Too tall for school: The 14-year-old Brazilian girl who at 6ft 9in cannot
fit on the bus
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It's hard standing out from the crowd when you are a teenager but few
schoolchildren can claim to be more visible than Elisany
Silva.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
The 14-year-old measures an unbelievable 6ft 9in tall, making her one of the
biggest teenagers in the world. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
The pretty youngster is believed to be suffering from a rare disease which
has caused her extreme growth. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
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Tallest: Elisany Silva towers over her friends as they play on the beach in
Braganca in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para. The 14-year-old cannot
attend school because at 6ft 9in tall she is too big to sit on the
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Sisters: Elisany lies on her bed with sister Talicia, 12, at their home. It
is believed the 14-year-old is suffering from a disease of growth hormones.
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Speaking from her home in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para, Elisany told a
local television station how she was unable to go to school because she
could not sit properly on the bus.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
She added: 'It's hard when I'm inside home. I get distracted and hit the
wood in the ceiling with my head.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
Elisany lives in a small house with her sisters and mother Ana Maria Silva
and step-father Luiz Jorge.
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Her mother said: 'I want her to stop growing up, to be like the other girls
because I know she feels weird and sometimes wants to be like
them.'<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
A medical expert who was given details of her condition in Brazil without
examining her said Elisany could be in danger of health
problems.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
He said he believed she was suffering from gigantism, in which the body
produces excessive amounts of growth hormones.
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Sister act: Elisany pictured with siblings Talicia and Eliza, right. The 6ft
9in teenager said she regularly hurts her head at their
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Determined: Elisany hopes to use her incredible height to become a model.
She is pictured left with some dogs on the beach and right with sister
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The expert said: 'She might have the symptoms of the disease, which may be
the headache, vision problems, and death of some other glands, like the
thyroid, adrenals and the ovaries.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
'It might cause serious implications for her health and even
death.'<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
It is thought that if her condition is left untreated, the 14-year-old could
continue to grow at a rate of six inches a year.
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The normal rate of growth for a child of her age is just a third of that
amount.
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Elisany now hopes to exploit her height and become a fashion
model.<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
She said: 'I want to be a model very
much.'<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
Some websites suggest she may soon achieve her dream, with one reporting
that she was due to make her catwalk debut in Belem, Brazil, dressed as a
bride. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>
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