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Post by otempora541 on Jan 8, 2009 14:05:48 GMT -5
In your head, with some help from the books, (disregarding illustrations), how tall do you think the girls are? I'm using inches.
Kristy: 5 feet as consistantly mentioned. Mary Anne: 5"1. We know she's taller then Kristy, but just a little. Claudia/Stacey/Mallory/Jessi/Shannon: 5"4, 5"5. I know they are often described as being tall, but I think in relation to Kristy/MA, they would be considered tall. Dawn: I always saw her as the giant of the group- 5"6. Sudden growth spurt (Although she doesn't eat red meat, I assume she eats things of equivilant nutirtional value. Abby/Anna: are mentioned as 5"7 in #89.
Your thoughts?
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 8, 2009 19:51:16 GMT -5
Jessi's exact height was mentioned in one of the books. I think it was only 5'1". But since she's only 11 she could easily grow a few more inches. For some reason I thought Dawn was 5'7". It always bugged me how they made such a big deal of Kristy being the shortest kid in the whole grade because it's pretty hard to tell the difference between a 5'0" person and someone 1-2" taller just by looking at them. Either Kristy lied about her height and was really 4'10" or she always wore flat shoes (sneakers) while other girls often wore boots or sandals with a slight heel that made them look taller. I care way too much about the size of Kristy.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 8, 2009 21:09:32 GMT -5
Mallory says she's 5'1 in Christmas Wish.
I always pictured Dawn and Shannon as being the tallest.
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Post by greer on Jan 8, 2009 21:21:14 GMT -5
I thought Jessi was supposed to be taller since she has such long legs.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 8, 2009 21:25:08 GMT -5
That's true. I can't see her being 5'1.
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Post by bsclover18 on Jan 8, 2009 21:49:30 GMT -5
The leg length doesn't determine how high you are. My aunt and I have the same long legs and while I'm 5'11, she's only 5'3.
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Post by firecausesburns on Jan 9, 2009 3:30:30 GMT -5
I assumed they were kind of like this:
Abby: 5'7 Dawn: 5'6 Stacey: 5'5 Claudia: 5'4 Jessi: 5'2 Mallory: 5'1 Mary Anne: 5'1 Kristy: 5'0
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 10, 2009 12:15:56 GMT -5
The leg length doesn't determine how high you are. My aunt and I have the same long legs and while I'm 5'11, she's only 5'3. It can work the other way, too. I'm the same height as my mother, but I have far longer legs. I seriously doubt Jessi has finished growing, so she's still probably pretty short by comparison to a girl who has stopped. Likely though she'll be much taller.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Jan 11, 2009 14:18:11 GMT -5
I feel like Mary Anne's exact height was mentioned in one of the books, too, but I have nothing to back this up with. Can anyone else remember if it was?
As most of you know, it drives me crazy that they made a big deal out of Kristy being SO SHORT, and the shortest kid in the eighth grade, when 5'0" is definitely not all that short for a thirteen-year-old girl. I was 4'4" at that age, and there's no way Kristy would be the shortest eighth-grader at SMS.
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Post by starrynight on Jan 12, 2009 19:19:54 GMT -5
In #50, Lewis is described as being 5' 10", and Dawn says she fits neatly under his arm. That would put her at probably 5' 6" or maybe 5' 7," so the guesses about her height would be about right.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 13, 2009 10:07:34 GMT -5
5'7" sounds so tall for a girl! I'm only 5'2" so I know I'd look way up to someone as tall as that.
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Post by candykane on Jan 13, 2009 11:11:36 GMT -5
Agree. I was around five feet tall at that age, and there were several other girls in my class shorter than I. We only had a class of about 100 people, too, so it's definitely not weird for a girl that age to be on the short side.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 13, 2009 11:45:23 GMT -5
My friend who's about 6'1" say she was once rather short for her age.
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Post by otempora541 on Jan 13, 2009 12:35:59 GMT -5
At 13, we had more tall girls then short girls. My opinion is that Kristy is like, 4"11 and a half.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 14, 2009 10:07:40 GMT -5
At 13, the girls are, for the most part, also taller than the boys.
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