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Article: 29 Inches Tall but Looming Large; Fairgoers Beat a Path to 'Tiny Tasha'
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 4, 2000
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"Tiny Tasha, the world's smallest woman, so small you can actually
pick her up and carry her in your arms like you would a small child.
. . . Step up, get your tickets. She's here, she's real, she's alive!
. . . Tiny Tasha, she speaks, breathes and sees just like everybody
else! Bring Mom! Bring Dad! Bring the children! This is a show for
the entire family!"
Tiny Tasha has a prime piece of real estate at the Maryland State
Fair, her booth snuggled next to the ever-popular Ferris wheel and
only a stone's throw from the carousel. She is what P.T. Barnum used
to call a "living curiosity"--one of those humans who joined with two-
headed goats and ridiculously small horses to form the carnival ...