Celebrity height differences - Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Zoe Kravitz

[Anonymous]

Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

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Those photos in the OP remind me of the Biden/Carter photo from earlier this week. They look like optical illusions!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zoe makes me want to run out and get a pixie cut.

+1

She looks fantastic in a pixie! The only other celeb who looks equally good in one is Natalie Portman.

You forgot about the most amazing celeb pixie of all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

Sorry but a 5'11'' woman is like 99th percentile in height, they stand out a mile a way. The average female height in the US is 5' 3.5"

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Anonymous wrote:Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

I think because we see so many tall models we forget how unusual 5'11" is for a woman. Among American woman age 20-29, the median woman is ~5'4-1/2". A 5'1" woman is at the 12th percentile. Her tall corollary (that is, the woman who is as far from the mean as she is) is just under 5'8". A 5'11" woman is in the 99th percentile. (A height 1 percenter!) A woman in the 1st percentile for height is under 4'11"

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

Sorry but a 5'11'' woman is like 99th percentile in height, they stand out a mile a way. The average female height in the US is 5' 3.5"

LOL, we were typing at the same time.

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I was always surprised to see celebs IRL at the White House Correspondence events. Most were very tiny.

[Anonymous]

Reminds me of these pictures of Rihanna and Hayley Williams who looks like she could star on Little People but is actually 5'2!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

I think because we see so many tall models we forget how unusual 5'11" is for a woman. Among American woman age 20-29, the median woman is ~5'4-1/2". A 5'1" woman is at the 12th percentile. Her tall corollary (that is, the woman who is as far from the mean as she is) is just under 5'8". A 5'11" woman is in the 99th percentile. (A height 1 percenter!) A woman in the 1st percentile for height is under 4'11"

Huh. PP here - my perception may be skewed because I'm just over 5'8", almost 5'9". I know I'm tall, but didn't think I was that far from median! 5'11" doesn't seem crazy to me but I guess that's my height bias showing . I honestly thought the US median was closer to 5'6", so I stand corrected.

But, my point still stands that the differences appear even more exaggerated because there is nobody in-between standing with them. If these lovely ladies were standing in a big crowd of mid-heighters, yes they would still stand out as the extremes of the group, but it would look more like a continuum. Here it's just really stark that everyone is super-short OR super-tall, there's no in between.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reminds me of these pictures of Rihanna and Hayley Williams who looks like she could star on Little People but is actually 5'2!

According to Wikipedia, Rhianna is only 5'8"---on the tall side, but not a giant. In those photos it looks like way more than a six inch difference! You can't see what kind of shoes Rhianna is wearing because of her pants length, but they must be massive platforms!

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Anonymous wrote:The tall ladies look sooo much better. Reese looks like a troll.

I think the tiny ones look better. But than again I’m 5’3.
They look amazing.

[Anonymous]

^ Rihanna is 5'8.. tall, but not *that* tall compared to 5'2" woman, but in that pix, she must be wearing platforms to be a foot taller.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reminds me of these pictures of Rihanna and Hayley Williams who looks like she could star on Little People but is actually 5'2!

According to Wikipedia, Rhianna is only 5'8"---on the tall side, but not a giant. In those photos it looks like way more than a six inch difference! You can't see what kind of shoes Rhianna is wearing because of her pants length, but they must be massive platforms!

The second photo had to have been photoshopped to make the redhead even shorter! Lol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among a normal population, 5'1" to 5'2" would look short but not freakishly short. 5'10" to 5'11" would look tall but not freakishly tall.

What makes that particular group look wild is that there is nobody in the middle - they are all either really short or really tall. If that group were mixed in with a lot of 5'5" to 5'8" women, the differences wouldn't look quite so striking.

I think because we see so many tall models we forget how unusual 5'11" is for a woman. Among American woman age 20-29, the median woman is ~5'4-1/2". A 5'1" woman is at the 12th percentile. Her tall corollary (that is, the woman who is as far from the mean as she is) is just under 5'8". A 5'11" woman is in the 99th percentile. (A height 1 percenter!) A woman in the 1st percentile for height is under 4'11"

Huh. PP here - my perception may be skewed because I'm just over 5'8", almost 5'9". I know I'm tall, but didn't think I was that far from median! 5'11" doesn't seem crazy to me but I guess that's my height bias showing . I honestly thought the US median was closer to 5'6", so I stand corrected.

But, my point still stands that the differences appear even more exaggerated because there is nobody in-between standing with them. If these lovely ladies were standing in a big crowd of mid-heighters, yes they would still stand out as the extremes of the group, but it would look more like a continuum. Here it's just really stark that everyone is super-short OR super-tall, there's no in between.

A 5'2 woman with heels wouldn't stand out in a crowd, but a 5'11 woman, with or without heels would still stand out.

[Anonymous]

There is a reason all supermodels are tall.