{"id":12443,"date":"2019-09-18T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=276163"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","slug":"teen-gets-bullied-after-series-of-drastic-growth-spurts-now-she-has-the-worlds-longest-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/teen-gets-bullied-after-series-of-drastic-growth-spurts-now-she-has-the-worlds-longest-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Gets Bullied After Series Of Drastic Growth Spurts, Now She Has The World\u2019s Longest Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Maci Currin was only 19 inches when born, but a series of growth spurts would soon change everything for the teen from Austin, Texas.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">At about 18 months old, Maci\u2019s mom Trish realized her daughter was going to be exceptionally tall. By this point, she was already 2 feet 11 inches, which is much bigger than the average child her age.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Maci was always a head above her peers and looked like she was at least two years older. And the taller she grew, the more severe her growing pains became.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cThere were four or five years that she grew like five inches in a year, which is a lot,\u201d Trish told Barcroft TV.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276164\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-teen-longest-legs\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" class=\"size-large wp-image-276164 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs-1200x627.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/legs-1000x523.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: YouTube\/Barcroft TV<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">By the time she was 9, Maci stood at 5 feet 7 inches. She finally stopped growing in ninth grade, giving her a much-needed reprieve from the discomfort.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Now Maci is 16 years old. She\u2019s 6 feet 9 inches, and her legs measure a whopping 53 inches \u2014 giving her the longest legs in the world!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276174\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-teen-longest-legs\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-276174 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.15.10-AM.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.15.10-AM.png 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.15.10-AM-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.15.10-AM-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.15.10-AM-768x402.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: YouTube\/Barcroft TV<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Being so tall hasn\u2019t come without its downsides. For instance, she has a difficult time traveling in planes and cars, and don\u2019t even get her started on shopping for clothes that actually fit.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">She has also grown up being teased and bullied over her unconventional appearance.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">But these days, Maci says all the looks, stares, and comments only make her a stronger person \u2014 especially since realizing her dream job.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Watch the video below to learn more!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span class=\"empty\">Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-teen-longest-legs\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maci Currin was only 19 inches when born, but a series of growth spurts would soon change everything for the teen from Austin, Texas.At about 18 months old, Maci\u2019s mom Trish realized her daughter was going to be exceptionally tall. By this point, she was already 2 feet 11 inches, which is much bigger than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45738,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12443\/revisions\/45738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}