Enrique Iglesias Height

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Enrique Iglesias Height

Enrique Iglesias height: 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm)
Singer, said in an online chat: "My size. I'm 6'2". I think a lot of people think I'm smaller though"
Here is a transcript of the Jonathan Ross show where the host comments on Enrique's size:

Jonathan: Hey, you're a lot taller than I thought you were!
Enrique: That's what a lot of people say! They always think I'm a lot smaller!

Jonathan: I thought you were one of those tiny little Spanish blokes. You're like, what are you, six two?
Enrique: Yeah, I'm six two.

Jonathan: You're like virtually a giant in Spain, I imagine, aren't you?
Enrique: No! I mean people are not, not everyone's a midget in Spain.

Jonathan: You're a big man, enjoy that bigness!

Jonathan: [looking at the audience] He's so much taller than I expected, I've kinda had the wind knocked out of me!
Enrique: You're pretty tall too.

Jonathan: Everyone knows I'm tall.

Jonathan: Did they think you were too tall?
Enrique: No, I wasn't tall in high school. I was pretty small, I suddenly grew.

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Anonymous says on 12/Mar/10
His height probably fluctuates between 186-188cm mainly he could claim 188, he looks tall, He is 187/188cm.

Disgusted says on 9/Mar/10
For the love of God, go out and get some sun. You people care way too much about the lives of celebrities, as it is... do you really need to go into the historical background of their nationalities in order to justify their "morning heights"...? lol

JoshJ says on 24/Feb/10
definitely over 6'1. i would put him at the listed height though he probably hits 188cm in the morning.

Hugh 190-192cm says on 24/Feb/10
looks about 4 inches taller than Sheen. Probably 6 when Sheen takes off the shoes.

Anonymous says on 3/Feb/10
Enrique barefoot next to Sheen in shoes.
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italiandude says on 31/Jan/10
Hugh 190-192cm says on 8/Jan/10
187-188cm which is tall for a spaniard

actually 188 is tall for everybody not only spaniards

Heightcritique says on 22/Jan/10
In the photo I posted on 1/Sep/09 of Julio Iglesias and Enrique, there is a difference of about 1" t0 .5" between the two so 6'1 1/2" is probably the lowest gauge I can estimate for Enrique. There is no question about Enrique's father height at 6'1" in his days where he played for Real Madrid football club, as that was his official barefoot stat height in the Liga and in FIFA.

DMEYER says on 21/Jan/10
does look this range in how i met your mother defenetly 6 ft 1 plus

dr dorian says on 19/Jan/10
he is 6'0",75 barefoot and 1 inch taller with shoes

alexiel says on 11/Jan/10
183cm

Hugh 190-192cm says on 8/Jan/10
187-188cm which is tall for a spaniard

Hugh 190-192cm says on 30/Dec/09
Juilo Iglesias should get page on this site

Tina says on 30/Dec/09
Southern Europeans have better body proportions? After traveling around Europe, and living here all my life,I can tell you it's the other way around.

antropolgists says on 27/Dec/09
I don`t think Enrique is 187 cm but he is above 180 for sure. A little offtopic, It is true that the average height of men in Southern Europe is smaller than men in Northern Europe but it is also true that that men in Southern Europe have better body proportions than in Northern Europe.

MarcusTheSwede says on 20/Dec/09
Alexiel has right. 183cm without his massive shoes. I have seen him live and in sneakers and I am 183 and we where same height.Not a cm taller.

Spanish girl says on 10/Nov/09
Hello! In defense of those who think that Spaniards are a bit tiny,I must say that maybe the medium height in Spain has increased more than in any other European country in the last half century. Nowadays, I am over 5.75 and my boyfriend is 6.15, and it could be a normal height to find (only a bit over the medium). But my grandparents are both around 5.7 and they are weirdly tall for people their age (they are 85).

Heightcritique says on 4/Nov/09
Karl Karlsen: Casillas is 6'1" and Valdes is 6', and Julio Iglesias in the roaster of Real Madrid was 6'1", so don't question my knowledge of the liga. If you back to the Spanish Liga say 20 years ago, no golie was below 6'1". As far as your insult, you're the moron by thinking you know more football than me. I am a fan of Barcelona FC among others.

Karl Karlsen says on 3/Nov/09
No, no. He's NOT 6'1.5 at least. 6'1 seems to be right. 6'2 in shoes. His Father is not even 6' and he seems to be a bit a little bit taller 1-1,5 inches.

And Heightcritique you're a moron. I know a lot about spanish football, and it's BULL**** that you have to be at least 6'1 to be a goalkeeper in Spain.

Look at Barcelona: Valdes ist 5'11.5-6' (3rd spanish goalkeeper) or Casillas from Real Madrid (1st spanish goalkeeper) he's als 6' and a bit. Or Reina (2nd Goalkeeper) from Liverpool is also 6'1.5

So please don't talk about the spanish football league...

Heightcritique says on 3/Nov/09
The 6'1.5" height listed seems accurate as his minimum height. In the photo I posted on 1/Sep/09 Enrique is taller next to his 6'1" father (in his prime), and he was still a teen in that photo so it is possible that he grew more. My sister went to see Enrique in concert and when he walked near her she estimated him being around 6'3"+ with boots.

alexiel says on 3/Nov/09
around 187-188cm in his boots,barefoot around 183 cm

Hugh 191cm says on 2/Nov/09
182-183cm is rdidculous. Hes around 187-188cm

Heightcritique says on 28/Sep/09
edmar: Enrique was born in Madrid, Spain and a Spaniard. Maybe you are referring to his mother Isabel Preysler, who is a descendant of creoles born in the Philippines. Her features are mainly European as her last name Preysler indicate that she is a descendant of a Spanish family of Goth ancestry: Click Here
She is probably a descendant of the few Spanish families who still remain in the Philippines after the Spanish American war. The members of this small group of Spanish families is referred in the Philippines as "Kastila" named after the former kingdom of Castille.

edmar says on 17/Sep/09
hey guys,i thought he is around 5 10,surprisingly he is around 6 2 as most of you says here,he is actually tall for a filipino guy like him,he is half spanish though.

Heightcritique says on 3/Sep/09
Julio Iglesias used to be a golie for Real Madrid soccer team and in the roster he was 6'1" tall (measurements are done barefoot). To be a golie in the first division Spanish Liga, you have to be at least 6'1" usually. In his prime you see Julio next to supermodels, actresses, and other beautiful women with high heels and he almost always towers them. I don't think he has lost any height. Recent photos of him next to his new Dutch wife, a 5'11" tall viking doll ex-model:

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shows that he towers over her. But back to the main theme, the picture I posted before shows a teenager Enrique who is 1" taller than his young dad. Enrique is at least 6'2".

Henkka says on 2/Sep/09
He definitely isn't 6'2. I'd say he's in the 6'-6'1 range at most. And his father isn't 6'1 at all: maybe he was years ago, but I can tell you he isn't over 5'11 nowadays.

BTW, I'm Spanish and and Spain is definietly no poor country, and people isn't as short as they were in the past (heightcritique got it pretty right): the average height nowadays is 5'9, but it's not rare to see many guys (and even a few girls) clearly over 6'. I myself am 6'1, and there are also 3 members of my family in the 6'2-6'3 range. And while most of my friends are in the 5'8-5'10 range, there are a few in the 6'2-6'4 range. As you can see, there's a lot of variety! hahaha

alexiel says on 2/Sep/09
julio iglesias isn't 6ft 1 and his son is 182-183 range

Heightcritique says on 1/Sep/09
6'1" Julio Iglesias and his son 6'2" Enrique Iglesias:

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heightcritique says on 21/Aug/09
Lendin, in the Netherlands the standard of living is higher than the higher European country but Spain in no longer a poor country. Its GNP is higher than Italy and getting closer to France. You should do some traveling to Spain soon and see this for yourself. There is a ongoing growth in its middle class which is increasing the standard of living and its overall economy. I won't be surprised if this collective wealth allows its population to improve its diet and thus increase the height of its average population. Let's not forget also that Spaniards are descendants of Celts, Goths, Visigoths, Austrians, and even Dutch. Its population is a mix of Mediterranean and Nordic types which makes its gene pool naturally average to tall if properly nourish with a decent, affordable, and available diet. One just need to look at the height of the Spanish royal family members to see genepool and height mix. Enrique is a member of a generation of Spaniards who grew up in affluency compared to Franco's Spain and thus he, as well as other young Spaniards woke up their dormant genes of height which was the result of an empoverish Spain under its former Facist regime. Enrique is at least 6'2" which is not extraordinary tall in Spain anymore.

heightcritique says on 19/Aug/09
Julio Iglesias is 6'1" and Enrique is about an inch taller than him in almost all the pictures I have seen so Enrique is at least 6'2".

Lendin says on 16/Aug/09
I'm gonna tell you, i'm Ductch, we were very tall that's about a decade or two before. The poor countries like Spain, Greece and the mid east are now booming with tall people there's something that has changed in the world. During the two years that I worked in the mid east I ran everyday into a dozen of taller people and I'm 6'2.5. We're still taller but not significantly taller, not at all. So don't be surprised if Enrique is 6'2 he looks like a slim 6'2 exactly, it's just he has a weak build. He won't be like a giant in Spain nowadays, just the average tall Joe.

MarcusTheSwede says on 7/Aug/09
Once upon a time in Mexico.Check that movie and see for yourself.Enrique is not 187 no way that tall.I also have seen him live when he singed here in Sweden and he had on high heeled shoes very high...maybe with them 187cm but no way without them.

MarcusTheSwede says on 7/Aug/09
Brah: No lift can be worn in the shoes that he is wearing in that movie.and even if he could have had some lift..about 1-2 cm max can fit those cowboy boots Enrique isnt much taller. Enrique is max 183cm max without his high heel shoes.He always wears them.Great artist and tall guy but not 187cm.

Hugh 191cm says on 3/Aug/09
min 186cm, max 188cm. So a weak 6ft2 most likely.

Brah says on 22/Jul/09
Banderas wears lifts. He's is not a good comparison.

MarcusTheSwede says on 21/Jul/09
No way he is 187.Just look at this picture: Antonio Banderas is 174cm tall besides Enrique,Search at google Enrique Movie and you see Enrique besides Antonio Banderas,Enrique is max 184 max with shoes but I think not that tall even this proves that Enrique is not at all over 180 no matter angle or anything.Time to downgrade.Love his music and everything he does but the height does not add up at all.

