The short straw

A look at the biggest and smallest stars of the celeb world...

Although 40, the world's most recognisable dwarf, Verne Troyer, is the size of a child - and over a foot smaller than 42-inch Gibson, the world’s tallest dog.

The petite player who tried pluckily to wow the ladies in Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year has even had his own Paris-style sex tape scandal. It wasn’t always bright lights and mobility scooters though, two foot eight inch Verne cut his teeth working for five years in a Taco Bell restaurant.