How we EMBRACE OUR HANG-UPS

‘IT WAS HARD TO FEEL CONFIDENT’

Andri Benson, 47, a wedding planner, lives in London with her husband Ed, 45, and son Lysander, 15.

Growing up, I never felt cool or popular enough because of my height. At 4ft 11in, my friends were much taller than me. I remember this horrible feeling of just not fitting in and feeling left out.

I come from a short family – my mum Maroulla, 73, is 5ft, and my dad Stavros, 78, is 5ft 5in. So although it was the norm at home, it was hard in the outside world to feel confident.

At university, I’d try to order a drink at the bar on nights out and be completely ignored. People often didn’t see me, which affected how I saw myself.

‘I often surprise people’

Friends would tell me men liked me and I’d immediately