Anonymous says on 30/Jun/09
I think Dany is right.Enrique is 6.1 without the 2 inc shoes he always wear.Have looked at hundreds of pictures and seing the video when he sings beside Ciara said it all.She had high heals and comparing with his footwear he is max 6.2 without shoes.Great singer.Awsome but 6.2 max.

wedge says on 10/Jun/09
He has to be a real 6'2". I'm going to echo those comments about seeing him next to Jason Segal (6'4") in How I Met Your Mother. They looked practically the same height. Similar footwear too. Jason was slouching a bit but there could not be more than a 2 inch difference.

Josh.J says on 28/May/09
pics of enrique and ciara.
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looks like there's about 3(maybe some change) inches between them.
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footware pics. ciara has 3 inch heels, enrique has thick shoes. ciara probably has around 2 inches heel advantage. so thats 5 inches between them. ciara is around 5'8 so that makes enrique around 6'1~6'1.5

Hugh 190cm says on 22/May/09
6ft2 in the morning.

Dany says on 16/May/09
I went to see him in concert at the O2 arena in london and i was sitting at the front. He wears boots that have nearly 2 inch heels. This is a fact. He is 6ft 2 - IN BOOTS. Barefoot he is probaly around 6ft 1.

Meister says on 27/Apr/09
I agree that Enrique doesn't look that tall, even with his build, but I was surprised when I recently saw an episode of How i met your mother (episode 1, season 3), where he seems to be practically the same height as jason segel.
Either Jason's height (listed as 6'4) is overestimated or enrique really is a very strong 6'1.

Anonymous says on 24/Apr/09
im 5ft 8 and feel tall for a girl, a guy whos 6ft 2 with his looks and body is amazing!!... in his video with ciara shes the same hight as me and looks tiny its great!

Viola says on 20/Apr/09
Enrique is so beautiful, and a tall man with such a perfect body as Enrique's it's a dream... At least for me.

ancient Aztec Guy says on 17/Apr/09
HHHEEEEEYYYYY hugo!!!!!
That was a pretty interesting stuff you said there. When I said that thingy about economics being good can encourage the growth of a few generations, I did not mean that because they have more money they become taller Bud! I was simply saying that if several generations of people have more access to a variety of foods and are well nourished it could effect the potential of growth for those generations. Pretty interestin' stuff you got there Big Fella!

Ras says on 17/Apr/09
Guillermo:
Where did you get the average height of 18 year old males in Spain is "more than 5'10"? Last time I checked it was just about 5'8.9 (175cm) with the entire male population being 5'7 and the average young man (no more than 30 years old) being 5'8 and it was recently.

Clay says on 8/Apr/09
Someone being 2-3 cm's taller than you does not mean they "tower" over you. To tower over someone you would have to be a at least 5 inches taller than them.

Gumuco says on 8/Apr/09
people from sweden are tall, I noticed that when I was there 1 year ago. really tall. I was slightly more surprised when I travelled further to Norway and noticed that they seemed even taller..

MarcusTheSwede says on 8/Apr/09
Dani: Ok I also think 187 is ridicilous..I am a big fan of him.But I believe you when u say he was about 1inch taller then you..and that would make him about 183.5. I think it is time to downgrade him in height. He always wears reeealy high heeled shoes in many pictures..not 187cm tall.time to downgrade..

Guillermo says on 4/Apr/09
Jonathan, you know nothing about Spain. See figures for average height of 18 year old males and is more than 5'10"

hugo says on 1/Apr/09
alright people. one thing for everybody that thinks they know their history. im a descendent of cherokee and when the queen from spain sent cortez over to the northern part of mexico into the texas region, the records from both sides spaniards and cherokee both of them were sizing each other up and for people that dont know cherokee ancestry look in the internet for sequia the tribe leader he died in the northern part of mexico in a town called muzquiz coahuila. so all the mexicans that are tall in that region most of them come from that blood line may range anywhere from 5'9 to 7 feet back in those days. with men ranging from dark skinned not black to white to red skinned with blue, green, hazel and brown eyes. from red hair to dark brown and freckles so everybody that keeps on saying they are european please study your background before you say that. and this is what cortez said he saw when he arrived. in his articles it sounds like he was kind of shocked his men were shorter that the average cherokee so just keep on talking and dont think that because people have money that they are taller, oh and by the way i signed in about 5 months ago and i checked all enriques sites and on all of those sites it said he is 5'10 and i come back to this site and it says 6'2 thats bull. what did i tell you about money. they did the same thing back when they came over to our part of the world. they werent caring about teaching christianity which is good they were thinking about taking over and with their guns they sure did it. the cherokee men were so strong that one of their men could take on 4 spanish men. that is why they took us out. especially the giant cherokee. that is why an average 5'9 5'10 man could sometimes have a son that reaches 6'6 to 7 feet because that blood is in us. they came over to take over and since they had the guns they sure did. and now they say this is the new spain. so for all of the cherokees and mexicans be proud. there is allot to be proud for.

Dani says on 28/Mar/09
Drenter says on 28/Mar/09
Thanks sodapop. I'm about your height (176cm = 5'9.5?)and I'm 15. I generally feel above average for my age, but since I've a lot of friends who play basketball(I'm speaking about few guys in the 5.11+/6'2 range)I sometimes feel shortish. But when I return back home, I realize I'm not.

I don't know why in this site people say 5'9/5'10 is short, I think it's very pointless. I know in that range you're not a giant, but you aren't short, especially at 5'10, which I think it's above average in the most part of the world."

Yeah Marcus i agree with you. He seems tall but not that tall(187cm. when i met him he was 1 inch taller than me. Im around 181cm so he was around 183.5cm but no more than that. His claim of 187cm is just ridiculous.

MarcusTheSwede says on 28/Mar/09
Dani: Ok that was intreseting.But how tall do You think Enrique really is? I mean you said you thought he was about 2-3 cm taller then u..that would make him about 185? He always wears really heavy built shoes...the guy is tall..but I doubt he is 187..

Comets says on 27/Mar/09
he looks 183cm at best in that pic (the cap makes him look taller) so I don't buy that height

Dani says on 25/Mar/09
yeah Marcus, i know that swedes are really tall. I was more impressed in Sweden and Norway than in The Netherlands. I live in Minnesota USA which is the tallest state in America. Many people here have swedish and norwegian ancestry. I see many 6"2+ guys here in Minnesota. Im 5"11(181cm) and feel really average in this state considering that the average for male in the USA is 5"9.

dani says on 24/Mar/09
iz says on 19/Mar/09
in the video "Takin' Back My Love" he looks the same height---even taller than ciara, and she was wearing 5 inch heels!"

I was in front of him Liz after a concert. We had a private party and im 5"11(181cm) and he towered my by a bit(2-3cms) so i don't buy he's 187cm.

MarcusTheSwede says on 21/Mar/09
dani: Yes the Swedes is tall. Many girls are also tall.We have very beautiful girls here.And many are good looking..dont know why..I am not from Sweden in heritage im från Spain from beginning but came to Sweden when I was a baby. Swedes are nice. little uptight sometimes..but ok..

Liz says on 19/Mar/09
in the video "Takin' Back My Love" he looks the same height---even taller than ciara, and she was wearing 5 inch heels!

Josh.J says on 11/Mar/09
i recently saw Enrique on how i met your mother. semmed surprisingly tall. he seemed very close to jason segel's height of 6'4. i also have to add that segel was wearing sneakers and enrique was donning flat sandals so segel had more heel advantage. i have to agree with the man's own words and say he is a solid 6'2 if not a little taller. i guess its hard to judge his height since he does not get many roles on screen.

dani says on 3/Mar/09
6'0(1.83) should do it for Enrique Iglesias. He doesn't look like 187cms at all. I was in one of his concerts and he looked 6"1 with boots. Most celebrities lie one or two inches about their real heights. I think that dutch people exaggerate about their heights a lot. I went to Holland and visited Amsterdam, Utrecht and Flevoland a year ago with my family. Im 5"11(181cm), my brother is 5"10(1.79cm) and my dad is 5'9(175cm). I thought we were gonna be overtowered pretty bad by the dutch but I saw many people between 5'10 and 6'1 period. I have to be honest with everybody here: i didn't see many dutch over 6'1 in those cities. I didn't feel like a dwarf.I felt average in Holland. Dutch people are the tallest average however i saw taller people in Sweden. I saw many 6'2+ in Sweden, swedish people are super tall, they blew my mind.

ancient Aztec Guy says on 25/Feb/09
I beleive it is true when they say that economics in turn can affect averages in height. Of course when the economy is well several generations are likely better nourished and have more potential to grow. Also There were many beliefs that encouraged capitalism like knight of the order said. It seemed where Lutheranism spread, capitalism followed.

Knight of the Order says on 22/Feb/09
There is fossil evidence that suggests giants existed all over the earth in antiquity. If you google it you will find tons of evidence. Scientifically this hypothesis can be proven since various old life forms on earth (i.e. redwood trees) are of colossal size compared to its contemporaries which suggest that in the distant pass the earth atmosphere was thicker which made it possible for organisms (including man) to grow much bigger than now. This hypothesis has been also verified and replicated in control experiments which scientifically speaking, show the finding to be conclusive. But as most scientists know the motivation to suppress real history found by means of archeology/fossil record and carbon dating is that science is utilize and link by oligarchs to socio-economic systems like capitalism which utilized as a platform social Darwinism. Without Darwinism, capitalism will not exist or it will be very difficult to sell to all of us. Specifically, with growing atheism and its cynic effect, and the notion that we are just biological life forms formed by evolution and natural selection, the justification that man is simply an asset under amoral capitalism appears to be justified. Therefore, any archeological evidence or theory to challenge Darwinism is either suppress, vanished, or ridiculed.
As far as myths, in general there is always a grain in truth in them. Old newspaper articles and scientific journals published during the gold rush and the colonization of North America recorded various events where Indians showed to various settlers human remains of colossal size which suggested beings of 12 feet height but as it is common in this type of findings, the evidence simply just vanished. On the same note, it also possible that in the ancient past giants also walked the lands of Central and South America. If you bear in mind the technology necessary to lift the enormous megaliths to build the pyramids, which is still a challenge with today's technology, one deduction is that perhaps beings of colossal size were responsible for building these extraordinary structures. As a last note, in the Book of Enoch, the giants of antiquity are not only mentioned but numbered as a population as well which suggests a fact not a myth.

ancient Aztec Guy says on 21/Feb/09
HEY Knight of the Order,
Is that right some Indians as tall as 12ft. Thats amazing. Since you may not be farmiliar with the Giant native American myths I thought I would just add another Spanish claim. I also heard a myth that during the Cortez conquest of the Mexico, Cortez came across the Tlaxcala natives. They showed Cortez a leg bone which the Spanish claimed was taller than most of their soldiers! Im guessing the average height of Spaniards in the 16th century was about 5'8ish. Very interesting stuff there Knight of the Order!

