– The world’s shortest couple are set to walk the aisle – The couple has being living together for eight years – The hope to be recognized as the shortest married couple in the world World shortest couple Katyucia and Paulo Nigerian music artist Adekunle Gold in his song Ready said“There is a man for every woman, a woman for every man…” The world’s shortest couple with a combined height of just 5ft 10in is set to walk the aisle after living together as live-in-lover for eight years. Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros 34.8in popped the question to 35.2in girlfriend, Katyucia Hoshino in the presence of their closest friends at a sushi restaurant in their hometown of Itupeva, Brazil. The couple revealed their love for each grows bigger by the day. During the proposal dinner, Paulo said:“Everything I researched, everything I planned on saying, I am going to forget it. I am going to do what my heart tells me. Everything is going to be improvised. As everyone knows, we’ve been together for eight years between living together and dating. And we haven’t got married yet. And since you our friends that have accompanied our journey for a long time, I wanted to share this with you and ask her to marry me.” The couple sharing a kiss An astonished Katyucia could not bring herself to answer in the affirmative until after some minutes. She said:“Are you serious babe? Are you okay? Do you have a fever?” The couple from Brazil hopes their engagement can lead to their official recognition as the world’s shortest couple. The 30-year-old has diastrophic dysplasia dwarfism while 26-year-old Katyucia has achondroplasia dwarfism. The couple has to overcome many difficulties of being little people in big men’s world.While he drives a specially adapted car, she orders special furniture for her salon to be able to work there. Posted on 06/08/16