Fifteen-year-old suffering from dwarfism refuses to live an abnormal life

Britain's smallest 15-year-old refuses to let her dwarfism get her down, the Daily Mail reports.

Georgia Rankin is 2 feet, eight inches tall - a result of a rare form of skeletal dysplasia, or dwarfism, in which the bones are fused together, stunting growth.

Even still, the girl from Warrington, Cheshire continues to live a normal life, albeit with modifications. For example, with prom around the corner, Georgia has already purchased a flattering jewelled dress - made for a young child.

At first, Georgia's parents, Andrea and Simon, were told she would not be able to survive her early teens. After a decade of medical care, however, the girl from Warrington, Cheshire is now able to live an independent life.

"I just forget I am small," Georgia said. "I see myself as the same as everyone else. I don't know anything different. I have always been small. When I started school I didn't notice I was different - it was only when I got a bit older that I realized."

Andrea, now 36, gave birth to her firstborn, Georgia, when she was 21. Upon noticing that their daughter could not walk properly, she and her husband sent her to countless specialists, forwarding her X-rays to doctors all over the world. No one was able to identify their daughter's condition.

Last October, Georgia underwent a surgery during which surgeons shaved off the jagged tops of her thigh bones in order to free her from the constant pain she was in.

"I was really sore afterwards. I had to have an epidural inserted which had to stay in for five days," she said. "I was on morphine and ketamine but the pain in my left hip was unbearable. My right hip felt so much better; the pain was easing each day."