Nebraska Megan Swanson is 6'0"
Miss Nebraska Megan Swanson comes from a family of musicians, so it's no surprise the 21-year-old already has written and produced two songs, "This Love" and "I Look to You," that can be found on iTunes. Megan is a Christian singer and plays cello, piano and guitar.
The Belmont University student made her first trip to Miss Nebraska on Saturday and when she won she felt "incredibly thankful and b...lessed." "It was something I prepared myself for. I had taken every step to prepare," she said. "I was in it to win it." She is readying for her first trip to Atlantic City in September with the help of her family. her brother is her interview coach and her parents are helping with her talent.
"They are so extremely proud of me and they're all coming along to Miss America," Megan said. Her platform is Total Body Wellness: Spirit, Soul, and Body. Megan visits local schools and spreads her message of complete wellness.
The goal is "teaching children who you are as a person is so vital to your entire total body wellness." She recalled gaining weight her freshman year of college and then deciding to make a change and that led to a love of health and fitness. Her long-term goals include finding a way to combine her roles as musician, motivational speaker and fitness fan. "I love the chance to be a role model and positive mentor," Megan said.
She also wants to spread the word about her home state. "Nebraska is the greatest place in the entire world," she said. "I hope everybody gets to visit." And she joked that at 6 feet tall, "everybody should be on the lookout for Miss Nebraska."
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Mother, daughter team up to outfit tall women
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 4:00 am Mother, daughter team up to outfit tall women
By HANNAH COMBS,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , My Eastern Shore, MarylandCENTREVILLE - Women come in all shapes and sizes, but statuesque is not often a size choice available off the rack in department stores. Growing up, Helen Pappas and her mother Diane Pappas, of Centreville, realized these frustrations far too often.
"How often would we venture to the mall for school clothes," said her mother, "and return only with an eyeshadow or bangle bracelets."
After graduating college, Helen Pappas, who stands 6'4", decided to do something that would make clothing for taller women more accessible.
Pappas' mother was quick to join her efforts, "as her mother, I suffered along with her," she said.
The two formed a partnership in 2012 that has grown from a basement shop to an internationally known boutique. The store's focus is on providing stylish and high-quality garments that are specially tailored to fit the frames of women 6'0" and over. Many of their garments are handmade in the USA.
The company's clients are mostly women between the ages of 16 and 35 and they currently offer the longest jeans sold in the United States at a 41 inch inseam. Their client list includes models, WNBA players and coaches. Satisfied clients are the heart of the Pappas' business.
"Thank you for the hard work and courage to market to a segment of the population that the 'big stores' seem to ignore pointedly," said Carrie Livingston of Florida, in a recent letter to Talltique. "You deserve the support of all 'big' girls in the U.S. and abroad, and the rewards of growing a much-needed business."
Helen Pappas is responsible for the design and personally fits all of the customers that comes into her store. Diane Pappas assists with fittings, alterations, public relations and most importantly is the her daughter's support system.
"We often see mothers and daughters come in together, said Pappas, "it can be a very emotional experience."
"It's important to let women know they have these options available to them," said Diane Pappas. "As women we struggle with body image anyway, without having to struggle to find clothing that fits properly." Talltique is an online boutique and can be found at www.talltique.com. Appointments can be made for fittings at their store in Bethesda or private in-home consultations up to two hours from Bethesda.
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My Giant Life on TLC Features Shockingly Tall Women
BY EMILY ZAUZMER @emilyzauzmer 06/18/2015 AT 09:20 AM EDT
Even the simplest task can be a tall order when you tower over your peers.
In an exclusive preview of TLC's new five-part reality series My Giant Life, Lindsay, who stands 6'9", explains the social and physical discomfort of flying in an airplane for someone whose wingspan gives the airplane wings a run for their money.
"The airplane is very frustrating for me," Lindsay says. "I shouldn't have to feel self-conscious about walking onto an airplane, but I do because I know... that everybody on that plane is like, 'I hope I don't have to sit next to her.' "
Once she is seated, Lindsay still can't catch a break. She comments, "I get crammed on a plane, and, even if I'm in an aisle seat, my knees are, like, up to my chest." The clip shows that Lindsay is too tall to even use the table attached to the seat in front of her.
