Real life Thumbelina ...
Five-year-old Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley suffers from a rare condition that makes her look like a doll that's come to life. Here's her website
http://littlekenadie.com/main.html
Five-year-old Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley suffers from a rare condition that makes her look like a doll that's come to life. Here's her website
http://littlekenadie.com/main.html


"When people see her running about and laughing, they can't believe it," says Brianne. "They're fascinated. They think she's like a little doll come to life." When she goes shopping with her mum, people stare in wonder and try to touch her, she's become the star in her hometown.

Fortunately, Kenadie's a happy outgoing girl, so most of the time she doesn't mind the attention, but occasionally she does find it a bit overwhelming. "Sometimes she goes to daycare and all the other children want to play with her," explains her mum. "They start calling out as soon as we walk in, but they tower above her — some are two or three times her size — and at times she can find it all a bit too much."

Kenadie was born with a rare genetic condition known as primordial dwarfism, which causes growth to be stunted from conception. Such children grow very slowly until their mid-teens, but look like miniature people because their bodies remain within normal proportions...
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