The shortest married couple are Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros (Brazil) and Katyucia Lie Hoshino (Brazil), measuring a combined height of 181.41 cm (71.42 in) verified in Itapeva, São Paulo, Brazil, on 3 November 2016.
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Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros measures 90.28 cm (35.54 in) and Katyucia Lie Hoshino measures 91.13 cm (35.88 in)The couple got married on 17 September 2016.Paulo, 30, who is just 34.8in tall, has diastrophic dysplasia dwarfism while 26-year-old Katyucia, 35.2in in height, has achondroplasia dwarfism.
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They first started speaking on MSN messenger 10 years ago, but things did not originally go to plan for Paulo as Katyucia blocked him for being annoying.
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But luckily enough for Paulo, Katyucia randomly decided to press the unblock button a year and a half later, allowing him to start again in his pursuit.When she unblocked me, it didn’t take me more than a minute to say hello. We started speaking and she said I was more civilised.
The couple released a statement via Guinness World Records: “We are so happy to be a part of Guinness World Records Day and to have our unique record celebrated. We hope our new record will encourage the world to look past the physical differences in others and understand all people should be treated equally.”
