Meet Shauna Rae.
She may look around eight, but she's actually 23. Crazy to believe, right? Her young looks are the result of pituitary dwarfism, which she developed after battling brain cancer as a child.
Her looks have been known to turn heads — particularly the ones of "creepy" men. Here, she opens up about what it's like to have these creeps hit on her.
This has caused a lot of issues for Shauna, who has been chronicling her life on the TLC reality series, I Am Shauna Rae, which is currently in its second season.
“If you look at me, you see an eight-year-old," she explained to the New York Post. You have to look closely to see that there's an adult in there.
She's even pursuing post-education like an adult.
It's also shown Shauna Rae dipping her toe into the dating world.
Due to her child-like size, this has meant dealing with her fair share of creeps.
Back in August, a woman on TikTok named Grace went viral documenting what happened after she decided to wear pigtails to work one night. She was horrified to discover that the hairstyle, typically associated with little girls, earned her lots of tips.
"I do it because it’s such an easy hairstyle when i forgot to put up my hair but i’m always getting hit on by older men and now it makes sense," one woman wrote.
"The only time I ever got compliments or hit on at work was when I was wearing pigtails," a fourth wrote.
The video prompted other service workers to try the "pigtails experiment" to see if they received more tips than usual. Unfortunately, they did.
“I’ve just developed the ability to spot someone who may not have the best intentions because they give themselves away,” she said.
On her show, she was even set up on a blind date with a 20-year-old man named Thomas who also has dwarfism. He only stands at four feet eight.
“It was nice I didn’t have to walk him through that," she added.
"It’s painful when society doesn’t accept you for who you are,” she said. “I want people to not question me when I say who I am. I’m OK with showing proof, if necessary. But if you’re a typical regular Joe off the street, then you need to take me at my word.”
Sounds hectic!
