Even though he stood a mere 2 ft. Answer: They are excited. He told me I was his hero. A: It was hot.
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Please refresh the page and retry. The Barnum and Bailey Circus later merged with the Ringling Brothers and by the s it was run by the father and son impresarios, Irvin and Kenneth Feld. At his birth he was said to be 14 inches long. His grandparents were under four feet tall, as were his older brother and sister, both of whom went on to work in a Budapest factory. M ichu was educated at the state-run Hungarian Circus School, where he learnt juggling, acrobatics, pantomime and other circus skills.
Meszaros, 50, said he defected from Hungary 10 years ago after fighting a lifetime of discrimination over his height--and after an adulthood of battling unscrupulous operators of the Hungarian National Circus over pay. In the circus ring where he worked, Meszaros looked every inch the star as he rode in a tiny cart, gaily waving to children taller than he. But outside, he was an outcast who experienced daily what it is like to really be looked down upon. He has invested his Hollywood income in hopes of becoming a land developer. The construction site is near a street that has been named after Meszaros. Although a inch man was listed in the edition of the book, Varga said that man is a dwarf--someone whose body is not proportioned--and that Meszaros continues to claim the title. Meszaros wore a miniature tuxedo and top hat for the ceremony. His feet dangled from a wooden courtroom bench as he waited nervously to take his oath along with former South African citizens Arnold and Renee Cinman of Westwood. Immigration officials said the three were among 55, who will become U.
