Junrey Balawing, center, smiles as he is measured by Guinness World Records adjudicator Craig Glenday, left, for the last of a series of measurements conducted at Sindangan Municipal Hall, Sindangan ... more 

Junrey Balawing, center, smiles as he is measured by Guinness World Records adjudicator Craig Glenday, left, for the last of a series of measurements conducted at Sindangan Municipal Hall, Sindangan township, Zamboanga Del Norte province in Southern Philippines, Sunday June 12, 2011, his 18th birthday and coincidentally the Philippines' Independence Day. Balawing was officially declared 'the world's shortest living man' with a measurement of 23.5 inches (59.93 centimeters) dislodging Nepal's Khagendra Thapa Magar with a measurement of 26.4 inches. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) less