Celebrity Dating, Tall Men Dating Women Under 5'3

Dating Someone Much Shorter Than You, Awkward or Doesn't Matter?

Shamontiel
Producers turned Jada Pinkett down for the role as Lisa, Will Smith's girlfriend on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." Why? They thought Jada being 5'0 would look odd next to Will Smith at 6'2. Interesting how the producers thought Jada was too short, but Will clearly had no height issues with her. The couple has been married for 13 years.

Check out some other short women who have had no problems finding a man regardless of height difference.

Couple 2: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle (4'11) just married Clifford "T.I." Harris (5'9) in July after being together for almost 10 years. (Note: While he's not tall, in comparison to her frame, he's almost a foot taller than her.)

Couple 3: Paula Abdul (5'0) used to date Arsenio Hall (5'11)

Couple 4: Kim Kardashian (5'2) used to date Reggie Bush (6'0)

Couple 5:Toni Braxton (almost 5'2) was married to Keri Lewis (height unknown, from photo of Braxton with heels on, he's at least 5'10)

Couple 6: Shannen Doherty (5'2) dated Kurt Iswarienko (height unknown, from photo of Doherty with heels on, he's at least 6'0.

Couple 7:Lil' Kim (almost 4'10) had an affair with Notorious B.I.G. (6'3)

Couple 8: Christina Milian (5'2) was in a relationship with Nick Cannon (5'11) before he married Mariah Carey.

Couple 9: Dolly Parton (5'0) has been married to Carl Dean (6'2) for 44 years, according to IMDB.

Couple 10: Sissy Spacek (5'2) has been married to Jack Fisk for 36 years, according to IMDB. His height is unavailable, but judging from the photo, he's about a foot taller than her.

Believe it or not, there is a website for dating women who are short, including women in the Chicago area. Click here to join. The purpose of the site is to target people who "feel more comfortable dating people shorter than average," for those who are "a little on the short side, or you are dealing with a congenital issue that led to short stature or dwarfism."

Did you know?

Mary Kate Olsen is 5'0.

Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas is 5'0.

Ashley Olsen is 5'1.

Missy Elliott is 5'1.

Salma Hayek is almost 5'2.

Joan Rivers is 5'2.

Nelly Furtado is 5'2.

Shirley Temple is 5'2.

Lady Gaga is 5'1.

Nia Long is 5'2.

Alyssa Milano is almost 5'2.

Kelly Osbourne is 5'2.

Published by Shamontiel

Shamontiel is the author of Round Trip and Change for a Twenty, and in mid-October became the Chicago Tribune s Digital News Editor. She works on National Travel, Health and occasionally Breaking News, and w...  View profile

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  • Alyce Rocco10/24/2011

    I am short and prefer short men; men who I can see eye to eye with rather than craning my neck to look up at a tall man during conversation. I stopped wearing high heels many years ago, and just feel more comfortable dancing with someone close to my own size.

  • Shamontiel12/29/2010

    Hi Cindy, thanks for reading my content. (I got the PM.) It's strange how it works out that way, but I'm 5'3 and when I calculate the guys I've dated over the years, about 85% of them were over 6'0. I dated a guy once who was 5'11, and I thought, "He's a little too short." *laughing* Dating guys near my height feels really odd for me, but anyway, I enjoyed checking this one out. There were some female celebs who I never thought were as short as they are. The heels can fool you!

  • Cindy Barnes Eckhart12/29/2010

    Seems like tall men are drawn to petite girls! Interesting read. Loved it!!! :)

  • Lorena Richie12/28/2010

    interesting. fun read

  • Ava Sanders12/10/2010

    This was fun to read, nice article.

  • Abby Willow11/2/2010

    I'm just under 4' 11" and my fiance is 6'1"- he's also 200 lbs, where I am 85 lbs. I like how he is HUGE compared to me- but I never thought we might look odd in public. We get odd looks for the age difference (he's 40, I'm 26 and look 12), but I guess we might look like an odd couple to other people because of our height difference.

  • Shamontiel L. Vaughn10/18/2010

    Zona, this is a reprinted entry, but I did have a lot of fun writing it the first time. I went through that Celeb Height site thinking, "Women are seriously fooling the public with these heels." I thought plenty of these ladies here and even the ones who are up to 5'5 were WAY taller. Thanks for reading.

  • Zona Zirconia10/18/2010

    Excellent; thanks for sharing ♥ Great research and information :)

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