Paulo, 30, has diastrophic dysplasia dwarfism, while 26-year-old Katyucia has achondroplasia dwarfism.They are hoping to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for their size after meeting on social media 10 years ago.“I found her very beautiful from the first moment I saw her,” Paulo recalled.
Unfortunately Katyucia took a little longer to get on board.She explained: “The first time I started talking to Paulo, he was really annoying. He had cheap pick-up lines.”Paulo added: “She thought I was trying to flirt but I was just being nice. “According to her I was a really boring guy.”
Things almost didn’t go any further, but Katyucia had a change of heart 18 months later and decided to unblock Paulo on the site.They got talking, and their romance grew from there.“One day something happened in my head and I went and unblocked him. By then he was already more relatable,” Katyucia explained. 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.”After two months Paulo took the 186-mile trip to visit Katyucia in Londrina, the city where she’s from.He was bowled over by her beauty – while she was shy and unimpressed with his dress sense.Paulo said: “What most attracted me to her, besides her beauty, was how sweet she was. It was her sweet personality.”
Katyucia added: “He was wearing an orange shirt, jeans and sunglasses – thank God it has improved since then.”She was initially worried about having a long-distance relationship, but after five days they started dating and four years later they moved in together.“I had never dated before so Paulo is my first boyfriend, my first everything,” Katyucia said.Now they say they are like any other couple.
Paulo has a specially-adapted car to enable him to drivePaulo, who has ambitions to run for mayor in his home town of Itapeva, said: ‘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.’Katyucia added: ‘We fight like every couple. A couple that doesn’t fight isn’t a normal couple.
The couple don’t let their height stop them doing anything
Katyucia added: ‘One of the difficulties I encounter is with the oven, the sink, the washing machine and opening a window and opening doors.’
She said: ‘We’ve discussed having kids. My pregnancy would be high risk because the size of my uterus wouldn’t support a baby.
‘We’ve decided to let things happen at the right moment. In regards to the future we say: ‘never say never’.’
“We’ve discussed having kids. My pregnancy would be high risk because the size of my uterus wouldn’t support a baby.
“We’ve decided to let things happen at the right moment. In regards to the future we say: ‘Never say never.’
“In terms of personal goals, I want to one day get married, I want us to have our own house and have our own dogs. Whether we have kids or not, I want to be happy, that’s what I want.”
The couple have been together for eight years
