Britain's tallest girl: Jessica Pardoe, 18, can look 負かす／撃墜する on Peter Crouch

By Alison Smith Squire for MailOnline
Updated: 09:30 BST, 25 July 2011

Standing tall: Jessica Pardoe has to duck when walking through doors

Many of her peers love nothing more than finishing off an outfit with a pair of vertiginous heels.

But at 6ft 9in ? with size 11 feet ? Jessica Pardoe doesn’t get to wear stilettos very often.

For Britain’s tallest teenage girl, shopping for shoes is more of a chore than a hobby.

‘I have to buy them from specialist shops on the internet,’ says 18-year-old 行方不明になる Pardoe. ‘I would love to be able to pop out and buy a cheap pair, but the 最小限 cost is around £50.’

Tailoring can also mean trouble, with the art and design student having a 38in inside 脚.

‘I 港／避難所’t ever heard of any woman with longer 脚s than 地雷,’ she says. ‘Fortunately I? can buy 流行の／上流の 着せる／賦与するs? online ? although they are much more expensive.’

にもかかわらず these annoyances, 行方不明になる Pardoe doesn’t let her 高さ get her 負かす／撃墜する.

‘I’m really proud to be this tall,’? she 強調する／ストレスs. ‘It does make me? more noticeable, but I don’t mind 存在 a bit different. And it has so many advantages.

‘I love going to music festivals, and it’s 広大な／多数の／重要な to be able to see over everyone’s 長，率いるs in a （人が）群がる.’

During one such event this? month she was 押し寄せる／沼地d with requests for photos and a Facebook page which was 始める，決める up in her? honour ? 肩書を与えるd ‘The 8 foot Girl At Wakestock 2011’ ? has 獲得するd almost 4,000 fans.

Her mother Lisa, 41, 対策 just over 6ft while father Andrew, 43, is two インチs shorter than 行方不明になる Pardoe at 6ft 7in ? the same 高さ as England striker Peter Crouch. Their daughter appears to have stopped growing about 18 months ago.

Although she is ‘選び出す／独身 権利 now’, 行方不明になる Pardoe （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that men ‘don’t seem to mind my 高さ at all’, 追加するing: ‘I have had a few boyfriends and go on dates.’

If she does need advice on 対処するing with her size, there is one family member she can look up to. Little brother Niall, 17, is 6ft 10in.

Mother Lisa, an 行政官／管理者, who is 離婚d, said: 'When 足緒 was born she 重さを計るd 8Ib 10oz and 手段d a long but not unusual 53cms from 長，率いる to toe. But by the time she was 18 months she was much taller than other girls of her age.

'In fact, as she sat in her pushchair passers-by used to give me strange looks as I’m sure they believed she was too big to still be sat in it.'

Within weeks of starting 第２位 school 行方不明になる Pardoe had grown to 5ft 9 in ? the same 高さ as the 普通の／平均（する） British man.

手段ing up: Jessica's friend Zoe 持つ／拘留するs a tape to her long 脚s. The teen is taller than footballer Peter Crouch

Her mum 追加するs: 'I 推定する／予想するd 足緒 would be tall. After all, she has 相続するd both 地雷 and Andrew’s 遺伝子s. Then other 親族s on both 味方するs of the family are tall. 足緒 has an auntie who is 6ft 2in and an uncle who is 6ft 7in.

'That said I never 推定する／予想するd 足緒 would continue to keep growing as she did ? and I never 推定する／予想するd her to 結局最後にはーなる やめる as tall as she is now.'

一方／合間, the 十代の少年少女 says she is used to ducking when she walks through doorways. 'I’ve got used to 確実にするing I don’t bump my 長，率いる on low 天井s. And fortunately I sleep curled up on my 味方する so am やめる happy with a 基準 size bed.'

So young: When Jessica was born she was 53 centimetres from 長，率いる to toe

Growing 苦痛s: By the time she was 18 months old Jessica, pictured as a toddler on the left and with her brother Niall on the 権利, was much taller than other girls her age

However, normal life does 提起する／ポーズをとる a few problems.

She explains: 'I recently 入会させるd for 運動ing lessons. But when I sat in the car I 簡単に couldn’t fit my 脚s under the wheel. The 運動ing 指導者 押し進めるd the seat 支援する as far as it would go but it was hopeless.

'Luc kily his 甥 has a bigger car and with the seat 押し進めるd 権利 支援する in that, 結局 I fitted in.'

A spokeswoman for the Tall Person’s Club of 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain said last night they did not have a taller woman on their 調書をとる／予約するs.

Helen Porter said: 'At 6ft 9in this lady is exceptionally tall. I have checked our 記録，記録的な／記録するs and 現在／一般に our tallest 女性（の） member is 6ft 8in. We certainly believe at that 高さ she must be the tallest teenage girl in Britain.'