At 208cm, a 20-year-old Brazilian girl named Elisany de Cruz Silva has a rare form of gigantism caused by a benign tumor in her ptuitary gland (which doctors have since removed). Since the age of 13, she’s suffered from severe joint pain and migraines, and her lifelong aspirations of being a model have been roundly quashed as she’s exceeded any industry standards in terms of height. (She’s going to keep trying, she says.) She also got teased by classmates and was too tall to ride the school bus properly. Elisany married her 164cm tall boyfriend, Francinaldo in 2014, and she still wants to become a model. She is so stuck on having a child that she is willing to adopt if she does not fall pregnant. The youngster is worried that she may not conceive because of a form of gigantism that was caused when a tumour grew on her pituitary gland.