Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
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A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .
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Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .
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A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
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SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
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