Rather than blocking views, tall women are becoming the view in TLC‘s new reality show, My Giant Life.
Tall men and women both suffer from ergonomic deficiencies and social issues. Men have a greater share of the former as, relative to the entire population, there are more tall men out there. On the other hand, women have a greater share of the latter as it is societies expectation that women be shorter. Furthermore, in the dating world, women prefer taller men and vice versa, leading to difficulties finding a partner.
The social issues create more gawk value, drawing more mainstream viewership, and is likely why the show focuses on extremely tall women. Height is a fascinating topic and let’s hope that the show, despite being mainstream, has some level of intelligence to it. What gives hope is that one of the actresses, 6’6 former volleyball pro Colleen, may very well be the same Colleen who was blogging at 6footsix some time ago, and she was discussing some interesting stuff such as raised cutting boards.
Lindsay, the 6’9 tall star of My Giant Life
The star of the show, 6’9 Lindsay, is the Guinness World Record’s Tallest Actress in a leading role and is searching for the father that abandoned her. The two remaining actresses, 6’7 Haleigh and 6’9 Nancy, both found their solace in the tall advantaged sports of volleyball and basketball.
My Giant Life premieres July 14 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
Will the show bring greater awareness to the struggles of tall people, or will it just be a gawk show? What do you think?
It’s about time. Maybe the comments from short people will stop.
Lol
Agreed!
I am 6’6″ looking for a tall woman..
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for a tall nice man
im 6’2′ i dont consider my height and below tall:)
normal:)
Nice..
This is great, hope they do justice to the tall ladies
I hope so too!
Can’t wait to see this
Same here!
I have very mixed feelings about this show. They better not make us look like side show freaks.
Great idea. There is a TV show for very short people, very heavy people, 19 children and probably others.
Thanks for the info, will have to check it out
As a 6’7″ woman (sorry guys, I’m taken and a lesbian) I can relate to many parts of the video. But I’m proud to be tall and don’t really think about it often. Flying on the other hand, an emergency exit seat is a must.
Right on, and I must agree about those airplane seats…
I will check it out.
Yup,think all of us tall ladies need to check it out and give them our input… Spread the word throughout TCI…
I would like to see this.
Hopefully they will treat these tall women with respect.
I doubt they will ever stop, but even a slight decrease would be great!
ok im 6’4″ with a size 17 foot (15 in mens). Ladies, Im 27 years old and I haven’t wore a nice pair of shoes since I was 13. I am in serious need of shoes (not sneakers) that fit. Not from the mens section but shoes made for women that are cute and in style. I see that the womens sizes are expanding, but at a very slow pace. I have dresses and skirts that just don’t go with my size 15 (mens) sneakers. Any help with this would be appreciated.
You’ve got a size bigger than me and I’m 6’7! Either I have tiny feet and you big or a bit of both. Have you tried binding them? Just kidding. Zappos maybe? I have thought about trying there but I don’t think they ship to Canada anymore. I guess they think we live in Igloos without “zip codes”.
Go to Hawaii. They’ve got flip-flops there up to 19 men’s in all the WalMarts.
I think it’s all the Samoans…
Cindy, that is exactly what I was hoping!
Didn’t Lindsay used to live in Lincoln? Rocklin? She should’ve been in the STC…
hay may name is tony i am s w m 42 6\2 from birmingham alabama
what a great show. people can see what we go thru
I just love the show. I’m 71, 6′-10″+, 300#. People have NO idea what our real lives are like.
I understand the issues tall people have I’m 7ft
It’s interesting. I’m 71 years old, 6′-10″+, 300#. I have two sisters, one 5′-11″, one 6′-2″ (80 years old. In our generation we were pretty much freaks. My older sister has been angry and striking back all her life. I played basketball in a town of 1,460 people here in Wisconsin. My parents were ashamed of my height. The towns folks loved me. How ever the very day basketball ended my senior I went from hero back to town freak. It amazes me a lot of people never put themselves in my shoes. NOW, I would like to say this generations tall women “not talking under 6′” are super.
Sports ending was a sad point for me too, lost touch with people I had thought were good friends. I bet a small town such as yours would have made it worse!
At my senior graduation, my parents were there “they only came to one game all the time I played there”, my girlfriend and her parents” and when I ” the town celebrity” crossed the stage to receive my diploma the entire auditorium laughed because I was so much taller then the presenter. I learned a valuable lesson that day.