Meet Smitten Brazilian Pair Who Are World’s Shortest Couple

Smitten Brazilian couple, Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros and Katyucia Hoshino, suffer from different forms of dwarfism and are reportedly the world’s shortest couple. The pair who are both less than 3 feet tall and eyeing the Guinness Book of World Records, revealed they met on a social media website ten years ago and started chatting on MSN Messenger.

According to DailyMail, Paulo, 30, revealed for him, it was love at first sight. He said, ‘I found her very beautiful from the first moment I saw her.’ His boo, 26, however said she found him annoying at first and blocked him. She said, ‘The first time I started talking to Paulo, he was really annoying. He had cheap-pick up lines.’

Paulo, a legal secretary, added, ‘She thought I was trying to flirt but I was just being nice. According to her I was a really boring guy.’

Katyucia however decided to unblock him 18 months later. The beautician revealed, ‘One day something happened in my head and I went and unblocked him. By then he was already more relatable.’

Paulo added, ‘When she unblocked me, it didn’t take me more than a minute to say hello. We started speaking and she said I was more civilised.’

Paulo travelled over 186 miles to meet his love in her home city, Londrina, two months later. When they met, Paulo said he was swept off his feet by her beauty and sweet personality. However, shy Katyucia was not impressed with how he dressed.

She said, ‘He was wearing an orange shirt, jeans and sunglasses – thank God it has improved since then.’

Their relationship kicked off five days later and after four years, they quit having a long distance relationship and moved in together.

On how it’s been so far, Katyucia gushed,

‘I had never dated before so Paulo is my first boyfriend, my first everything. We fight like every couple. A couple that doesn’t fight isn’t a normal couple. Our thoughts match, our ideas match, our feelings match and that’s really cool.

His best quality is his simplicity. He is a person like any other. I think as a couple we are both different people, we aren’t the same person. We discuss our relationship, sit down and talk and get to a resolution.

I have a really difficult temper; dealing with me is not easy, but Paulo is so understanding and patient – that’s what I find most attractive about him.’

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Paulo added, ‘Basically, we are a normal couple but our height is a little smaller. The best thing about our relationship is our closeness, our companionship we have for each other. She supports me in everything, she’s my little warrior.’

Paulo, who intends to run for mayor in his home town of Itapeva, has a specially-adapted car to enable him to drive, while Katyucia’s beauty salon has been specially modified for her height.

Regardless of the challenges their small size predisposes them to and discrimination they often face, the couple are considering tying the knot and having their own kids, though Paulo has not proposed yet and it may be difficult for Katyucia to carry a baby full-term because of her size.

Photo credit: Thiago Antonovas/Barcroft Imag