World's SMALLEST Girl : A Teen Goddess?

At age 15, Jyoti Amge is just over 23 inches and weighs about 12 pounds.* * * * * * * * * * * * *

Born weighing barely 3 pounds, Jyoti Amge was not supposed to survive for more than 10 minutes.

"Even up to a full nine months, the child could not be seen on the scan. They said the child was not formed. It is like water and that it was not alive," says Kishanji Amge, Jyoti's father, in a National Geographic program about Jyoti that will air tonight. He and his family speak Hindi but communicated through translators.

"When they found that the baby was alive, it was a miracle," Amge said. "The doctors were in shock. It was beyond their understanding."

But Jyoti, who lives in Nagpor, India, with her parents and four siblings, recently celebrated her 15th birthday.

She attends school with students her age, enjoys fashionable clothes and jewelry, and dreams of becoming a film star. But though she is a typical teenager in many ways, she is not even 2-feet-tall.

Standing 23½ inches and weighing about 12 pounds, at 15, Jyoti is no bigger than many 6-month-old infants. According to National Geographic, record keepers say she is the smallest girl in the world.

CONTINUE STORY: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/worlds-smallest-girl-beats-odds/story?id=855...

[ SEPTEMBER 2009 ]

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[CaneFu]

Good thing Jyoti lives in a country where people such as her are respected. Over here in the U.S. some mean spirited kids would have definitely killed her by now.

[mizzcuti3pie12]

she is pretty though so u go girl

[Bhav341]

@CaneFu I grew up in this country, and in all my years in school, I don't remember any crippled or special needs kids being killed by anyone. Also, the superstitious backwards attitudes of her parents and the fact that her family has decided against doctors opinions, means she will live her life as a dependent cripple. Her legs are a mess, and will get worse. And I am sure they won't get her treatment for the other issues primordials have. That is what will kill her in the end.

[MegaShawnieboy]

This is really sad, especially when she said she wanted to be big like others

[CrackUsagi]

GAAAHHH I want one <3

[superwicth2]

Sad i hope she gets bigger

[Mikasaurous01]

Shes so cute!

[LulabelleBee]

Bless her <3

[FCSchalke77]

she is 18, right? Sooooo, what will the guy who sleeps with her think? Surely he will think it's wrrrrrrong !!! lol

[Foolkat101]

she is adorable!

[jade21342]

WHAT A CUTIE PIE! OMG I <3 YOU JYOTI!

[superanimay]

She's so cute! I love her! She's so awesome!!!!