World's smallest woman hopes to go global after launching career on India's Big Brother
- Jyoti Amge, who is just over 2ft tall, has joined the cast of 'Bigg Boss'
- Hopes to use her appearance on the show to demonstrate her acting skills
- The 19-year-old admits having a crush on the show's host Salman Khan
By Sam Adams
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Aspirations: Jyoti Amge, 19, is hoping to become a Bollywood star after joining other celebrities on India's version of Big Brother
She might be tiny, but she has big ambitions.
Jyoti Amge, 19, who is just 24.7ins tall, joined a cast of models and bit-part actors in a mud hut built to house the contestants last night.
She hopes to use her appearance on Bigg Boss to show off her acting skills.
'I am participating in the show because I want to have a career in Bollywood,' she said.
'These people contacted me through email and I couldn't say no to them because I watch the show religiously.
'I will not fight with anyone on the show and will come out
as a winner.'
Ms Amge, from Nagpur in central India, is no stranger to the limelight.
Roughly the size of a one-year-old
baby, she attracts crowds of curious onlookers wherever she goes.
The teenager has already appeared on
game shows, in music videos and has been the subject of two critically
acclaimed documentaries.
Admitting to a crush on the show's
host, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, Jyoti said her dream was to star
in a movie with the action hero.
'I really like Salman a lot and I'm thrilled that I will be able to meet him finally,' she said, 'I'm really excited because I will
now get to showcase my skills to the masses.
'And I want to show the world that size doesn't matter and a person like me can also stay happily with the so-called normal size people as a part of one large happy family.'
Ms Amge, from Nagpur in central India joined this year's series of India's Big Brother and intends to show her country that despite her size she has some punch
Ms Amge was being paid almost £1,200 for entering the popular Bigg Boss series, which saw Jade Goody appear in 2008, just before she was diagnosed with cancer
Tiny: Ms Amge - posing with Yukta, two, in Nagpur (left) and tucking into a tasty treat (right) - stands just 24.7 inches tall. She is hoping to show off her acting skills on the Bigg Boss reality show
Bigg Boss is based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol.
It features housemates living in a purpose-built house who are kept isolated from the outside world. The housemates in the Indian version are mostly celebrities with the exception of one who is a non-celebrity selected via auditions.
Housemates are overseen by a mysterious person known as 'Bigg Boss', whose only presence in the house is through his voice.
Ms Amge is no stranger to the limelight. At roughly the size of a one-year-old baby, she attracts crowds of curious onlookers wherever she goes
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