No one understands the plight of the tall girl more than Elisany da Cruz Silva, a 17-year-old girl from Brazil who currently stands at six feet, nine inches in height. Elisany is a remarkable girl with a very rare form of gigantism caused by a tumor on her pituitary gland. She has been experiencing great leaps in height growth since her late childhood.
Luckily, recently Elisany was able to undergo a special surgery that was intended to remove the tumor from her pituitary gland – a procedure which proved to be successful for various reasons. Since the tumor was thought to have been the cause of her gigantism, her doctors are confident that having removed the tumor not only saves her overall health, but may also stop her from growing any taller.
Elisany’s family cannot be more supportive of her and her dreams. Currently, she lives with her mother and brother and sisters, and aspires to someday become a fashion model. Since her surgery, Elisany has (to everyone’s surprised delight), decreased one inch in height – something that no one thought was possible.
Though she is one of the tallest teenagers in the world, Elisany has strived to live a normal life. It is true that most tall girls in general have trouble dating because most guys are intimidated or insecure about being with a tall girl, but Elisany has been lucky in love. In fact, she is in a committed relationship with a 22-year-old boy, Francinaldo, who thinks Elisany is perfect and as beautiful as a model.
Right now, Elisany is continuing to strive for her dream of becoming a model. Though she has been rejected in the past, she is determined to make her dream come true. And though it is true that she is an exceptionally tall individual, to the people who know her she is also a pretty girl and a fun person with a kind and open heart – not to mention an inspiration for all the tall girls of the world!
2. FOOT ROUND OF BOOTILICOUSNESS: THE WORLD’S WIDEST HIPS
It’s no secret that men love curves. Curvy, voluptuous women have no trouble getting attention – especially if those curves are combined with confidence and a healthy amount of sass.
No woman knows this to be true more than Mikel Ruffinelli, who currently holds the record for having the widest hips in the world. Looking at her directly from a front-end view, she appears to be a very, VERY shapely woman – but nothing would really strike you as abnormal.
Get a little closer, pull out a measuring tape, and wrap it around her hips however, and you’ll find that Mikel is way beyond your average curvy lady. Her hips measure at an amazing eight foot circumference – meaning she has a generous eight feet of bootiliciousness for you.
And Mikel absolutely loves it. She loves herself, knows that she is totally hot, and has no trouble posing for us. Looking at her photos, you can tell that Mikel is not shy about showing off her rare and special figure.
“ I love my shape and I see no reason to diet because I don’t have health problems.” Though she does weigh 420 pounds, her waist is only 40 inches wide – a proportionally small size considering the width of her hips, and the fact that she has given birth to four children. Prior to becoming a mother, Mikel was not nearly as big as she is now. She has very large hips because her body has demonstrated remarkable expansibility after giving birth.
At home, Mikel sleeps in a seven foot-wide bed and she sometimes has difficulty fitting through some doors (unless he enters sideways), but other than that, she and her family live a pretty normal life.
Confident about her body and loving herself for the way she is, Mikel says, “Men don’t fancy skinny girls, they like an hourglass figure.”
And her husband couldn’t agree more. Mikel has been married for ten years to a man who finds her unique shape incredibly sexy.
3. THE DIRTIEST MAN ALIVE
Somewhere deep within the dusty outskirts of Farashband, Iran lives a unique creature who could easily be considered the dirtiest human alive.
Meet Amoo Hadij, a peculiar 80-year-old man who has not bathed himself once in more than 60 years. Amoo Hadij lives in a small abandoned brick hut in the village of Dezhgah, completely alone, surrounded by garbage, dirt, and animal feces. A bit of a loner, Amoo likes to keep to himself, and rarely has the opportunity to interact with other people. This is probably due to the fact that he smells to high heaven and has the outward appearance of a troll.
However, Amoo Hadij has no idea he’s so dirty. In fact, his less than sanitary but simple life is completely by choice. He is dirty because he has refused to bathe – not because he does not have a way of cleaning himself.
Looking at Amoo, one can see that his skin is as thick as leather and a bit scaly, most likely due to the layers and layers of dirt and grime that have accumulated over his body over the last 60 years.
His face and beard are covered in black soot because he is a constant smoker, with his most prized possession being a broken steel pipe, which he uses to smoke animal dung on a daily basis. Though he’s technically not homeless, he often sleeps outside of his simple shelter, preferring the “fresh air,” as well as the warmth of his fire pit.
No one knows why Amoo has refused to bathe in over six decades. However, he seems to be doing fine. While it is difficult to understand why anyone would choose to live the way he does, he appears to be completely content with his primitive but personally satisfying lifestyle.
4.GOOD PHOTOS GONE WRONG – FUNNY OPTICAL ILLUSIONS!
If seeing is believing, then you have no choice but to totally accept all of the following images as artifacts of reality.
