World's tallest man marries


Updated: 2007-07-16 10:06

The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 metres (7 feet 9 inches), and his bride (in red veil at left) are surrounded by guests at their public wedding ceremony at the tomb of Kublai Khan on the outskirts of Erdos, in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Thursday, July 12, 2007. Bao married 1.68-meter-tall Xia Shujuan, who is half the groom's age at 28, after conducting a worldwide search for a bride. Xia is from Bao's hometown of Chifeng in northern China. [AP]

The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 metres (7 feet 9 inches), and his bride (in red veil at left) are surrounded by guests at their public wedding ceremony at the tomb of Kublai Khan on the outskirts of Erdos, in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Thursday, July 12, 2007. Bao married 1.68-meter-tall Xia Shujuan, who is half the groom's age at 28, after conducting a worldwide search for a bride. Xia is from Bao's hometown of Chifeng in northern China. [AP]
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