Knight of the Order says on 13/Feb/09
Ancient Aztec Guy,
I am not familiar with myths on giants during the Conquest of the Americas. My citation on the giant indians of Patagonia is based on the entries made by a scribe/historian of Venitian royal birth who was aboard one of the Galleons with explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first expedition that navigated around the globe. The scribe wrote about the indians in detail and to me this is not myth but factual. Various English explorers also reported sightings of giants indians in Patagonia (some as tall as 12 feet!) but I will not placed their reports as reliable since after England became the premier world power or after most of the Spanish Armada sank during a nasty storm in the English channel, the English denied the existence of the giants indians and the coverup to preserve Darwinism by the English began...but that is another subject.

knight of the order says on 12/Feb/09
Another interesting fact to cite in regards to the height of Spaniards of the 16th century and the soldiers of Spain in the Americas or conquistadores as they are commonly known is that they were not short compared to all the Europeans of the time. If we take into account the average height of the descendants of the conquistadores which are now part of the oligarchies of Spanish America, one can note with that the majority of them are of above average height compared to the rest of the local population. But a more reliable way to observe and verify this height difference is through face value or when one visits any country or various countries in Latin America.

Another fact to note in terms of average height of a conquistador is that Spain was the only European nation to have and employ full-time professional soldiers in the 16th century. It enlisted in its ranks citizen-soldiers from all territories under Spanish rule including Austria and the Netherlands.

As a related footnote, perhaps the variable of economic surplus and high nutrition enjoyed by present day Spaniards as a cause of increase in height has reliable validity which can also explain the above average height of the Spanish America oligarchies. For example, some of the fortunes accumulated by some families in the oligarchies can challenge any family’s wealth in any part of the world but this fact is not widely known since one way these families have maintain their status quo and their resilience to change their quasi-feudal systems is through maintaining low publicity on themselves by ownership of most if not all media in order to control the economic-political system and rule behind the throne without or public awareness.

On the main subject at hand, one can observe that modern Spaniards are beginning to be above average in height compared to their previous generations and is not rare to see Spaniards of 6’3” or of 190 centimeters and above anymore. Enrique is tall but not extraordinary since he is a contemporary of his generation.

Hugh says on 10/Feb/09
6ft1.5-6ft2.

ancient Aztec Guy says on 2/Feb/09
Heeeeeyyyyy Knightof the Order!!! I recall hearing something about of the ancient myth about giant Native tribes. I also heard rumors of 8ft+ tall skeletal remains found in central south america. Also Pizzaro Fransico claims to have seen these giant human beings during Incan conquests in the 1500s.

ancient Aztec Guy says on 2/Feb/09
yeah didn't think that feller was that tall. he appears to be at least 6'1.5".

knightof the order says on 29/Jan/09
(last revision: sorry webmaster but this is my final version, please delete all my previous postings, thank you)
The fact is that during the conquest of the Americas, the Spanish Conquistadors under the leadership of the Queen of Spain were ordered to convert the indigenous people or Indians to Christianity and to teach them the Spanish language and culture and thus, the Indians of Central America and South America survived the conquest of the Americas.

Unlike the British, who exterminated and nearly genocide the North American Indians except the few left who were isolated in reservations, the Indians of the rest of the Americas were allowed to live because of Christianity and the royal decree by the Crown of Spain (Queen Isabella who was influenced by one royal adviser named Ferdinand the Wise) who declared that all man were created equal under God (as the Bible commands and as Christian Spain believed at the time).

However it is important to note the descendants of Spanish royals and high ranking military officers who were sent to Spanish America to manage the colonies, became the Spanish-Creole oligarchies (@ 5 % of the total population of Spanish America), who were covertly responsible for the push for independence from Spain for self-interests and with objective to retain non-shared political-economic power (owned more than 75% - 90% of the land and 80% of corporations and industries) which have lasted for more than 300 years to the present time (as is the case of the US: English-creoles have retained similar percentages and traced their lineage to various royal families of Europe). These said families’ intermarriages among themselves in order to retain their bloodlines and fortunes have caused oppression and lack of opportunity to these indigenous populations who have suffered this discriminatory social-economic dynamic for three centuries. In perspective, much of the total population of Spanish America is affected by this dynamic since the average percentages of total population are as follows: 70% indigenous, 20% mixed Indians with Europeans, and 10% of European descent.

Consequently, you cannot generalize or call all the populations of Spanish Americas to have Latin (the language of the Romans) or Hispanic (Spain’s name in Latin or Hispania) descent or ancestry, which makes it inappropriate to classify Indians as Spaniards, Latin, or Hispanics. The identity of the Indian populations in most cases have disappeared in the collective native consciousness due to the destruction of most of their culture and language (including aboriginal name system), which is a product of the Conquest and the conversion to Christianity in order to ensure the total abandonment of their rituals of human sacrifice and other primitive and non-Christian practices and beliefs. However, in most parts of Spanish America but with a few exceptions (i.e. Peru, Bolivia), the Indian population mistakenly and ignorantly see themselves as mixed with Spaniards because of a non-existent cultural point of reference (mostly obliterated during the Conquest), and due to their Spanish surnames forced on their ancestors as part of their Christian conversion.

In the case of the mixed Indians with Spanish and other Europeans, they are classify in Spanish America as “mestizos” or mixed race but not Spanish or creoles. In contrast, and similarly, a Mohawk Indian cannot be called British because he lives in North America and speaks English taking into account interchangeably that not all Indians in Spanish Americas speak Spanish, and the Spanish learned by the Indians is not Spanish per se in most cases, but distinctly mixed with native words, grammar, meanings, and accents. The Indians deficiency to speak the Spanish language properly is not due to lack of intelligence but is the product of the dynamic mentioned formerly applied through a deficient and often nonexistent public school system in rural and densely native populated areas, in order to ensure the oligarchies status quo which has and still prevents the native population social and economic mobility.
In terms of the central subject matter of this website, the historical record describes the North American Indians as tall, the Central and South Americans as short (maybe even shorter now due to malnutrition) but there is one exception: a tribe that inhabited the Southern tip of South America, a territory which is now part of Argentina. This tribe was described by the Conquistadors to be a race of giants. In the Conquistadors’ chronicles, these Indians were nicknamed Patagonia (big-foot) because of their immense size and feet. The average heights in this intriguing tribe were described in average to be 8 feet for a man and 6.6 feet for a woman. Unfortunately, these Indians were exterminated in a war with the conquistadors who either saw them as a threat too big and wild to subdue or assessed them as unconvertible to Christianity, and thus they were genocide making Argentina the only country in South America without any surviving major Indian population.

knightof the order says on 29/Jan/09
(amended and more inclusive: webmaster please delete my last posting) The fact is that during the conquest of the Americas, the Spanish Conquistadors under the leadership of the Queen of Spain were ordered to convert the indigenous people or Indians to Christianity and to teach them the Spanish language and culture and thus, the Indians of Central America and South America survived the conquest of the Americas.

Unlike the British, who exterminated and nearly genocide the North American Indians except the few left who were isolated in reservations, the Indians of the rest of the Americas were allowed to live because of Christianity and the royal decree by the Crown of Spain (Queen Isabella who was influenced by one royal adviser named Ferdinand the Wise) who declared that all man were created equal under God (as the Bible commands and as Christian Spain believed at the time).

However it is important to note the descendants of Spanish royals and high ranking military officers who were sent to Spanish America to manage the colonies, became the Spanish-Creole oligarchies (@ 5 % of the total population of Spanish America), who were covertly responsible for the push for independence from Spain for self-interests and with objective to retain non-shared political-economic power (owned more than 75% - 90% of the land and 80% of corporations and industries) which have lasted for more than 300 years to the present time (as is the case of the US: English-creoles have retained similar percentages and traced their lineage to various royal families of Europe). These said families’ intermarriages among themselves in order to retain their bloodlines and fortunes have caused oppression and lack of opportunity to these indigenous populations who have suffered this discriminatory social-economic dynamic for three centuries. In perspective, much of the total population of Spanish America is affected by this dynamic since the average percentages of total population are as follows: 70% indigenous, 20% mixed Indians with Europeans, and 10% of European descent.

Consequently, you cannot generalize or call all the populations of Spanish Americas to have Latin (the language of the Romans) or Hispanic (Spain’s name in Latin or Hispania) descent or ancestry, which makes it inappropriate to classify Indians as Spaniards, Latin, or Hispanics. The identity of the Indian populations in most cases have disappeared in the collective native consciousness due to the destruction of most of their culture and language (including aboriginal name system), which is a product of the Conquest and the conversion to Christianity in order to ensure the total abandonment of their rituals of human sacrifice and other primitive and non-Christian practices and beliefs. However, in most parts of Spanish America but with a few exceptions (i.e. Peru, Bolivia), the Indian population mistakenly and ignorantly see themselves as mixed with Spaniards because of a non-existent cultural point of reference (mostly obliterated during the Conquest), and due to their Spanish surnames forced on their ancestors as part of their Christian conversion.

In the case of the mixed Indians with Spanish and other Europeans, they are classify in Spanish America as “mestizos” or mixed race but not Spanish or creoles. In contrast, and similarly, a Mohawk Indian cannot be called British because he lives in North America and speaks English taking into account interchangeably that not all Indians in Spanish Americas speak Spanish, and the Spanish learned by the Indians is not Spanish per se in most cases, but distinctly mixed with native words, grammar, meanings, and accents. The Indians deficiency to speak the Spanish language properly is due to lack of intelligence but is the product of the dynamic mentioned formerly in order to ensure the oligarchies status quo which has and still prevents the native population social and economic mobility through a deficient and often nonexistent public school system in rural and densely native populated areas.

