Height Order

[otempora541]

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?

[sparklymouse]

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.

[booboobrewer]

Mallory says she's 5'1 in Christmas Wish.

I always pictured Dawn and Shannon as being the tallest.

[greer]

I thought Jessi was supposed to be taller since she has such long legs.

[booboobrewer]

That's true. I can't see her being 5'1.

[bsclover18]

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.

[firecausesburns]

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

[wenonah4th]

Jan 8, 2009 21:49:30 GMT -5 bsclover18 said:

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.

[wanderingfrog]

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.

[starrynight]

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.

[wenonah4th]

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.

[candykane]

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.

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.

[wenonah4th]

My friend who's about 6'1" say she was once rather short for her age.

[otempora541]

At 13, we had more tall girls then short girls. My opinion is that Kristy is like, 4"11 and a half.

[wenonah4th]

At 13, the girls are, for the most part, also taller than the boys.