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The world\'s smallest teen

Updated On: 08 September, 2010 09:06 PM IST |

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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP

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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP

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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP

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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP

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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley's Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world's smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest person. AFP

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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest person. AFP
Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest person. AFP

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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest person. AFP
In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP
In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP
In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP
In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP
Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP

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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP
Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP

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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP
In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP
In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP

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In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP
Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP

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Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP
Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP

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Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP

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