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Sophie defends shorter-taller romance
12 March 2008
Short men shouldn't be with tall women, according to the social stereotype, but stunning model Sophie Dahl is proud of her relationship with vertically-challenged singer Jamie Cullum.
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The pair have been dating since last March and the model has hit out at the media who have portrayed their relationship as a freak show because, standing at six feet tall, she is eight inches taller than the swing singer.
She told the Times newspaper: "Thanks to genetics the image of us together has been treated like a carnival sideshow.
"What's lost... is that we happen to be two people who met, fell madly in love and will probably produce fairly average-sized children, hopefully with his more elegant feet, not mine."
And Sophie may be on to a good thing. Research conducted in Poland found that genetically women prefer taller men for short-term relationships, but prefer shorter men for long-term relationships.
Sophie said it was unfair that the couple had come under such disdain for dating despite the difference in height.
She said: "Height is one of those things you can't do a whole lot about. It's a bit like colour. If my boyfriend was black, I doubt very much there would have been such a vocal response to our coupling, because that's out of bounds."
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