World's Smallest Girl Starts School: 'She Looks Like A Doll But Made Of Strong Stuff'
Sept. 24 2012, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
At just 27 inches tall and weighing nine pounds, Charlotte Garside was tiny enough to fit inside most of her classmates' backpacks on their first day of school last week.
The five-year-old from East Yorkshire, England, has been named the world's smallest girl, but that didn't stop her from walking tall on the milestone day, reported the Huffington Post UK.
Charlotte was born with a form of Primordial Dwarfism so rare that the doctors don't have a name for it, and many believed that she wouldn't even survive past the age of one, but she defied the odds.
With her mop of bright red hair and doll-like features, the school girl is boisterous and inquisitive at heart despite only currently being the size of a newborn and smaller than her favorite teddy bear, say her proud parents, Scott Garside and Emma Newman.
"Although Charlotte is a one in a million baby with some health problems, she is not the sort of person who will fade into the background," gushed her mom, who revealed she was a little worried that she might get bullied by the larger kids. "She may be small but she has a massive personality and wants to do everything a normal five-year-old does."
According to big sisters Chloe, 15, Sabrina, 12, and Sophie, 8, their little sibling is a force to be reckoned with in the family home and can easily stand up for herself.
"She might look like a