In a world in which listing your height in your Tinder bio is considered a courtesy—we can tell by your torso, anyway—we are ever so slightly obsessed with how tall people are, especially in combinations. (And, no, there's nothing wrong with being shorter or taller than your significant other!) Save yourself some Googling and subtraction by clicking through our gallery of current and former celebrity couples with a major height difference, ahead.
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
Her: 5'5"
Him: 6'3"
Difference: 10 inches
Christina Ricci and Owen Benjamin
Her: 5'1"
Him: 6'6"
Difference: 17 inches
Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal
Her: 5'1"
Him: 5'11"
Difference: 10 inches
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth
Her: 5'1"
Him: 6'1"
Difference: 12 inches
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise
Her: 5'9"
Him: 5'7"
Difference: 2 inches, but it looks like so much more when she wears heels!
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
Her: 5'11"
Him: 5'7"
Difference: 4 inches, not taking heels into account.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
Her: 5'3"
Him: 6'9"
Difference: 18 inches, which is one-quarter as many days as they were married
Nicole Alexander and Shaquille O'Neal
Her: 5'2"
Him: 7'1"
Difference: 23 inches, but look at her giving him a piggyback ride (next slide).
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Her: 5'5"
Him: 6'1"
Difference: 8 inches
Salma Hayek and Edward Norton
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'
Difference: 10 inches
Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom
Her: 5'10"
Him: 6'10"
Difference: 12 inches
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
Her: 5'
Him: 5'11"
Difference: 11 inches
Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum
Her: 6'
Him: 5'5"
Difference: 7 inches
Fergie and Josh Duhamel
Her: 5'4"
Him: 6'4"
Difference: 12 inches
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
Her: 5'1"
Him: 6'2"
Difference: 11 inches
Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'3"
Difference: 13 inches
Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'4"
Difference: 14 inches
Eniko Parrish and Kevin Hart
Her: 5'7"
Him: 5'4"
Difference: 3 inches, but again...heels.
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen
Her: 5'3"
Him: 6'3"
Difference: 12 inches
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas
Her: 5'9"
Him: 5'7"
Difference: 2 inches, but more with heels.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith
Her: 5'
Him: 6'2"
Difference: 14 inches
Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko
Her: 5'
Him: 6'6"
Difference: 18 inches
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
Her: 5'9"
Him: 5'6"
Difference: 3 inches
Shakira and Gerard Piqué
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'4"
Difference: 14 inches
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson
Her: 5'3"
Him: 6'3"
Difference: 12 inches
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
Her: 5'4"
Him: 6'2"
Difference: 10 inches
Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'1"
Difference: 11 inches
Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'2"
Difference: 12 inches
Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth
Her: 5'3"
Him: 6'3"
Difference: 12 inches
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker
Her: 5'2"
Him: 6'2"
Difference: 12 inches
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson
Her: 5'0"
Him: 6'1"
Difference: 13 inches
Savannah Brinson and Lebron James
Her: 5'7"
Him: 6'9"
Difference: 14 inches
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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.
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