World's tallest man finds other half

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

BEIJING (AFP) — A lovelorn Chinese herdsman who is the world's tallest man has finally found his other half in a sales clerk who comes up to his elbow, state media reported Wednesday.

Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 metres (seven feet nine inches), will marry 1.68-metre Xia Shujun, who is also half the groom's age at just 28, the Beijing News reported.

The 56-year-old Bao had conducted a worldwide search for a bride who is up to becoming Mrs. Bao, but eventually found Xia, a saleswoman in a clothing store, in his own home region of Inner Mongolia in northern China, it said.

After a one-month courtship, they decided to get married and will tie the knot this summer, Xinhua news agency said.

"Xia said that as they got to know each other she stopped noticing...