(sun-sentinel.com)- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you know what that means. You're going to be seeing pink.
Around this time, businesses of every ilk grab onto the powerful marketing potential of pink. They wrap their products in the girlish hue and promise a portion of sales to breast cancer causes.
So now you can buy a few things and help out as well. Some products are related to keeping fit or feeling attractive.
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(AP)- He Pingping, of China, was born with a type of dwarfism. He, 20, stands precisely 2 feet 5.37 inches tall.
The pair met to publicize the release of "Guinness World Records 2009." This year's version of the popular book is due out Wednesday.
He called Svetlana Pankratova's legs "very beautiful."
Pankratova, 36, who is Russian but lives in Spain, has legs that are nearly 52 inches long, or more than 4 feet long. Her upper body has nearly typical proportions, giving her a giraffe-like appearance.
Dressed in a bright-blue mini-dress and low-heeled pumps, Pankratova, 36, said she liked her legs, though they can complicate things. "It's hard to find clothes, especially pants," she said.
At just over 6-foot-4, Pankratova isn't the tallest woman on record. Sandy Allen, of Shelbyville, Indiana, who died recently, held that title at 7 feet, 7 inches, according to the book. The book said He is the shortest man who can walk. More...
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