In terms of the central subject matter of this website, the historical record describes the North American Indians as tall, the Central and South Americans as short (maybe even shorter now due to malnutrition) but there is one exception: a tribe that inhabited the Southern tip of South America, a territory which is now part of Argentina. This tribe was described by the Conquistadors to be a race of giants. In the Conquistadors’ chronicles, these Indians were nicknamed Patagonia (big-foot) because of their immense size and feet. The average heights in this intriguing tribe were described in average to be 8 feet for a man and 6.6 feet for a woman. Unfortunately, these Indians were exterminated in a war with the conquistadors who either saw them as a threat too big and wild to subdue or assessed them as unconvertible to Christianity, and thus they were genocide making Argentina the only country in South America without any surviving major Indian population.

knightoftheorder says on 25/Jan/09
The fact is that during the conquest of the Americas, the Spanish Conquistadors under the leadership of the Queen of Spain were ordered to convert the indigenous people or Indians to Christianity and to tech them the Spanish language and culture and thus, the Indians of Central America and South America survived the conquest of Spain.

Unlike the British, who exterminated and nearly genocide the North American Indians except the few left who were isolated in reservations, the Indians of the rest of the Americas were allowed to live because of Christianity and the royal decree by the Crown of Spain (Queen Isabella who was influenced by one royal adviser named Ferdinand the Wise) who declared that all man were created equal under God (as the Bible commands and as Christian Spain believed at the time).

However it is important to note the descendants of Spanish royals and high ranking military officers who were sent to Spanish America to manage the colonies, became the Spanish-Creole oligarchies (@ 5 % of the total population of Spanish America), who were covertly responsible for the push for independence from Spain for self-interests and with objective to retain non-shared political-economic power (owned more than 75% - 90% of the land and 80% of corporations and industries) which have lasted for more than 300 years to the present time (as is the case of the US: English-creoles have retained similar percentages and traced their lineage to various royal families of Europe). These said families’ intermarriages among themselves in order to retain their bloodlines and fortunes have caused oppression and lack of opportunity to these indigenous populations who have suffered this discriminatory social-economic dynamic for three centuries. In perspective, much of the total population of Spanish America is affected by this dynamic since the average percentages of total population are as follows: 70% indigenous, 20% mixed Indians with Europeans, and 10% of European descent.

In terms of the central subject matter of this website, the historical record describes the North American Indians as tall, the Central and South Americans as short (maybe even shorter now due to malnutrition) but there is one exception: a tribe that inhabited the Southern tip of South America, a territory which is now part of Argentina. This tribe was described by the Conquistadors to be a race of giants. In the Conquistadors’ chronicles, these Indians were nicknamed Patagonia (big-foot) because of their immense size and feet. The average heights in this intriguing tribe were described in average to be 8 feet for a man and 6.5 feet for a woman. Unfortunately, these Indians were exterminated in a war with the conquistadors who either saw them as a threat or assessed them as unconvertible to Christianity, and thus they were genocide making Argentina the only country in South America without any surviving major Indian population.

In conclusion, you cannot generalize or call all the populations of Spanish Americas to have Latin (the language of the Romans) or Hispanic (Spain’s name in Latin or Hispania) descent or ancestry, which makes it inappropriate to classify Indians as Spaniards. In the case of the mixed Indians with Spanish and other Europeans, they are classify in Spanish America as “mestizos” or mixed race but not Spanish or creoles. Similarly, a Mohawk Indian cannot be called British because he lives in North America and speaks English noting interchangeably that not all Indians in Spanish Americas speak Spanish, and the Spanish learned by the Indians is not Spanish per se in most cases, but distinctly mixed with native words, grammar, meanings, and accents.

hugo says on 14/Jan/09
looking at enrique i think he looks like if he is 5'11 barefoot with shoes 6'00 feet with boots 6'1. im 5'10 with blood from italy,spain, chinese and cherokee. i look more italian at 5'10 barefooted with shoes 5'11 boots 6'00. i have 8 brothers our grandparents immigrated to mexico and mixed with cherokee and the tahrumara indians which are very tall and with some cherokee being 6'00. but i also have chinesse blood that immigrated to mexico. both chinesse and italians immigrated to mexico in the 19 cetury because of the war and later immigrated into the us in the 1960s. my chinesse ancestors standing at 5'7 and today most of my chinese relatives stand at 5'10. back to my brothers its 8 of us i stand at 5'10 most of my brothers are from 5'11 to 6'00 one of them averages at 6'6 most of us have brown eyes but except for one he has blue eyes when my dad was young he would stand at 6'00 tall and my mom is 5'2 my mom is indian and chinesse with brown eyes my dad is spanish and italian with blue eyes. im 5'10 and my brother is 6'6 i think my height comes from chinesse and italian and my 6'6 brother comes from italian and tahrumara indian which are very tall indians in northern mexico. i also think genetics play a role in your height. im an electrician that goes to allot of houses a day and most spanish people from spain that i have met are in the range of 5'8 but i have also met tall ones at 6'1 the same goes for the other races even the indians from india are know as being short but i have also seen really tall ones. we tend to go towards what surrounds us or what country we are born in but if we know our genetics background we can also be something else that we dont even look like so study your background. i once met a man that was black he looked more like blue that is how dark his skin once and he told me that he went to the dr. and they did a blood test on him and found out he had european blood. i had a friend in high school that both of his parents were black and he was very white so just because you are from one part of the world does not mean every one is short or tall.

Heightcritique says on 18/Dec/08
Steffen, you are correct to a certain extent when you cite various factors that may have contribute the height increase of the Spaniars and other ethnic groups. However, the term latin is misused in context, because Spaniards are descendant of greeks, celts, goths, romans, etc. Their european ancentry is notable in its people in contrast to latin americans which are in most countries in average 5% european and 20% creoles, and the rest indiginous people or american indian descent.
The point is that you cannot group Spaniards with latin americans. They are two distict groups genetically speaking.
The term latin is to note the root of a language (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian). To my knowledge when I have visited Spain, the people looked in general of average height but not short. As you pointed out, the malnutrition of the post-Franco era maybe contributed to the shorten of height but now that is not the case. Spain is among the ten economies of the world and getting closer to the top five. Height is mapped in our DNA, and if it
is not properly given nutrients it becomes dormant. In the accounts found in the aztec record, the Spaniards are described by the indians as tall white bearded gods(men). Most people who visit Spain are surprised to see a different kind of people to what is portrayed in the general media. I think that part of the fault is the Hollywood and American propaganda to antagonize other people which is what they do with latin americans living in the US(mostly of indian descent and of low social class). Some people in this forum need to travel more...

Karen says on 16/Dec/08
alot of Aussie men are short too, I like a man at least 4inches taller than me,which wouldn't think hard, but all the good ones are taken anyway.

Steffen says on 12/Dec/08
I think its become a stereotype that latin men are short, but with the way things are inthe world we cannot say that, I see it in the middle-east, where they too were thoguht to be short, but now its so much more different. They're producing generations of Tall sleek gorgeous superbeings all colourings all types. I think it applies a lot to the mediterranean too. Maybe its the food maybe its hormones whatever it is, it is working. Both for the men and women. I think also there's a lot of interracial & cultural marriages which also contribute to that growth.

Hugh says on 30/Nov/08
Looks tall. 6ft2 is also not out of the question.

Josh says on 23/Nov/08
He is 6'1!!!

felix says on 19/Nov/08
About the comments on height in Spain, the reason is that it has changed a lot for economic reasons. Before Spain was a country with rather short people, now it is a country with rather tall young people. Look at this article:

Click Here

From there I cut and pasted this:

"The improvement in Spaniards’ lives is instantly visible. Many elderly people are short, stunted by the hunger they suffered as children in the hard years of fascist autarky after Franco won the civil war of 1936-39. Young Spaniards are strikingly taller than their grandparents, exemplified by Pau Gasol, who measures seven feet (2.13 metres) and was voted the most valuable player when Spain won the latest world basketball championship."

The Spanish average for young people is already above both the American and the European average, although not by much. Felix.

mimi says on 13/Nov/08
Mexican people's height varies greatly by region and socioeconomic class. The middle to high classes have much higher average heights than the lower class. Northern Mexicans, as a region, are also taller than their southern counterparts.

stephanie says on 12/Nov/08
i been to a enrique iglesias concert and to me he was 6 feet at the most , i guess he looks taller depending what shoes he wears. on the thing about mexican men being short i can only coment on my own experience. my ex husband is 5,5 and he is from michoacan. my boyfriend at the time is 6,1 he was born here but both his parents are from durango. he is also diferent in that his skin is very light and he has green eyes, most of his family is tall and light skined. so maybe there is something about what part of mexico there from.

joseph says on 5/Nov/08
the problem with saying mexican men are shorter is because of people thinking all mexicans are the same. the thing is men vary in height depending on what region of mexico they are from. the average height is 5'9''. but the farther south in mexico that someone is from , the shorter they are. for example in the mexican states of michocan n oxaca as well as chiapas n guerrero men only average 5'2". while in the northern mexican states of durango n chihuahua men average 5'11" , with many in the 6'3" to 6'6" range. it has to do with the north part of mexico having more european blood n the fact that their indian blood is from the tahrumara , the tallest race of indians in mexico. while in the south there is very little european blood n their indian blood is of the tarascos like in michoacan, who are the shortest indian race in mexico.

....... says on 5/Nov/08
if you look in the do you know video, he is wearing boots and they generally have short heels whereas enrique was wearing flats, so i assume with boots on, Mike boogey is 6'3 and there seems to be a one inch difference. So, 6'2 is exactly enrique iglesias's height. tall guy indeed

Garga says on 1/Nov/08
How tall is mike "boogey" Malin from big brother 2? Because in the beginning of the "do you know" song by enrique he looks a tad taller.

Hippo Helen says on 29/Oct/08
I fancy him even more now that I know how tall he is - I thought I was going to be disappointed and find out he was about 5-8 - I am so happy!

Namely says on 28/Oct/08
Some Austrian guys came to visit our company some days ago. All of them very well educated, which means the upper hand of the population regarding height. On average they were about 1.81m-1.82m.

