How come I’m shorter than what people think I am?

[Anonymous]

[oldpigg]

Short people have higher neoteny, so they tend to have shorter limbs in proportion to their torso, a wider torso in proportion to their limbs, and a larger head in proportion to their torso. If you have long, thin legs and are thin yourself, you will appear tall in photographs. That is why it is difficult to identify the height of fat people and it is also difficult to identify the height of young Asian women, as they have a rather slender and proportionate body, but then you meet them in real life and they are ugly 158-centimeter elves.

[Drumlin2001]

No idea. I'd assume you are 5'2"

[PaleDale]

Do you wear high heels?

[Asker]

No I don’t

[PaleDale]

Maybe they're more interested in your looks and not your height