How do you explain all of these quirky yet truly amazing optical illusions? Blame it on your brain’s innate urge to constantly try and make sense of what it sees. When you take a photograph, the camera actually flattens the image it captures, allowing for a bunch of really crazy optical accidents.
Because your brain is always trying to attach sense and logic and familiarity to everything your eyes see, these optical accidents sometimes coincidentally form wayward, but coherent images.
In other words, what you see can look like two things at the same time, what you see can look like something impossible or nonsensical, or what you see can look like something completely unexpected.
An example of an image that appears to be depicting an impossible scenario is the image of a man with this head and body sticking out of a window. The man looks like he is holding a car in his right hand, when actually the car is parked on the ground, a ways below from the camera and the man in the photograph.
A great example of an illusion of two things that appear to be one thing at the same time is the image of the couple posing in jeans and white tank tops. Because of the camera angle and the way the couples’ legs are positioned, it looks like they both share one left leg wearing a high heel. It also looks like the girl’s body is simply part of the guy’s body.
One fun challenge is to try to plan out these crazy images. Some people are great at it, but for the most part these optical illusions happen totally by accident!
The worldwide struggle for a tiny waist is one of the woman-kind’s most nagging concerns. The ideal hourglass figure has been an attractive quality to both men and women for hundreds and thousands of years, and it is something for which women are willing to suffer.
Michelle Kobke is one of those women who are willing to suffer greatly for beauty.
At 24 years of old, Michelle, who lives in Germany, is obsessed with achieving the smallest waist in the world. She is so keen on the idea that she has been wearing corsets every single day for three years in a row, determined to permanently alter her physical shape through long-term reconditioning/molding.
When you think about it, the idea of the corset is not new at all. In fact, for hundreds of years, it’s what all women wore every single day, for their entire lives. Just one hundred or so years ago, it was perfectly normal for a woman at any age to wear a corset that was designed to constrict her waist to look three times smaller than would be natural for any real human.
With this in mind, what Michelle is doing is not that strange at all – except for the fact that at this point in history we’ve already proven that wearing corsets for long periods of time can result in a myriad of health problems, including digestive problems and breathing problems.
So far, Michelle’s waist-altering project is a success. Since wearing her corset for three years, she has indeed been able to physically alter the shape of her waist. Her photos show that even when she is not wearing a corset, her torso and waist still maintain the small shape of the corset. Though her waist is still not as small as she would like, technically speaking, her strategy is working.5. GIRL WEARS A CORSET FOR 3 YEARS IN A ROW
The worldwide struggle for a tiny waist is one of the woman-kind’s most nagging concerns. The ideal hourglass figure has been an attractive quality to both men and women for hundreds and thousands of years, and it is something for which women are willing to suffer.
Michelle Kobke is one of those women who are willing to suffer greatly for beauty.
At 24 years of old, Michelle, who lives in Germany, is obsessed with achieving the smallest waist in the world. She is so keen on the idea that she has been wearing corsets every single day for three years in a row, determined to permanently alter her physical shape through long-term reconditioning/molding.
When you think about it, the idea of the corset is not new at all. In fact, for hundreds of years, it’s what all women wore every single day, for their entire lives. Just one hundred or so years ago, it was perfectly normal for a woman at any age to wear a corset that was designed to constrict her waist to look three times smaller than would be natural for any real human.
With this in mind, what Michelle is doing is not that strange at all – except for the fact that at this point in history we’ve already proven that wearing corsets for long periods of time can result in a myriad of health problems, including digestive problems and breathing problems.
So far, Michelle’s waist-altering project is a success. Since wearing her corset for three years, she has indeed been able to physically alter the shape of her waist. Her photos show that even when she is not wearing a corset, her torso and waist still maintain the small shape of the corset. Though her waist is still not as small as she would like, technically speaking, her strategy is working.
Low economic conditions in China’s urban areas have sparked an increase of beggars faking disabilities in an attempt to gain more money. Cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong are littered with na?ve tourists who are more than willing to hand over a few yen to anyone appearing to be handicapped in anyway. And unfortunately, there are plenty of scam artists who are willing to take advantage of this sort of “benefit of the doubt” level of kindness.
One amazing example of this, is a beggar who has constructed a rather elaborate contraption for displaying his false paralytic condition. The beggar’s props for his dishonest charade include a rolling board, which he lays on top of and rolls around with a box strapped to his back for collecting pity money.
A photographer visiting China was able to capture the day the beggar was caught as a fake.
First, the beggar is seen rolling around in the street, pathetically begging unsuspecting strangers for money. Many strangers take pity on him and put money in his box. However, the beggar’s fallacy is exposed in one instance when an exceptionally kind, elderly woman and her family decide to do more than just give cash to the beggar.
In addition to giving him money, the elderly woman and her companion decide to try to provide hands-on help to the disabled beggar. But when they try to take a closer look at his legs, the beggar becomes defensive, and in an act of paranoia, accidentally exposes himself by rising to his knees in an attempt to protect his money.