Amazing Grace says on 26/Oct/08
4 inches after 18 is not a lot try 9 inches in one year.

....... says on 9/Oct/08
he said he grew AFTER high school. So i checked another site and it said he was 5'10 and now his height is basically 6'2. 4 inches after the age of 18 is ALOT.

TJ says on 28/Sep/08
Jesus. Jonathan Ross is so stupidly impressed by people being tall.

Dany says on 25/Sep/08
Click Here - if you see this, then you would agree that he looks around 6ft - 6ft 1.

Dany says on 25/Sep/08
hey i'm 6ft and half. Btw the people who've met him, - are you sure he was 6ft 1 or 6ft 2. Doesn't he wear boots with a high heel ???

Visitor says on 24/Sep/08
MD, your information is wrong. There are recent studies for the entire Spanish male population (not just for the younger generations) quoting values between 5'8'' (173 cm) and 5'9.5'' (176 cm). That means pretty much the European average. Please check your sources.

ralf says on 26/Jul/08
Omg "everyone in spain is a midget"? half of my classmates are 5'11" or over with 17 years, that guy must never have been in spain

tur says on 26/Jun/08
Enrique house is in Madrid, the average height in Madrid 5'9.7 inches (177 cm) , from my point of view 6 ft 1.5 inches is tall, not "virtually a giant".
I would say this phrase about people from Guatemala

tur says on 24/Jun/08
You're like virtually a giant in Spain? Spain Prince is 6'6 barefoot, Spain president Zapatero is 6'1, Pau Gasol is 7'1... spanish people are not short

A says on 14/Jun/08
Click Here

Just felt I wanted to post this. Official statistics of Netherlands with the average height in all of the parts of Netherlands.

Garga says on 11/Jun/08
I was watching an episode of how i met your mother in which he was starring (i think its the 1st episode of season3), and at one point, he crossed the doorway and seemed surprisingly tall next to Jason Segel, who had 1.5-2inches one Enrique.
He really looked near 6-2.

MD says on 6/Jun/08
Yeah, the Dutch prove that it's not all about genetics, because they were some of the shorter people in Europe before World War II. It's all about diet and their health care system.

Edward fan says on 6/Jun/08
Yeah I got a friend who's parents are 5'8 and 5'9 he is 6'8 and a half. It's crazy, it just comes to prove genetics don't determine everything. The parts I where talking about who average around 6'3 ( Groningen, Friesland) are parts with alot of farmers and alot of agriculture, so I suspect they are taller cus they eat more dairy products.

Edward fan says on 5/Jun/08
I'm sorry to dissapoint you Heightjudgde, but the current average man in Holland , is 1.85 tall, and in some parts of the country it's even closer to 1.90. I come From Holland and I can tell you this is very much true, people here are very tall. Look it up anywhere if you don't believe it.

heightjudge says on 29/Apr/08
well i still dont believe
and theres no way are young men of any country with average of 1.90 or 1.86
currently there is no country with men over 6 feet in average genetic has its limits and i dont believe that from spain ive read about a spaniard guy supposedly 1.81m that felt somewhat short in madrid
enrique was here in mexico a few days and even in pictures that are not good to make a good accurate he looks solid 5.11 6 ft tops he wore big lifts that i think give him 2.5in those were huge anyway he is tall

heightjudge says on 10/Mar/08
he´s somewhere between 6 feet to 6-1 in the pic no more.
people exagerate heights of their countries i dont think that in spain the average is 1.78 or some people say 1.81!! for what ive seen they are 5-7,5-8.5 think are taller because they are a developed country that does not mean people are taller just take a look to Japan average 5-6,5-7 and even the Netherlands i think they arent a full 6 feet of average maybe 5-11

True Height Explorer ShahNawaz says on 10/Mar/08
6ft 1in + good shoes = 6ft 2in Enrique.

but he looked just 4-5 inch taller than Antonio Banderas
in "Once Upon a time in Mexico"

Mark says on 3/Mar/08
Enrique is 6'1. No less, no more.

Kevinno says on 25/Feb/08
Enrique is 6'2 i have a picture of him with my aunt and the guy look s indeed strong 6'2, he had to crouch down to kiss my aunt,(5'9)so yea possibly 6'2.5, i'm 6'5, but hey im basiclly a giant around other its amazing, anyway enrique is 6'2 solid

Moritzio says on 22/Feb/08
He definitely looks at least 6'2' ...I just saw him on the today show!

C. says on 20/Jan/08
Well, I don't know now. Enrique could be 6'2". I don't really see why he would have a reason to lie, as he doesn't particularly strike me as the type. Nor does he seem particularly boastful-- like say, Paul Walker who claims he's 6'3".

Original says on 17/Jan/08
He's 6'1.5" for me.

jay says on 14/Jan/08
enrique next to 6.3 german tv host. ... enrique looks 6ft 2!
Click Here

C. says on 22/Dec/07
For some odd reason, I've always thought he was shorter than 6', yet on t.v. and in this pic you can clearly see he's over that. But he doesn't look quite 6'2". Maybe a weak 6'2", and closer to the 6'1" 1/2 given here.

Shawn says on 22/Nov/07
Of course he is 187cm.He is exactly my height(I was measured yesterday by a doctor)And of cousre he is slouching,that's what I always do when I stand next to someone who's below 178.Somehow it would be unnatural not to slouch in this case.

Garga says on 30/Oct/07
Come on guys, he's obviously slouching on that photo, that's what most tall guys do when they take pictures with smaller people.

ras says on 27/Oct/07
Someone says on 14/Sep/07
"You are doing exactly the same with south americans. While that might be true for countries like bolivia and peru where short indigenous people make up for the majority of the population, other south american countries with heavy european heritage are quite taller. I'm argentinian and 185 cm tall and I can assure you the average for men is about 178 cm."

EXACTLY someone, they are lumping southamericans/latinamericans the same way some americans lump spaniards with latinamericans.

prinxess says on 30/Sep/07
Hey I'm mexican & I'm 5,8' which i say it's 177 cm., but as long as Enrique is tall enough 4 me, nothing else matters!! And i really do like spanish guys i don't think they are short but even though they would be i still find them VERY attractive!!

Jt says on 29/Sep/07
Spain guys are short. I lived there for 6 months and I was average height AT LEAST. Im 175cm. In USA I am definately below average.

Someone says on 14/Sep/07
You are doing exactly the same with south americans. While that might be true for countries like bolivia and peru where short indigenous people make up for the majority of the population, other south american countries with heavy european heritage are quite taller. I'm argentinian and 185 cm tall and I can assure you the average for men is about 178 cm.

alex says on 17/Aug/07
I think Jonathan is stupid.

I´m spanish and I can´t belive the idea that north american has of spain. WE AREN´T IN SOUTH AMERICA OR AFRICA. We are in Europe and many people are taller than 180cm. I´m 182cm for example and 80% of people who I know are taller than 175cm.

It´s neccesary to forget the idea that spain is a poor country with sudamerican guys. Please learn something.

Anaeva says on 27/Jul/07
But some say that 6'3 is not very tall, for me it is. What do you say then for someone (male) that is 5'11 - that's not short for a man, imo. Just normal i guess. Short is imo to 5'9' or so. And tall is 6'0 plus. What do u think?

ms crababel says on 14/Jul/07
melvin and jimmy sweden you are on to it..and by the way almost every guy adds a inch to his height especially one who wear shoes like enrique does..he is tall no doubt but 183 is tall too? deff taller than the average..but then again the average depends on where in the world you are.. here where i live 185 cm is about average..

Melvin says on 12/Jul/07
He does wear the thickest shoes just about all the time. He's still taller than average without them.

Jimmy Sweden says on 11/Jul/07
Im 183 cm and he´s a bit taller than me, i meet him in 2000 when I was 18, don´t think I have grown so much taller since...

ms crababel says on 11/Jul/07
leung if you care to get you shoe out of your behind you will notice he almost has suspecious shoes on every occasions..i dont want to argue with you..i am here to contribute with what i think about his height..you missed the point smart guy..talk about footwear etc is what this site is about ;)

Leung says on 10/Jul/07
You would not have posted that link if you were not trying to use it to back up your short Enrique claims. If you cared to look, to the left of the 180cm it clearly states 5'10", which itself is an obvious conversion mistake. All along you have been trying to pin him under 6' with your talk about length of torso and legs and his footwear etc.
My opinion is that the guy is tall, easily in the 6'1"-6'2" range, and he needs no help from shoes to look taller.

msn87 says on 10/Jul/07
this is not enrique... where's the raisin near his nose?

he always seemed like 1'86 guy.

[Editor Rob: he said he got rid of it.]

mandy says on 10/Jul/07
mike, i wish. italian guys aren't tall. i've met possibly only 2 tall italian men in my life. maybe the ones from the north are taller.

what is it about northerners?! they're almost always taller than the people from the south. must be something to do with the weather or food... damn

ms crababel says on 10/Jul/07
Leung..did i ever say that he was 5'10? no!

hellomag. or not..they have all the right stuff saying about him..i know they are wrong about the height but they arent far off i think..they wrote 180 cm..obviously not 5'10!

i think a little under 185..184 or 183 barefoot wouldnt be crazy wrong and with a little shoe help he could look a bit taller

Rafael Araujo says on 10/Jul/07
Damn im 6´2 ´5 inchs tall

and I dont consider me very tall

for me very tall persons are 6´6 upper

Ramiro says on 10/Jul/07
Ras, you misunderstood me or maybe I didn't explain well my arguments. What I said is that people in Spain is not as some think, especially the ones who identify Spain with SOME Latin American countries which are related to short people (perhaps wrongly by today's standards). I said 176 cm, but for people between age 18-29 the average height is 177+, with many surpassing 180 cm. Regarding Spain being an economic power in the world, this isn't a grandiose claim, this is only the cold data. I'd be very happy if many Latin American countries had the situation (economically and regarding health and social security system) Spain has today. But there isn't any example even far away, because Spain lands in a very high position in the world regarding those parameters. And by the way, I'm not a patriot regarding Spain, I'm from a part of northwest Spain called Galicia and the most I feel is galego (perhaps galician in english?). We are more like irish or scottish, with many of the same celtic culture and even same weather with rain and humidity and similar landscapes.

