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Growing up, Joelison Fernandes da Silva thought finding love would be a tall order. The 7-foot, 8-inch Brazilian grew up with low self-esteem after being bullied as a teen. DaSilva, 28, even dropped out of school and avoided interpersonal contact to avoid being stared at -- not easy when you're Brazil's tallest man. "I saw myself as abnormal," DaSilva told Barcroft TV. DaSilva had an operation seven years to remove a benign tumor on his pituitary gland that stopped his growth. Since then, his confidence has grown and so has his circle of admirers, one of whom caught his eye: 5-foot-tall Evem Medeiros, 21. "The day I saw her, I think it was love at first sight," DaSilva said, according to the Metro. Medeiros admits her dad almost short-circuited when he met her very tall boyfriend. "He told me 'Daughter, I told you to get a man, a great man. You exaggerated,'" she said, according to the Metro. The two lovebirds have s...
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