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Too tall for school

Fourteen-year-old Elisany Silva, who measures 2.06 meters tall poses with her friends and family as her mother Ana Maria Silva (second from left) and her step-father Luiz Jorge (left) looks on in front of her house in Braganca in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para.

Elisany, one of the world's tallest teens who was forced to quit school because she became too big to ride the bus, now dreams of becoming a famous fashion model.

Photo: Reuters

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