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Five Household Items That Are The Same Height As Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton seems larger than life, but the fact is, when she’s not wearing her many six-inch high heels, she stands just 5 feet tall. She’s one of country music’s…

Five Household Items The Same Height As Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton seems larger than life, but the fact is, when she's not wearing her many six-inch high heels, she stands just 5 feet tall. She's one of country music's smallest standing superstars.

Even with her high heels, it's evident she's small when she stands next to many of her country music counterparts like Reba McEntire, who is 5'8, or even Carrie Underwood, who stands just 5'3 without heels.

I know from personal experience that when Parton enters a room, the last thing you think about is her small stature as she fills every room she walks into with her charm and presence. Still, when you really take a look at her, she is tiny; while her hair and other famous features are quite large, her waist is very small, as are her legs, and her shoe size must be a five or six.

We got thinking, what are some things the same size as the country icon we use daily? So, we came up with a list of things around your home that are the same height as Dolly Parton.

A standing living room lamp

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Most of us have one in our living rooms or somewhere around the house. Take a look at it; it's right around the height of Dolly.

A medium size Christmas tree

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That's about five feet tall. Any higher, and Dolly would have a hard time getting the star on top.

A folding table

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We all have one of these at home and take it out when friends come over for games or maybe even for the kids' table at Thanksgiving. It doesn't seem that big, and neither is Dolly.

A medium-sized step ladder

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Some of these are much taller, but this handy ladder works perfectly when you have a small job and don't have to be too high to reach something.

A standard power extension cord

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Many of these are lying around the house at any given time. We need them all the time with all the stuff we have to plug in. The next time you use this to plug in your record player to spin a Dolly vinyl, think of just how tiny the country icon stands when she's not wearing her signature high heels.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.