An interesting photo

[DarkHorse]

In the very early pics, Paul looks a little shorter than John, maybe by a half inch. But he was still young and there was still time to grow. I have a friend of whom I was taller than by about an inch and this was up until we both turned 19 and then he grew another inch after that to be the same height as me. This is what I believed happened in Paul's case.

I think your beach pictures lili proves that Paul, John and George were the same height basically. As I said, in the early pics Paul may have been a bit shorter than John, by about a half inch presumably. John was two years older than Paul and probably reached his full height sooner. But in the later pics, from 1963 on he looks taller than George and John. It's possible he wore one-inch lifts(not 2 or 3 inch lifts) but it makes no sense that he would do this. I don't buy that IF he were 1/2 inch shorter than George he would wear one inch heels to make him taller than George. Makes no sense.

Looking at the beach pic, it's nearly impossible to say that he wore 2 or 3 inch lifts because he would tower over the other Beatles as as Bill did. He is standing next to both John and George at the same depth, barefoot, upright and they all look basically the same height(Paul looks a little taller imo.) Can you get any more visual evidence than this?

lili said:

[lili]

To be honest, this is exhausting work. I'm going through a bit of a crisis personally at the moment. I highly doubt that Paul grew that much. I'm sure that he wished he did.
Anyway, I found a few more while I was looking up the Brian Epstein pics. Here goes:




In this beach shot, Paul looks shorter. I still contend that the bottom of the ocean is too uneven to make any of these photos valid for comparison.


In this photo their wearing boat shoes. Cassius Clay towers over ALL of them

[lenmac]

even with skis on, Paul looks shorter than John

[lili]

This photo is from behind the scenes in Help:



I just found it interesting that Paul appears to be around the same height as the woman standing next to him.

[lenmac]

Paul seems to be a little taller than Ringo.

[ekauqodielak]

Jan 25, 2006 21:10:33 GMT -5 lili said:

As has been stated previously by others, Paul was not much taller than Ritchie WITH FLATS ON, WITH SIMILAR SHOES ON, OR BAREFOOT.
Paul seemed to have had a bit of a complex about his height. Ritchie's height didn't seem to bother him one whit. In fact, he seemed to be quite comfortable with himself. Paul, on the other hand...
Paul either wore lifts in his shoes, or had shoes specially made to give him up to an extra 3 inches in height. If he's starting at 5 ft 8 in, he could wind up at 5 ft. 11 in. Now, if John is 5ft. 9 in. & he's not as nuts about appearing taller as Paul was, Paul could come out looking a little taller.
Why not, eh ?
I have photos to back this up of course. Photos that show their feet & how Paul was not the taller of the two. In fact, I have a photo of Paul standing next to Ritchie shoulder to shoulder. You can see that they're wearing similar shoes.
Paul looks to be no more than an inch taller than Ritchie, comparing top of head, shoulders, hips, knees & feet.
I'm no expert in any of this, but I do consider that photo to be my Rosetta stone concerning Paul's true height. If he was about an inch taller than Rithie & Ritchie was approximately 5 ft. 7 in. tall, that puts Paul at 5 ft. 8 in.
I just found some photos, including the one that I just mentioned. Here goes:






And that Rosetta stone of photos:

The first pic is Original sharp-nosed Ringo! Does anyone know the date for that? He hasn't been seen for a while....

The Act Naturally cover and the last pic of just "Ringo" and "Paul" are the same Paul.
The first pic and the one of "John" & "Paul" with cameras are, I believe, the same Paul. But the 2nd may be the one with the long, narrow, straight nose with the upturned end. He was the one I call "China Doll" Paul. 
And the penultimate pic of the them all at the airport actually looks like "original" Paul, from the Albert dock photos and backyard pix with Mike and other late '50s Liverpool shots. That Paul never appeared in any of the Hamburg photos that I've seen, to date.