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World's shortest couple are now engaged after 8 years of being together

Katyucia Hoshino and Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros are on their way into the Guinness Book of World Records as the shortest couple that ever lived after they got engaged.

Katyucia Hoshino and Paulo Gabriel Barros are on their way to making history

Katyucia Hoshino and Paulo Gabriel Barros are very happy together

Photo Credit: Daily Mail

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Daily Mail reports that the couple who are from Brazil, measure a combined five feet and eight inches, with Hoshino who is 27, at 35.2 inches while the 30-year-old Barros, measure at 34.8 inches. The lovers were brought together after some people identified them separately on social media and they have enjoyed their affair since then.

Katyucia Hoshino and Paulo Gabriel Barros are on their way to making history

Photo Credit: Daily Mail

They believe they would make history as the world shortest couple, a record currently held by another Brazilian couple, Douglas Maistre Breger da Silva and Claudia Pereira Rocha, who both measure at 35 inches and 36 inches respectively, and have been married for 18 years.

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Hoshino suffers from achondroplasia dwarfism, a condition that affects bone growth, though that has not stopped her from being romantic.

Katyucia Hoshino and Paulo Gabriel Barros having the fun of their lives

Photo Credit: Daily Mail

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