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Size matters to Hussain THE
world’s tallest man met one of Britain’s tallest
women yesterday — and they agreed that size DOES
matter.
After reading in The Sun yesterday about 7ft 9ins
Hussain Bisad, 6ft 8ins Sarah Fowler was just
longing to see him.
So we arranged a summit conference between her and
33st Hussain — and it soon looked like love was in
the air. Romantic Hussain, 27, said “High there”
with a bunch of flowers.
It made a big impression on Sarah, 32, who said: “I
just love taller men and Hussain certainly fits the
bill. “He looked big in the paper but in the flesh
he’s huge.” The unwed London Tube driver went on:
“Hussain is a big softie. One of the first questions
he asked me was, ‘Are you married?’ “He’s a bit of a
charmer if you ask me.
I can see he’s got that naughty look in his eye. “I
think he stands head and shoulders above other men.
“Too bad I’ve missed Valentine’s Day.” Sarah, from
Hounslow, West London, has been a member of the UK
Tall Persons Club for ten years. And it is clear
that Somali-born asylum-seeker Hussain has Britain’s
tall girls highly interested. Tall smiles ...
Hussain is happy to meet British man mountain Chris
Tall club director Mary Noakes said: “I have had
dozens of calls and enquiries from members asking
about Hussain. “His arrival in Britain has caused
quite a stir.
 “Most
of our women members prefer taller men and they
don’t come as tall as Hussain very often. “I have
several who are waiting to give him an outsized
welcome.” And Sarah said: “The fact he gave me
flowers and that I was the first to meet him will
make lots of girls in the tall club jealous.
” If romance blossomed between Hussain and Sarah
they would become Britain’s tallest couple. But
blushing Sarah joked: “It’s a bit too early to call
Guinness, we’ve only just met.
” Hussain eats four huge meals and drinks three
gallons of water a day and sleeps in a 9ft bed — and
he is still growing at nearly an inch a year. Now he
is to be measured by officials from the Guinness
Book of Records and looks certain to grab the world
height record from 7ft 8ins Tunisian Radhouane
Charbib.
Yesterday Hussain also came face-to-face with
another rival UK man-mountain. Playgrounded ...
Hussain and Chris dwarf little Emilia Kazamias, nine
Chris Greener, 58, has been regarded as Britain’s
tallest man since 1967. But at just 7ft 6ins he
admits his record is about to go.
The Sun arranged for them to meet yesterday at
Hussain’s home near Neasden, North West London.
Accountant Chris said: “He’s big all right. It looks
like my title is under threat. “I’m pleased to
welcome Hussain to this country. It’s nice to look
someone in the eye for a change.
 ”
As the two titans strolled in a nearby park,
onlookers gasped in amazement. Mum-of-two Louise
Pitman, 31, said: “It looks like something out of
Land of the Giants. They are huge.
“I’ve never seen two people so big in all my life.”
For Hussain, the experience of meeting a fellow tall
man was a first. He told The Sun: “I have never met
anyone as tall as Chris. It’s been great fun.
He knows all about life up here. “It’s not always
easy being so tall but meeting someone like him has
been fantastic for me.” As the pair chatted, Hussain
asked Chris: “How big are your feet?” Chris, from
Bromley, Kent, replied:
“Size 17 — so they are a lot smaller than yours.” We
revealed yesterday that Hussain takes Size 26 shoes
and has to have them specially made at £600 a pair.
Chris will officially remain the tallest Briton
until Hussain’s height is confirmed. Hussain, who
has a twin sister Khardra just 5ft 5ins tall, was
named as Somalia’s tallest person in 1998.
 He
was measured then at just over 7ft 7ins but has
grown since. Doctors have warned him that his
abnormal growth is probably a rare condition called
pituitary giantism, which is caused by a tumour.
Sufferers continue to grow after the late teens,
when most people stop developing. Unless treated it
can cause heart trouble, blindness and diabetes.
But yesterday Hussain, who has Home Office
permission to stay in Britain, was happy to learn
that he has been made an honorary member of the
1,000-strong UK Tall Persons Club. He is to be
invited to club functions around the country. He
said: “I have been treated very well since arriving
in Britain. I love the people here, everyone is very
friendly.
And I certainly like the look of some of the women.”
Sarah Fowler, the girl who Hussain took to
yesterday, towers above the average British man, who
is a mere 5ft 10ins.
The Guinness Book of Records does not have a
category for Britain’s tallest woman. But the
tallest women ever to live in Britain was Jane
Bunford, from London. According to Guinness, Jane
was a giant 7ft 4ins. She died in 1922.
The current female world record holder is Sandy
Allen, 47, from America. She measures up at an
incredible 7ft 7½ins Last November The Sun revealed
that newlyweds Keisha Bolton, 22, and 6ft 5ins, and
her 7ft hubby Wilco van Kleef, 20, from Dagenham,
Essex, were the tallest British couple |