Once this happens, everyone nearby is immediately aware that the poor, disabled beggar is a fake. The elderly woman confronts the beggar and it appears that she is shaming him for his dishonest conduct. Soon, the police are called and the beggar is asked to stop his charade. While the beggar does eventually give up his act, he does not appear to be the least bit ashamed of what he has done. In fact, the beggar simply continues to count his money in front of everyone around him.
7. THIS IS WHAT THAT “HEAD OVER HEELS” FEELING LOOKS LIKE – LITERALLY
We’ve all heard the famous saying about “falling head over heels” for someone. In general, the saying refers to the act of falling in love – the gravity-like consequences of being really into someone. But what about standing head over heels instead of falling? What would that feel like, and most importantly, what would that literally look like?
The answer to that question has recently been addressed by one artist who takes the famous saying just a little too literally. Patrice Letarnec, a talented photographer and art director based in France, has become an internet sensation overnight, with his “Head Over Heels” photography series making everyone rethink their visual expectations, as well as what it means to be disoriented both emotionally and physically.
The “Head Over Heels” series features photographs of anonymous individuals wearing a variety of clothing upside-down, while walking, running, and jumping on their hands (instead of their feet). With heads and faces hidden in pants and skirts, with hands hidden in shoes, and with feet and legs making arm and hand gestures, Letarnec plays with a myriad of elements which contribute to the work’s overall concept. This series plays with ideas involving fashion, figurative portraiture, irony, play-on-words, gravity, and humor.
So far, the “Head Over Heels” series has been circulating the web with almost everyone commenting and confessing that at first, they are totally perplexed by what they see, which is probably why the photographs have gotten so much attention.
The viewer does not even realize that the person in the photograph is in an upside-down position. The hands are hidden in shoes, and for the first several seconds, even the lack of a head on a body seems visually irrelevant.
When looking at the photos, the audience is immediately and simultaneously confused, amused, and delighted. All the photographs in the series were captured in the streets of Paris, adding an even more surreal impact to the work.
8. LITTLE BOY WITH MOLE THE SIZE OF HIS ENTIRE BACK
Many people are born with birthmarks, moles, and other au naturel markings that are seen as nothing but small but special little evidences of uniqueness. It’s quite normal to have little spot here and there that’s unique only to you, and even many women call their beloved moles “beauty marks.” But sometimes, nature goes a little too far and a little boy is born with a mole on his back so big that it keeps him from living a normal life.
Little Didier Montalvo is a boy from Columbia who was born with a medical disorder known as Congenital Melanocytic Nevus – AKA giant mole disease. In this case, Didier’s mole was so big that it took up his entire back (a back-end view in photographs makes him resemble a ninja turtle just a little) and posed such a health risk that it was either remove the mole or possibly suffer from a multitude of deteriorating health effects. Literally, the mole was taking all his nourishment and feeding itself like a parasitic monster!
Luckily, Didier was able to undergo a special type of surgery that successfully separated him from his giant mole, allowing him to live a normal life, free from physical hindrances.
But the surgery also helped him live a normal life in the eyes of the public. Prior to this surgery, people in his community were afraid to touch or go near Didier because they were afraid that his mole was some kind of a manifestation of an evil spirit. The people of the community also feared that if they touched him, they too would contract whatever he had (an obviously false assumption).
Now, thanks to his surgery, Didier will no longer be hindered or bothered by people’s ignorant superstitions. But Who cares what they think? The cool thing now is that Didier can finally run around and play like a normal little boy.
The whole world is obsessed with being skinny, but one man can’t help but be at zero percent fat for the rest of his life.
Meet Tom Staniford, a nice guy living with Myelodysplastic Preleukemic syndrome, also known as MDP syndrome, a condition in which his body is unable to store fat under his skin. MDP is an extremely rare metabolic disorder, which is currently known to affect only a total of eight people in the entire world.
People with MDP all share the same “no fat whatsoever” characteristics, which include the appearance of sunken eyes, cheeks, and withered lips.
Tom Staniford was born at a totally normal weight, but his condition has caused him to “shrink” in appearance throughout the years. Now at 23 years of age, Tom’s whole body is pretty much just skin and bone.
As a person living with such a rare condition, Tom is somewhat of a medical wonder. No doubt he has been a very interesting case for medical experts, and often undergoes tests specially designed to measure his entire body’s physiological state.
Looking at him straight on, you can see that Tom has more than just a skinny face. Where most people would usually have a good amount of flesh covering their eyes and cheeks, Tom’s face is so skinny that you can see his skull’s shape and structure.
None of this really matters to Tom, of course. In fact, Tom does not seem to be that deeply affected by his condition. His photos show him doing and being totally normal with the people in his life. In addition to this, Tom is super athletic. Considering himself a fitness junkie, he can be seen bicycling and going on all kinds of adventures.
Despite his unusual appearance and unique and seemingly fragile frame, Tom lives life to the fullest. To him, his condition is one that is literally only skin deep.
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