WHO’ D want to marry me, a dwarf from Wales?” This is something James Lusted often used to wonder. At just more than a metre tall he couldn’t imagine finding Miss Right – but he hadn’t reckoned on meeting Chloe Roberts.
She saw James for his heart and his mind and soon fell head over heels. At 1,66m tall, Chloe towers over James, who’s 1,09m tall – and it makes them the couple with the biggest height difference in the world, according to Guinness World Records.
“What an amazing feeling to know we officially hold the title for the greatest height differential of a different sex married couple,” James posted on Instagram. “We’re so proud and honoured.”
The 33-year-old from Colwyn Bay in Wales was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a rare genetic condition that causes dwarfism. He was born with “hitchhiker” thumbs (hypermobile digits that can bend backwards) and club feet and has cartilage problems in his joints. Being his size is tricky sometimes, “but I can do everything you can do, just in a different way,” James says.
He finds it hard to believe he and his wife feature in the records he grew up with. “I’ve always had the books at Christmas and love looking through them. There are some amazing records, but to have one of them now...”
The couple, who’ve been happily married for five years, says their height difference isn’t an issue for them. “There’s no height in love,” James says. “We love each other for who we are as people.”
This story is from the 15 July 2021 edition of YOU South Africa.
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