COMM: At five years old Charlotte Garside
stands at just sixty eight centimetres tall and weighs little more than a newborn. But
the youngster, once crowned the smallest girl in the world, doesn't let her tiny proportions
stop her from having fun with her big sisters.
EMMA: We've been told that Charlotte looks
like a porcelain doll, she looks just like a baby in a pram. People still call her baby
Charlotte, which riles me something chronic, because she's not a baby. She's five years
old.
COMM: Charlotte was born with a rare genetic
condition called primordial dwarfism. At birth she measured just two pounds and measured
a mere twenty five centimetres.
EMMA: When Charlotte she was, she was extremely
fragile. I have said she looked like a skinned rabbit but when I first ever saw her, all
I saw was her face, because she had a little pink hat on, and she was covered in bubble
wrap all the way up to her neck.
COMM: Mum Emma and dad Scott were warned that
her chances of survival were slim.
COMM: Charlotte's family want her to live
as normal life as possible, and her natural inquisitive nature means she in progressing
well with her development.
SABRINA: I think I might be a bit close with
Charlotte than what Chloe and Sophie are, because like of how much time I spend with
her. I just see her as a normal five year old really, just smaller than normal five
year olds.
COMM: And with the support of her older sisters,
Chloe, Sabrina and Sophie, she gets to experience the same things as any five year old.
EMMA: Life without Charlotte would be very
dull. Everyone says, you look at her, she smiles, you smile back. It's an automatic
reaction to smile back, because she's just so beautiful.
MAN: What does she bring to the family?
EMMA: A sense of fulfillment I think. Umm, she's just a lovely bubbly child.
COMM: And with a loving family and a fighting
spirit, Charlotte has shown the world she can conquer new heights.
EMMA: You give him kisses, you give him a
kiss. Good girl.