Leung says on 9/Jul/07
ms crababel, so that link you posted says 5'10" and you are going to believe it??? Hellomagazine??? yeah that sounds like a real reputable source of information!

Taylor says on 9/Jul/07
He's definately over 6ft. I strong 6'1. Mayb even 6'2. He's tall.

al says on 9/Jul/07
im a 5.5 spanish girl,im 25 years old,and sometimes i feel short in spain,my sister is 3 inches taller than me,also my cousins are all over 6,one of them is 6.5and he is justa teeneger.the people born after the 80´s are really tall,after teh dictatorship,maybe the good food and one of the best healh sistem in the world.i live in dublin and im here in the average while in spain i feel short.im from andalucia,we are really mix,arabics ,visigoths(germanics)and jews.bytheway the arabics in those centuries werent intolerant of Christians and Jews,its very well known that in the peninsula the 3 culture lived in peace until the catholics kings came over.

Ramiro says on 9/Jul/07
Many people, especially in the U.S.A., think that here in Spain people is like in some countries of Latin America. But Spain is in Europe and average height here is now about 176 cm; not so far from the U.S.A. and quickly shortening the gap. Many tend to forget that Spain is the 8th economic power in the world (perhaps the 7th by now) and that its position regarding health standards is even higher, being our social security system one of the best in the world.

Alex says on 9/Jul/07
This guy always looked 6'1-6'2 to me. I think he could be closer to 6'2 though.

Clazaa says on 9/Jul/07
omg even i thought Enrique was much shorter than that! :O

Anthony says on 8/Jul/07
Enrique does look about 6'2. And Jonathan Ross sounds like he should be put on medication.

Bombay Rocker says on 8/Jul/07
Well i have to say, i dont expect a lady to be watching a site which basically is meant for sick perverts out there except if she's you know what i mean :)..lol

ms crababel says on 2/Jul/07
oh come on..enrique dont have a torso to match does long legs and thats a fact..almost every picture of him on the internet shows that..

6'1?? at least

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lookie...isnt that carson daly who this site has at 6'1? hmmm?

Anonymous says on 26/Jun/07
I have stood next to Enrique, and I can assure you that he is 6'2" with shoes (sneakers). Barefoot I am pretty sure he is no less than 6'1". He has a long torso and long legs.

ms crababel says on 12/Jun/07
Leung dont bring that kind of bull here..i dont have bad feelings towards him at all..maybe you misunderstood the meaning of this site? MD Look at the diego maradona pictures somebody posted..look at the torso leg difference?

Josh says on 12/Jun/07
Hes not shorter than 6'0 but also not taller than 6'1 the 6'1.5 is totatlly wrong.
In the second pic Md posted hes barefoot and sheen is not again hes 6'1.

Leung says on 11/Jun/07
ms crababel, reading your posts it is obvious that you have bad feelings towards Enrique and it's affecting your judgement. Like him or hate him it doesn't matter, the guy is tall, end of story.

ms crababel says on 11/Jun/07
ok maybe i am a little bit off about the difference between him and sheen..but sheen isnt 5'9 and never has been thats for sure..and seriously doubt enrique is 6'1.he alsways and i mean always wear shoes with more than normal height advantedges and look at his torso..it doesnt look like a 6'1 torso at all...compare to "5'9" sheen..

MD says on 10/Jun/07
Huh? Hair or no hair, the difference is clearly greater than 3 inches. If you can't see that, you put your credibility into question.

ms crababel says on 9/Jun/07
dont let the hair fool you

MD says on 8/Jun/07
You're way off. The height difference is clearly greater than 3 inches.

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ms crababel says on 7/Jun/07
sheen isnt 5'9..and go look on enrique's official site..there is pictures to prove that the height difference is 3 inches max. i think he is closer to 6'0 maybe a strong 5'11..look at pictues with anna..he is totally overrated

Josh says on 3/Jun/07
He looked 6'1 (185cm) in two and a half men he had 4 inches on charlie sheen listed here at 5'9 , I honestly never thought he would be even 6'1 but yeah hes not under 6'0.5 , to me hes 6'1 the 6'2 must be with shoes on , he also appeared barefoot in two and a half men looking 6'1.

Anonymous says on 11/Mar/07
My friend saw Enrique a couple of months ago in Miami and he looked at least 6'2 if not taller. By the way, Enrique is a Spaniard by father and a mestizo by mother (Spanish & Filipino). Why are people posting messages about Mexican's height under Enrique? Maybe our Mexican friends can post their comments under a Mexican actor or singer. Their comments are totally irrelevant here.

annie says on 10/Mar/07
i'm mexican too and I can say that it's pretty common to find people in the streets 5'9 or taller. Almost all of my male friends are around 185 cm or taller. My cousins are more tham 190 cm tall.

And about the racial mix, it isn't a rule. Althought I'm mexican, I'm caucasian, not mixed, but I'm short (don't know why because my dad and mom are tall). My height is 161 cm.

People around here (north of Mexico) are tall.

TheFary says on 22/Feb/07
heightcritique:
could you estimate average height in europe nowadays using an anthropological analysis,and talking about migration to the US? whoa mate I'm truly impressed with your post talking about the spaniards. and if you're british,what do you think the height differences between Spaniards and the English?

Heightcritique says on 29/Jan/07
Come on anonymous, aztecs in the 16th century were average height 5'7"! That is ridicolous. In every history book I have read aztecs are described average height 5'00". In the logs of the conquistadors aztecs are described as short and wearing little clothing compared to European standards. You probably know this but history is written by the victors, and in you studied history in Mexico, the height of an aztec will be probably altered I suppose. The only indians in the Americas with above the Europeans' height of the time, were the North American indians or the indians who inhabit the territory which is now the US.

Gotxo says on 29/Jan/07
anonymous:
Yep that's true. 5'7" for the 16th century was indeed very tall.
Spaniards on 1920's where around 5'5" on average, so do compare.
True again, most ecuatorians in Spain are from Loja, the poorest region on Ecuador, so they don't reflect well the reality of that country.
But i'm with heightcritique in that of those of european descent tend to be taller, i had a mexican flat mate who had german grandfathers and was 184cm.

anonymous says on 28/Jan/07
Heightcritique, you can't just rate "indians" in Mexico per se as just that. There were quite a lot of differences in Mexico in a lot of aspects. The aztecs for example were around 5'7 (not kidding), while mayans and olmecans were shorter, not to mention tarahumaras, they were the tallest population of Mexico for some unknown reason. I conclude that mexicans indians can either be tall (in the case of aztecs) or small (in the case of olmecas), and it really can be a question of genetical adaptation and nutrition, nowadays, like I said, you could find young people of indian ancestry of about 6'3, the youth seems to be growing in aspects of height. MD, most of the immigrants that go to the US are from Oaxaca and Chiapas, so it stands to reason to say that indeed the average mexican that goes to the US is short (due to poor nutrition in the rural places which prevails on those states). I still say that the average height in here is very distinguishable at around 5'8 to 5'9.

Heightcritique says on 28/Jan/07
Gotxo
The reference of Iberians as being descendants of Greek is evident in the statute found in Elche. The head and top torso of a lady priest have almost exact characteristics found in the statutes found of ancient Greece. There is one theory that speculates that the first settlers of Iberia were colonies of ancient Greece and these colonies were the result of misplaced survivors of ancient natural disasters (volcanic activity, and earthquakes which destroyed entires areas and sank entires islands in ancient Greece). This speculation is supported by geological evidence that Greece was once a large peninsula as the Iberian peninsula is now. However, you are right, there is no concrete hard evidence that shows with certitude the origin of the first people in the Iberian peninsula. There is one ancient reference to Spain in one of Plato's books which discusses the Pillars of Hercules (modern Rock of Gibraltar)to indicate the location of Atlantis which shows Greek influence or presence at least in the peninsula in ancient times.

Now going back to the subject of Iglesias Jr., let's not forget that Enrique's father is 6'1", and his mother, a tall Filipina model who appears to be a mestiza or having some type of native and significant Spanish mix because of her facial features and height.

Gotxo says on 28/Jan/07
heightCritique.

Iberians are obscure peole, nobody has told yet their real ancestry, i guess that of Spartans or Macedonians is another cool theory too :)
Goths and Visigoths (Germanic tribes) were very important to spanish legacy in the sape of laws, goverment and the unit of all kingdoms/tribes of what is now Spain, though the importance in the genetic pool is low.

Yeah i find huge people in Madrid, but i can tell you that at least in Oviedo (Asturias) people is real tall and the population is much smaller.

Heightcritique says on 28/Jan/07
Gotxo
I guess you can argue that Asturians are taller than the average Spaniard but when I visit a friend there I did not see that. Average height was maybe 5'10". In Madrid and Barcelona night clubs it is true that for some reason people seem to be taller than the average Spaniard. But, I find the same type of height variability in Torre Molinos, and Mallaga. Maybe, like you mentioned, the new generation is getting taller. As far as the our Mexican friend comments: the racial mix of Spain is Iberians (descendants of Greeks: Spartans, Macedonians, etc.), Celtics (the same tribe that conquered and colonize Scotland), Visigoths (the first Germanic and arian tribe that sac Rome and played a big part in stopping Atila the Hun from piliaging all of Europe), Basque (because of their non-European language and PH- blood, they are for some, descendants of Atlantians), Romans, and Sephardic (Spanish Jews), and maybe some Arab but our history teaches us that the Moors were intolerant of Christians and Jews and only inhabitated the Sourthern and Eastern coastal cities and areas, and never conquered the whole Peninsula. The Spaniards were at war with them for 300 years and evicted them from Spain before the conquest of the Americas. The Moors considered non-Muslims or Moors as infidels and it was prohibited to intermarry Christians and Jews. The Jews were also evicted during the inquisition, but not all Jews left, some converted to Christianity, some fake the conversion, and others were not only Jews but mixed with the Spaniards.

Gotxo says on 27/Jan/07
HeightCritique.

Not bad analisys, yeah, we the spaniards are a curios mixture of iberans, celtics, basques and a lot more. Height in spain is hard to gauge, those who been raised in the post war were damn small due to poverty and malnutrition, the ones born in 80's are 5'9" and the ones who are now between 18-24 are 177cm according to the lates stats. People in Madrid or Barcelona are tall, compared to the rest of the country, but the tallest are the ones from Asturias, @ 180 i'm pretty normal and never feel tall nor small, but in Asturias i felt somewhat
shorter than in other places.

