An Australian politician who as a schoolgirl had been ridiculed for her short stature, had her legs broken and stretched to grow a measly three inches, to 5-foot-4.
The once-puny pol, Hajnal Ban, endured nine months of excruciating pain as doctors lengthened her limbs by a millimeter a day after breaking them in four places.
"A lot of young females have insecurities about their weight or their nose; mine was my height," she said.