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My Giant Life takes a peek into the lives of four women who all measure 6'6" and higher as they attempt to stand tall in a much shorter world.
Actress and former wrestler Lindsay (6'9") nabbed the Guinness World Record for Tallest Actress in a Leading Role and now wants to find the father who abandoned her at age 11. Colleen (6'6"), a former professional volleyball player, juggles her move to San Diego and her desire to find a boyfriend. Fellow professional volleyball star Haleigh (6'7") finds herself caught between her boyfriend Brian's hope to start a family and her father's disapproval. And 17-year-old Nancy rounds out the cast as a high school student and basketball hot shot.
My Giant Life premieres July 14 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
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My Giant Life: Season Two Coming to TLC in June
My Giant Life: Season Two Coming to TLC in June
by Cindy McLennan, May 11, 2016
The second season of the My Giant Life TV show on TLC premieres Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 10:00pm ET/PT. My Giant Life features six women who are 6'6" or taller, and are "seemingly too tall for the average-sized world."
Returning in My Giant Life season two are: Colleen ‘Coco’ Smith, Haleigh Hampton-Carvalho, Lindsay Kay Hayward, and Nancy Mulkey.
Get more on the second season, and new cast members Katja and Lexie, from TLC.
BIGGER IS BETTER IN THE SECOND SEASON OF TLC’S “MY GIANT LIFE”
New Season Premieres Tuesday, June 7th at 10/9c
New York, NY – TLC’s MY GIANT LIFE follows the stories of six women who stand at six feet six inches and above, and are seemingly too tall for the average-sized world. The second season, premiering Tuesday, June 7th at 10/9c, chronicles the challenges these women face, ranging from performing seemingly everyday tasks to being noticed for their extraordinary height. From dating difficulties to simply going out in public without stares, the stories in each episode get to the heart of what it means to live life a foot taller than the average female.
Meet the women of MY GIANT LIFE:
COLLEEN a.k.a COCO – Austin, Texas
At six feet six inches tall, Colleen is not the average single gal playing the field. The 36-year-old, former pro-volleyball player has struck out recently in the dating game. After her disastrous dating life in season one, she has moved to Austin for a fresh start. But when she meets Will, she has to decide if she’s willing to let him get past the friend zone.
HALEIGH – Huntington Beach, California
Standing at six feet seven inches tall, 24-year-old Haleigh has a world of possibilities at her fingertips. Last season, to her father’s dismay, she married her much shorter, 32-year-old boyfriend, Bryan. Now, they’re facing serious marital obstacles, and Haleigh is forced to choose between her husband and her family.
LINDSAY – Los Angeles, California
Statuesque and striving to make a name for herself, Lindsay stands out from the crowd at six feet nine inches tall. She is actively pursuing a career in film and television and is willing to do whatever necessary to succeed… including plastic surgery. But will her destructive habits and a tumultuous past keep her from fulfilling her dreams?
NANCY – Cypress, Texas
At a staggering six feet nine inches tall, Nancy is struggling through her senior year of high school. She has always relied on her tall family for support, but now that she is 18-years-old, she is ready to step out on her own. She knows that life will get better as soon as she gets to college to play basketball, but for now, her main focus is graduating and navigating life as a rising basketball superstar.
KATJA – New York, New York
Katja, standing at six feet eight inches tall, and her much shorter wife, Julie, five foot two, want to start a family. They have a lot of questions to answer: Who will carry the baby? Do they want the baby to be taller or shorter? And how will they decide on a sperm donor? When the stress of the decisions brings out the problems in their marriage they start to wonder if they are ready for this next chapter.
LEXIE – Phoenix, Arizona
Confident Lexie, who is six feet six inches tall, is getting married to a man stationed 2,500 miles away. Meanwhile everywhere she goes, men flirt with her. Will the distance be too much for them?
For updates, ‘Like’ MY GIANT LIFE on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MyGiantLife
MY GIANT LIFE is produced by Workaholic Productions for TLC.
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