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TOWERING TRIBE

TALL stories usually mean they’re difficult to believe – but in the case of one young woman, the tale she has to tell is 100% true.

Marie Temara was bullied throughout her school years for being taller and bigger than her peers and life was a misery in many ways. But she’s having the last laugh over the meanies now.

The 29-year-old, who’s 1,87m tall, decided to turn to TikTok to talk about her life as a tall person and she struck such a chord and gained such a following that she’s become a hit on social media.

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