LadyDru
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Post by LadyDru on Jun 21, 2020 6:50:01 GMT -5
Well, yeah, a woman being 6'0 + would make a 5'7 woman seem petite in comparison, but by standards a woman is tall once she is 5'7 and up..(though 5'8 and under is short for a man)5'4 is average, but a very good height for a 13 year old girl, and Claudia had yet to stop growing then since girls usually stop growing at age 17-18 or even 25 for some people..as for Kristy being described as so short when her height was listed as 5'0, the answer is simple..if everyone else in her class/grade was well over that height, of course it would be considered short in comparison. (although I was rejoicing when I reached 5'0 and grew past the other girls who were as short as me, since I was around 4'10ish when I first entered grade 8)
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Jun 22, 2020 11:03:54 GMT -5
To give some credit to the Asian stereotype convo on the page before, I am Filipina and 5'1 so I'm really short. But even still I hit my adult height at like 10 years old. I always knew I was vaguely short compared to my friends, but being 10 and towering over my mom, I didn't feel short. The girls must have all been taller than expected if Kristy was truly considered super short by the club. I picture everyone but Mary Anne and Mallory (who are said to be short) to be at least 5'4. I don't know if 5'7 is unusually tall for a middle school girl, but I could see Jessi and Shannon being that tall
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Post by LadyDru on Jun 23, 2020 5:23:57 GMT -5
Shannon had said in her book that Maria and her mother were the tall ones, but she herself didn't think she'd grow to be very tall..which could mean 5'3ish...while petite as a whole for a woman, still a pretty good height for age 13.
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cnj
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Post by cnj on May 4, 2021 14:12:33 GMT -5
To give some credit to the Asian stereotype convo on the page before, I am Filipina and 5'1 so I'm really short. But even still I hit my adult height at like 10 years old. I always knew I was vaguely short compared to my friends, but being 10 and towering over my mom, I didn't feel short. The girls must have all been taller than expected if Kristy was truly considered super short by the club. I picture everyone but Mary Anne and Mallory (who are said to be short) to be at least 5'4. I don't know if 5'7 is unusually tall for a middle school girl, but I could see Jessi and Shannon being that tall 5'7" is unusually tall for middle school girls, even as they're going through the growth spurt. I would say most middle school girls range from 4'6" to 5'4" on the average...naturally, you always have a few exceptions. I myself am Latina and only 5'0, so I'm short myself and was always short as a kid. At 13, we had more tall girls then short girls. My opinion is that Kristy is like, 4"11 and a half. No, I think Kristy is five feet...she's short, but not super-tiny. Here's my assessment of them when they were eleven and thirteen and in sixth and eighth grade... Abby: 5'7" Claudia: 5'6 and 1/2" Dawn: 5'6" Stacey: 5'5" Mallory: 5'2" Jessi: 5'1" Mary Anne: 5' and 1/2" Kristy: 5'0" And as an added bonus, here is how I see their heights as adults... Abby: 5'7 and 1/2" Claudia: 5'7" Dawn: 5'7" Stacey: 5'6" Mallory: 5'6" Jessi: 5'4" Kristy: 5'2" Mary Anne: 5'1"
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 4, 2021 14:26:04 GMT -5
I canโt see Kristy growing much taller. I always like that she had this big personality for a short girl.
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Post by cnj on May 4, 2021 14:36:33 GMT -5
I canโt see Kristy growing much taller. I always like that she had this big personality for a short girl. Me either...maybe she only gets up to 5'2" by adulthood. Somehow, I picture Mary Anne as the shortest of the BSC in adulthood, though.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 4, 2021 19:42:48 GMT -5
I always pictured the tallest to be Abby, wasn't she 5'6'' at thirteen? She probably stopped growing at that height, most girls in my school at least had already finished growing in eighth grade.
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Post by cnj on May 4, 2021 20:49:47 GMT -5
I always pictured the tallest to be Abby, wasn't she 5'6'' at thirteen? She probably stopped growing at that height, most girls in my school at least had already finished growing in eighth grade. Me too! Yes, I remember I think one book mentioned it. I had a funny thought of Mary Anne ending up the shortest of the BSC by their adult years. ๐๐๐
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 16, 2021 6:18:18 GMT -5
Then by adulthood I can still see Kristy as the shortest lol.
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Post by cnj on May 17, 2021 2:24:54 GMT -5
Mary Anne would still only be a half inch taller than Kristy in adulthood if that were the case.
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