MD says on 26/Jan/07
I hate to get off topic even more, but if it's to any interest of anyway the average height for a Mexican Americans male, here in the United States, is quite short compared to the general population: 5'-4.9"

It appears that most that immigrate here must have a much larger native American/indian mix than the general populace of Mexico.

In comparison, both American whites and blacks average 5'10"

Heightcritique says on 26/Jan/07
I don't know about Mexicans height but since the population consist of a mix of races (60% indian, 35% mestizos, and 5% caucasian) there is going to be differences in height. Mexicans indians are very small, so mestizos can range from short to tall depending on their racial mix. The Mexicans of european descent (Spanish, French, German) are taller than the average Mexican in general so in my opinion, height in Mexico is variable depending on those variables. However, anonymous forgot to mention the Basque and Semitic mix of the people of Spain. In the middle ages, the world's biggest population of Jews lived in Spain and some of the monarchs including the Count of Olivares had some Jewish descent. As far a the variability of height, I would probably say that there is no distinguishable characteristic that would differentiate one region of Spain against another. There are catalans that are short, and some that are tall, and the same trend occurs in other areas of Spain. I agree that the average height of a Spaniard is 5'9".

raj says on 26/Jan/07
anonymous, guti is barely 182. hes just like 2 cm max over raul and shorter than ronaldo. the one that is really 185 is zidane. beckham is 180 and i meet him most saturdays at a local gym where he brings his son for swimming. dont no what u mean with that nothing to do with the matter WASP thing in here. those comments about geography are pretty lame. in spain u go ask any1 at university about mozambique's capital or 2 locate surinam or laos or even places like slovenia or Azerbaijan. NO IDEA!
or just ax them about texas or minneapolis...LOL

anonymous says on 25/Jan/07
Just to make sure you guys get a picture of the average mexican height, take Diego Luna, Carlos Santana, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu or Kuno Becker for example.
I think you guys are right with Enrique Iglesias at 6'1.5, about the same height as Benicio Del Toro.

anonymous says on 25/Jan/07
My main point with that last comment was that semites tend to be tall nowadays.

anonymous says on 25/Jan/07
Hmmm, I wanted to point something out for spanish friends. I'm mexican, I don't know the average height in Spain. They say people there are very variable so as to define their height. They say people from the north (Basque Country, and cities near Andorra) tend to be taller than the ones in the south. I dunno really. I do want to point out that the average mexican is not what you may say a tiny dwarf (just like they thought of asiatics like chinese and japanese), perhaps that was 30 years ago, but nowadays, if you see the youth of Mexico the average is not that "obviously" below your average spanish. Indeed I'd point out results go from 5'8 to 6'2. The way I see it, I myself would say 175 cms is the average young male mexican height. But now it is not strange to see teenagers of 183 cms to 188 cms, sure it's stretching it, because it's not the average, but it's not strange nowadays. There are two classmates in my college group that are 183 cms, another one of 180 cms, 179 cms, 177 cms, you name it, but like I said, the average seems to be around 5'9. Medium height? I'd say 5'8 to 6'2, a giant? maybe 6'5, I dunno, but you get the idea. For the spanish fellas please get your facts straights before commenting on another country.
I also wanted to point out that Nordic people are not the tallest ones in the world. The ones that had that title were the dutch, but now balcanic people are the tallest people with an average of 6'2 (188 cms).
I also wanted to ask the spanish: Aren't you guys mixed with semites too? You know, because of the invasion of mid easterns back in the middle ages, arabs and jews went to take Spain over, take Monterrey for example, it's founder was the jewish Diego de Montemayor.

Mike says on 8/Jan/07
He is tall in spain and everywhere he goes.I thought he was 5'10-11,maybe due to his lean aspect.I think in spain average height is still 5'8-5'8.5 if you consider entire population,but new generations could reach a weak 5'10(177cm) I think italians could reach that mark too. Nevertheless,mediterranean european-caucasian are 1.25-2 inch shorter(in average terms)than nordic-europeans(now the biggest people in the world)

anonymous says on 2/Jan/07
I am Spanish too and the average height in Spain is around 5'9" nowadays. I am 5'11" (180m) and I am of medium height in Spain. I have many friends that are 6' to 6'4". Let's not forget that Spaniards are a mix of Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, and Celts, so height is variable in the population. For example, our King Juan Carlos is 6'2" and our Prince is 6'5". Enrique is tall, but not a giant in Spain.

Anonymous says on 8/Sep/06
Im spanish. Im 5'11 1/2. I have frends who are 6' and 6'2''. One of my friends is almost 6'6''. I have some friends who are 5'8'' and 5'9'' as well. Why couldn't a spanish young guy as Enrique Iglesias be 6'2''? He wold be tall, yes, but not a giant.

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Ujane, Moscow says on 17/Apr/06
Why doesn`t he say he is 6ft 3in? The Lord loves the trinity whatever and whenever - even if you lie!))))

Anonymous says on 13/Apr/06
Raj:

On Guti's height, yeah i know you can achieve suddenly a life-long friendship with any celeb i've just meet or mentioned. It's just that i prefer what my friends and i saw from barely a meter of distance (when we get close to him, before of that we had various minutes observing him when we were aproximating each other). No way only 182cm, 185cm looks right.

Anyway who cares, all the celebs are Raj's Height-1cm (Indeed Yao ming is 182cm).

And as for the DISCUSSION, i'm still waiting for someone with a bit of criterium and wit to post here and discuss the topic here (namely an american wasp).
Not one pretending 183 is fairy tall for an spanish (As is tallish, but nothing special nowadays).

The stats you mention deal more with the gross budget, and the mony spent per pupils.
I've still hear from an english,polish,czech,german or italian (the foreigners i can talk to regularly) that Panamá is a city in Florida. No doubt it is, but isn't it named after a country? A famous one by it's channel/strategical issues?

Spending money on education is necessary, but also the results count.
Wasn't the newyorker the one that published an article on effiency of USA on literacy checks?
Have i the need to repeat the gems that the most representative american, your president Bush has said in a lot of ocassions showing deep concern for knowledge of the world, geography, politics, rulers of other nations or races?

The list is long and Rob wouldn't allow me to post it here.

raj says on 11/Apr/06
Gotxo, never said anything about spending more money in the USA than in Europe. I was talking about levels of education in the world rankings. Spain is always under the US. go check.

I have a house in Madrid and know spaniards very well. Its all about magnifying the facts. A very latin thing.

anyways, I know guti is 182 simply because I know him and hang out with him many times and I think this is the end of the discussion LOL

Gotxo says on 4/Apr/06
Raj:
How's you my dear friend?
Happy to hear your odd reasonment again (or we have been talking all the time? ;).
It is true that USA spends more money than Europe in education, i don't think yours is bad, but you don't seem to care much about the facts whether you know them or not. That's sad.
I've talked to many english and they seem to have a greater culture than yours in general, so don't come with the plot that it is a matter of money. it isn't.

Ignorants exist in every country, but that lack of knowledge for the other nations is only so big in USA. And as i pointed you it isn't a concern of geography only, but the own idea of nation and it's components are shamelessly mixed: main language, politics, ethnicity. I've talked to polish, english, Czechs, italians and Germans, and all had a quite good idea of the world that surrounds us. Americans normally don't (well a few chaps, mostly girls and much less frecuently gusy, at least the people i've talked to).

And as for Guti, whe observed him for a long time when he & his wife came in our direction.We stood for a while very close to each other, in fact the guy got disapointed as we didn't ask him an autograph as he expected.So we were face to face. Say what you want.

raj says on 3/Apr/06
gotxo, you are obviously underrating americans as the US is ahead of in all rankings in education. You guys might know more about geography and history but we are so much ahead in other subjects. And most spaniards cant place Sri Lanka on a map! thats a fact.
If Guti is 185 he would be as tall as Zidanne. hes just a tad bit taller than Raul and same height as Beckham.

Anonymous says on 2/Apr/06
Ron:
It is true that many people in Spain won't remember that whe had Guinea Ecuatorial as a colony, whilst a lot others gonna answer you that since a recent date the king tried to help Teodoro Obiang before the guy went corrupted.

But mind this, we in europe are able to distinguish between language, ethnicity, and geography, a thing you seem you aren't able to do, since you place Spain in another continent, spaniards got checked as "red men" in USA (we are caucasians)
when most of south americans are far related to asiatic people, maybe because we share a language, but not even many things of culture (we're more like italians, portuguese or french).
Those are colosal messings since are very different concepts, yeah sure we can't distinguish between different african guys living in Spain, but we can asume they come from different tribes thought they are from the same nation.

And yeah, in Europe we're only on the mean in cultural terms, but any guy that
watches the news 5 min a day can answers many of the questions you propose and won't make for sure such big mistakes. You know in the blind's land the one eyed
is the king ;)

BTW: I have nothing to ask Guti, me and 2 friends coincided with him and his wife in the same side walk, i'm 180cm (@ medical check for the work) and he was 185cm.
And for the "Las venas abiertas de america latina", is a well famous reference book i read it 3 years ago when i twisted (again) my left ankle.

ron says on 2/Apr/06
its great how fast u can go 2 the library! at least u learnt something.
anyway, go ask anyone u find in the street in madrid about sri lanka and what races they have there or just the same question about guinea..... i hope that u FINALLY get my point.

btw, guti is 1.82 after a good strecht. go ask him!

Gotxo says on 1/Apr/06
Ron:
Yeah, the pic it is not the best one i must admit.
Anyway i've only met Guti and to me looked 185cm (i've 2 184cm friends and one 185, i can guess it good), we could compare.
To me Casillas looks 185cm anyway.
As for bubis and fangs i've never been to Guinea, i've only a Senegalese friend and don't know a single word in Wollof except the ones that where taken from Portuguese & French.
2things:
#1 If we are gonna talk about Colonial Past, every occidental nation has a bloody one, USA done it in another subtle but not less bloody way.
I've read the: "Las venas abiertas de america latina" so don't tell me.

