The Daily Times (18 October, 2006) reports (based on a report in the UK tabloid The Daily Mail) that “A Pakistani woman seven feet and two inches tall is to live in Britain on benefits after claiming asylum because she is ‘too tall’ to return home.”
Zainab Bibi, 33, claims she faces constant persecution and ridicule […]

The Sunday Times Oct 1st
1 Peter Crouch
He is a stiltwalking 6ft 7in, and for all his unfortunate choice of girlfriends, Crouch has evolved from a figure of fun and ridicule to a national mascot. There is no getting away from the fact that he often looks as if he is about to fall over his […]