“I always exercise my right to vote and it is my duty to the country.”

Nagpur:

People turned and smiled when Jyoti Kishanji Amge, the world’s shortest woman, emerged for the Lok Sabha elections on Friday morning.

Jyoti, who is 62.8 centimeters (2 feet 3/4 inches) tall but smiling but a little shy, arrived with her family in her arms to avoid the crowds at a polling station at a school near her home.

She was wearing a Barbie-style red dress, blood-red lipstick and a few trinkets on her fingers and wrists, and as soon as she arrived at the venue, paparazzi swarmed her until she entered the polling station, taking in all the fuss and commotion. giggle. There is a lot of attention paid to her.

“This is my second time to vote in the Lok Sabha elections, I have voted twice, even in the Maharashtra Assembly elections… I always exercise my right to vote and it is my duty towards the country ,” an excited Jyoti told IANS after the match. As she cast her vote, she proudly showed off her little finger to the media.

Just last month, Nagpur-born Jyoti became a global celebrity by making a strong appeal on behalf of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra, urging people to vote.

“Voting is our duty and right… through our vote, we can ensure that a good leader is elected to represent us,” said the petite 30-year-old, who is the brand ambassador of Missionsky India Human Rights Association.

Incidentally, on December 16, 2011, Jyoti’s 18th birthday, Guinness World Records officially declared Jyoti the shortest-lived woman on earth, catapulting her to fame and becoming the darling of the Indian city of Orange.

Her vertical growth was stunted due to a genetic disorder called primordial dwarfism, but she has stood tall in movies and TV shows in India and Hollywood. She has been the subject of documentaries and media articles around the world.

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