#2 If you mean that Bubis and Fangs where brought as slaves to Republica Dominicana, it could be,i ignore the ethnicity of the black slaves carried to there and Cuba. The only things i know is that my brother went this year to R.Dominicana and the day that one barman showed to him with pride his gun decided to spent more time at the hotel. That and that nowadays R.Dominican ones benefit of Spanish Social Wellfare here, as the one that getting a social salary by doing nothing,it didn't prevented him from stealing and cutting the throat to a taxi driver in Bilbao, and moked people whilst cops impeded people lynched him (the very brave guy)
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Yeah i know that in USA the most normal thing in world is to carry a gun, but here in Europe is regarded as a sub-developed countries trend.
BTW I'm from Bilbao.

Anonymous says on 31/Mar/06
gocho, im ron , period. so dont get 2 smart. In that pic u cannot see what shoes theyr wearing. so it means nothing. i met casillas and hes less that 183.
do u no anything about bubis or fangs? u should because u r spanish and its part of ur history. i no u dont have a clue and nobody blames u 4 that! go ask anyone in spain about where martinica is and have a laugh.

ron says on 31/Mar/06
gotcho, go out anywhere in spain and ask anyone where laos, burundi, sri lanka or any of ex USSR republics are located in a map. dont get me wrong but in spain 90% of the people dont give 2 shits about different races in africa or about their wars just to name an xample.
can anyone post pics of enrique barefoot?

ron says on 30/Mar/06
gocho, casillas is way below 185. im 183.5 and i was taller than him!
enrique is 6-1 but that pic we just saw with carson Daly with sandales leave no doubt...is he "only" a bit less than 5-11? so that means his brother is around 5-9...u no, the one model guy

Virgil says on 30/Mar/06
I´m from Asturias, Gotxo
Yeah, I remember when Santiago Segura was in Cronicas Marcianas . It wasn´t just one day. He came every week to the program so Javier and the audience could tell if he had lost or gained weight (he eventually lost a lot of weight). In this case, as I mention in my first comment, it was an auction, for some cause,so it was a one time affair, not a long running program. With 1,80-1,82 the guy would be fairly tall anyway. And with those shoes he was wearing, he could easily go up 5 cm. My guess is he is like 1,81 with the extra boost of those 5cm.

Gotxo says on 30/Mar/06
Virgil:
You're dodging my question on your origin, i allready know you are able to express yourself in spanish (of course). I didn't pretend to say it was cronicas marcianas, i compared your sighting to one presenced by massive audience (so it is very hard to refuse wat a lot of people saw), wich a known introducer so comparisions can be stablished (you can't even name the program or the channel).
Anyway, you can gain 2" rather easily (but it is somehow noticeable) from 5cm & upwards is hard no to walk in a cowboy fashion, not to mention the appearance of the shoes (like the 70's plattform shoes or worse).
The easiest way to downgrade a celeb is to mention lifts and not a single proove,i could be wrong but this guy allways stroke me as fairly tall.

Virgil says on 29/Mar/06
Gotxo:
No, no me acuerdo del programa ni del presentador o del canal; fue hace años(no era Cronicas Marcianas), pero recuerdo perfectamente que cuando lo estabamos viendo lo flipamos de lo que encogía. No digo que no haya famosos españoles de esa estatura, digo que a mi Enrique me parece un tio de 1,80-1,82 con unas alzas en los zapatos que le hacen crecer de 5 a 7 centimetros.

Translation: No I don´t remember the program, the host or the channel, it was years ago (it wasn´t Cronicas Marcianas). I remember perfectly when we were watching it, we were amazed at how he shrinked. I´m not saying there are no spanish celebs around this height, I say that to me Enrique looks like a 180-182 cm tall guy, lifts in his shoes that make him look 5-7 cm taller.

Gotxo says on 28/Mar/06
Virgil:
I don't care where do you live but what are you are. It's clear that you're not spanish since it is shorter to use a sigle word than a periprhasis.
Enrique always has looked in the 6'2" mark compared to foreigner or local celebrities, don't care if he's 187 or 188cm he seems very close to that mark and you can think in many spanish celebhs of his same generation as tall or taller: Sports-Iker Casillas:185, Dance-Igor Yebra: 189, Acting-Eloy Azorin: 187.
BTW the story of the shoes is ridiculous a 6'+ guy wearing 7,5cm heeled shoes?
nah he never looked short.
In the other hand Santiago Segura was measured in the audience-master program Cronicas Marcianas leaded by Javier Sardá (Tele 5) he was a lot of Kg and 173cm SHOES ON.
Can you name the program, the introducer towered by enrique and the name of the channel for an instance or is it a non factual based gossip?

Virgil says on 26/Mar/06
A story about Enrique´s height. I saw a few years ago a program on spanish TV where celebrities gave away personal items to auction for some casue.Enrique auctioned his shoes, and he took them off while on air. Let me tell you, when he did, he went down like 3 inches. With them on, he towered the host, without them he was taller, but the tower effect was lost. Platform shoes he was wearing. Haven´t met him, but I would say he is in the 5ft11 to 6ft zone, with three inch lifts and a good body posture.
I´m from Spain btw, caucasian, 30 years, average height at 5ft10.

ferg says on 12/Mar/06
I am spanish and I am 20 years old. I am 181cm taller and i feel quite average.
Is true that in the 60s and the 70s the spanish average height was short, but it was because the people who grow up after the civil war had bad conditions with his food, not because the spanish are short.
My father and his brothers are 175, 172, 168 and 160(female), my brothers and me are 185, 187 and 181.

Gotxo says on 11/Mar/06
Marco:
The average maybe indeed even greater, 176cm was given for guys between 19 and thirty xxx? (maybe more or less dunno).
But the Enkid study (year 2000, nowadays getting old) states 178cm y 75kg on avg for thoese between 18 & 21. I've friends who range 5'6" & 6'5", don't think we're short nor tall. Nothing against mexicans, the few i met were gentleman, it can be said of many shoutamerican based nation subdits on spain.

BTW the proof to the comments i originaly made is that no american is again commenting on it. It seems that they not care or don't have the will to recognize they can make huge errors (that's sad, you'll be ever a donkey)

Marco says on 10/Mar/06
I´m spanish too. I´m 6 ft 3 1/2 in (192 cm). The Spanish average is 176 cm. Mexicans are obviously shorter. And yes, we´re europeans. Caucasian. My closest friend is the same height as me. And my three gym buddies are even taller! 194, 199 and 203 cm. BTW: Enrique Iglesias is on the 187/188 cm range.

Gotxo says on 8/Mar/06
Knut:
Thnx for your words, with comments as above's one always wonder if americans can't distinguish language from ethnicity, culture & geography.
I've posted several comments on this issue trying to shed some light over this confusion, and no american poster @ this page has come ever with "Yeah, some people @ USA confuse things a lot" wich leads me to think that they don't care about talking of an european country placing it in south america. Or if they are aware of the difference they try to abase spaniards comparing us with countries that lack respect for democracy & human rights. Is that or it is that being a citizen from the most powerful country of the world you can afford being a barbaric ignorant and don't shame of it.

BTW: Spanish (from Spain,europe) = caucasian, South american native= far related to asiatics; common link? the language.

knut says on 7/Mar/06
auch!!!it hurts!!!! why do americans confuse spaniard with mexican, latin...???, Here in danemark everyone knows spain is in Europe and spaniards have nothing to do with mexicans, and that they ain't as tall as us danes (1.83 average)but rather closer to americans (1.77 spain average).
And definetely enriqe iglesias is 1.88

not_short says on 26/Feb/06
Gotxo: I totally agree with you, the moment you say you are Spanish, they asume you are form, I don't know, Mexico seems like the most popular guess among North Americans...lol
And, yeah, as you say, younger generations are generally taller. I'm 23, and I see 15 year-old girls way taller tham me...

Gotxo says on 26/Feb/06
Not_Short: I'm a five elevener basque on Madrid, yep here the people is a bit taller than in Bilbao (but surprisingly not taller than in Durango.) The problem with anglosaxons is that they have the same term for two different concepts: Español & Hispano wich they translate as hispanic. Wich often means South American native. They usually are shorter than caucasians (the Españoles are caucasian), thought i met some real big SouthAmerican fellers in Madrid. They were obvioulsy not Equatorian nor Bolivian, of course.
2ND: Yeah the height for young males has increased a lot, also young guys approach to their final heigth much sooner, so it's not hard to meet 5'11" or 6" kids who are 15 years. old.

to Claire: most of my friends are near my height or really over (up to 6'5") (but we approach 30), my younger friends are none of them shorter than me, and some are huge (over 6'3")

not_short says on 25/Feb/06
I'm a Spanish girl, and I'm 5'9", most of my female friends are around my height (give or take 2 inches), and I don't think I'm too tall. And most of my male friends are way over 6 feet tall... so I guess it's not strange for spaniards to be tall. Just because Penélope Cruz is short, doesn't mean the rest of us are :)

Steven says on 8/Feb/06
He really doesnt look it, I would have thought 5'11'' - 6' tops.

If only I were 6'2''... :'(

Mario says on 23/Jan/06
@Claire, no! Go to Madrid or Barcelona, when you walk on the streets you will see 5 ft 3 guys to 6 ft 6 guys! I don't know why poeple always think that spaniards are so short...

J.J.F says on 23/Jan/06
NO. The walk on on the Jonathan Ross show is slanted slightly, so as to help celebs appear taller in comparison tot their relatively tall host.
Iglesias is just under 6'2", Robs got this one right.

claire says on 23/Jan/06
he does look 6 ft 2. is it that stange for spaniards 2 be tall?

J-Dog says on 22/Jan/06
I think Enrique does indeed look 6'2", upgrade possibly?

Tubbs says on 22/Jan/06
Yeah, he looks 6'2", I remember the actual show with Ross, I can't believe how time flys, way back in 2002 - I was a fresh faced teenager then, Enrique deserves an upgrade, Ross is 6'1.5, and as Luis Garcia points out, Iglesias is noticably taller.

Jake_M says on 9/Jan/06
Jonathan Ross is a solid 6'1", so 6'2" definitely sounds right for Mr. Iglesias.

Marc says on 2/Jan/06
When he was next to 5'9" Mischa Barton in that shitty song, he looked at least 5 inches taller.

Jason says on 1/Jan/06
No clue how tall Enrique is, but my girl has met Julio Iglesias Jr. and has at least one pic with him, and disagreed with his listing of 178cm and said he's about 175.

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