blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Jan 14, 2009 11:31:57 GMT -5
I was tall as a chlid.. . I reached the height I am now at 11 or 12 (5'3)... and just stopped growing. That sucked... andit also drove me nuts as how Kristy was always sooo short... Shoot I had friends that were 4'7 and 4'9 in high school.... theyr'e still that height. I always saw Dawn Stacey and Abby as the three tallest....Claudia somewhere in the middle. (I swear I saw somewhere once that she was 5'1 though). Kristy and Mary Anne on the end...
haven't figured out where Mallory and Jessi would fit though.
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Post by candykane on Jan 14, 2009 14:25:08 GMT -5
I always pictured Claudia as being pretty short, because of the illustrations in SS#4. There's one drawing in particular near the end of the book where she looks like a shrimp standing next to Dawn and Mallory, which was weird to me, because I never pictured Mallory being tall.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 14, 2009 17:27:25 GMT -5
At 13, the girls are, for the most part, also taller than the boys. Thank you! The jr. high boys I remember were all like 5'2", 90 lbs., and had gigantic feet that didn't match up with the rest of their bodies.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 15, 2009 7:10:25 GMT -5
My DH and I went to a summer music school that starts with junior high. For the concerts, the boys escort the girls to the auditorium and they carry the girls' instruments for them. It's a pretty funny sight to see a girl who's quit growing at 5'4" being escorted by this tiny little 7th grade boy still at 4'11", with him carrying her, let's say, viola.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jan 15, 2009 18:54:04 GMT -5
^ It would be funnier if it was a cello or bass or something really big.
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mallorypike
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Post by mallorypike on Jan 20, 2016 23:44:50 GMT -5
Old thread, but... Abby - she was described as 5'7 in one book, right? That's very tall for a 13 year old girl! Dawn - I guess she's about 5'6 or 5'7. Stacey - 5'5 Claudia - 5'4 or 5'5 Jessi - 5'3, 5'4. Tall for an 11 year old girl. Besides she has long, long, LONG legs. Mallory - 5'2? I'm not sure. Definitely taller than Kristy and possibly Mary Anne. Mary Anne - 5'1, 5'2. Kristy - supposed to be 5'0 which isn't really short for a girl her age. I picture her to be 4'10 or 4'11.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jan 24, 2016 3:21:38 GMT -5
Shannon is described as tall too. I want to say about in the 5'6" range.
Kristy would have to be taller then Karen though, she looked up at her.
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mallorypike
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Post by mallorypike on Jan 24, 2016 19:56:01 GMT -5
Karen is 7, though, I guess she might be 4'0? That's about average for a 7 yr old girl. She was never described as short or tall.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jan 25, 2016 1:17:20 GMT -5
Karen is 7, though, I guess she might be 4'0? That's about average for a 7 yr old girl. She was never described as short or tall. Sounds about right, so at the shortest Kristy is around 4'11" and at the tallest 5'1."
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Post by LadyDru on Mar 16, 2017 15:05:33 GMT -5
In Shannon's Story, Shannon had said she didn't think she'd be very tall, though, but her mother and Maria was tall..other than that, mallorypike, I pretty much picture those heights, too, except for some reason I pictured Claudia as being like 5'6ish, not much shorter than Dawn..never knew the heights of Mal, Jess and Abby though. And in 2 books, Kristy's height is stated as 5'0..
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 16, 2017 16:52:23 GMT -5
Are we not going with Japanese stereotypes? Claudia would be one of the more petite members.
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mallorypike
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Post by mallorypike on Mar 17, 2017 13:12:26 GMT -5
^ Haha, good point.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 12, 2020 17:35:33 GMT -5
My copy of the complete guide says that Claudia is only 5’4.” I’m still picturing Kristy to be only around 4”11 or something and she’s embellishing her height.
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Post by LadyDru on May 13, 2020 5:50:27 GMT -5
Are we not going with Japanese stereotypes? Claudia would be one of the more petite members. Not all Japanese are petite..there is a former female Japanese figure skater who is like 5'5-5'6 which is tall for that sport while average for a woman, period...if a person wanted to go with other Asians and not just Japanese, Michelle Kwan's elder sister is like 5'7-5'8 which is in the category of tall women..and Japanese men can be over 6 ft, too. Though when it comes to Shannon, why would she say say her mom and Maria are the tall ones, that she herself would not grow to be very tall if she were up there with Dawn. Surely she would know her own height. As for myself at age 13, it was towards the end of 8th grade I was a tad over 5'0..imagine my excitement then since throughout most of the year I was below 5 feet.
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Post by sparklymouse on May 13, 2020 16:42:47 GMT -5
Are we not going with Japanese stereotypes? Claudia would be one of the more petite members. Not all Japanese are petite..there is a former female Japanese figure skater who is like 5'5-5'6 which is tall for that sport while average for a woman, period...if a person wanted to go with other Asians and not just Japanese, Michelle Kwan's elder sister is like 5'7-5'8 which is in the category of tall women..and Japanese men can be over 6 ft, too. Though when it comes to Shannon, why would she say say her mom and Maria are the tall ones, that she herself would not grow to be very tall if she were up there with Dawn. Surely she would know her own height. As for myself at age 13, it was towards the end of 8th grade I was a tad over 5'0..imagine my excitement then since throughout most of the year I was below 5 feet. Well, that is why I said stereotype. 🙂 I know bodies come in all sizes. It’s also a matter of opinion of what is tall and short. There was a woman board member on here who was over 6 feet. She would often chime in on things like a 5’7” woman was not tall at all.
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