He Pingping

Early and personal life Pingping measured tall,

Recognition of size In January 2007, Pingping was invited to take part on a television program in Tokyo, Japan. His home of Inner Mongolia is also home to Bao Xishun, who at tall was recognized by Guinness as the world's tallest man until September 2009. Their televised meeting in July 2007 attracted global media attention. In May 2008, Pingping appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called The World's Smallest Man and Me, hosted by Mark Dolan. In the episode, Pingping and his family spent time with Dolan, who stayed over to celebrate Chinese New Year. In September 2008, he appeared with the world's longest-legged woman, Svetlana Pankratova, in London's Trafalgar Square, to publicize the release of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. His height was measured thrice over the course of 10 hours before Pingping received a certificate officially naming him as the world's shortest man. Pingping died 10 days later on 13 March 2010 of heart complications; he was only 21 years old. The Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, said that Pingping was "an inspiration to anyone considered different or unusual."