
The following are 11 things you should know about Jyoti Amge
1. She is an Indian
actress and she became an actress when she attained the status of world
smallest woman living. She is also a Nollywood actress.
2. Jyoti has been featured in several
documentaries. She was featured in the documentary, Body Shock, Two Foot Ten.
She has also been a guest participant on the Indian TV show Big Boss 6. And she
was also cast in the fourth season of American
Horror story Freak Show as Ma Petite
3. She is small not because of any other reasons
but due to a restricted height growth resulting from abnormal growth called achondroplasia.
This is a hereditary condition in which the growth of long bones by
ossification of cartilage is retarded, resulting in very short limbs and
sometimes a face that is small in relation to the (normal-sized) skull.
4. She wants to be seen and treated like
the normal person that she is and not a celebrity. She was quoted as saying "I
don't like it if I am being held like a baby," but that she will let some
people and fans pick her up.
5. She gets mad or crazy and angry just
like a normal person. She says "I get mad when someone annoys me by
touching my hair or keeps touching me without permission."
6. Jyoti Amge,
was featured in the American Horror story along other incredible and unique
Divas such as Rose Siggins, a legless
mother of two, Erika Ervin, the
tallest model in the world (who is also transgender), and Mat Fraser, a rock musician who was born with phocomelia
(an extremely rare malformation) of both arms and she has been happy doing
this.
7. Amge
who hails from Nagpur, India is 6.2 cm shorter than 22-year old American
Bridgette Jordan who stands at 69cm (2 ft 3 in)

9. Jyoti has attended regular school
since she was 4 and, other than a small desk and chair, she is like any other
pupil.
10. Jyoti was discovered by World Guinness
Book Of Records
11. Despite her tiny stature, Jyoti Amge
is not the shortest woman in history. This title continues to be held by
Pauline Musters (Netherlands, 1876-1895) who measured just 61cm (24in).
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