The Boulder County Fair has shut down the "Little Liz, the World's Smallest Woman" sideshow at the carnival after two parents complained to county authorities.

The attraction, advertising the chance to see and photograph a 29-inch-tall woman from Haiti, was closed Thursday evening. The first complaint came in Thursday afternoon.

"There was kind of an 'ick factor' to it," said Carrie Haverfield of the Boulder County Commissioners' Office, who took that call. "When I talked to our open space director and one of our county attorneys about it, we had the gut check of 'This is not the sort of use we want to encourage.' ... We just didn't feel it was appropriate to a family show."

http://www.timescall.com/news/ci_2630279......st-woman

On Aug 21, 2014, george1953 wrote:
She wasn't hurting anyone was she ! If she wasn't worried about it why should others force her to stop. I have a friend in the UK who is a clown, believe it or not the authorities have stopped him from using a bubble machine stating that its dangerous. It could make the floor slippery and a child could fall as a result, madness or what !

Colorado State Fair to include "Little Liz" show
The Associated Press
POSTED: 08/14/2014 09:59:07 AM MDT

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A sideshow claiming to feature the world's smallest woman will again be included at this year's Colorado State Fair.

"Little Liz" has appeared at the fair several times but her show at the Boulder County fair was shut down last week after some complaints.

State fair general manager Chris Wiseman told the Pueblo Chieftain (http://bit.ly/1puqAz4 ) that this is how the 29-inch woman from Haiti makes her living and he's not going to judge that. He hasn't gotten any complaints about the show over the years and says it's up to fairgoers to decide whether to go to the show or not.

http://www.denverpost.com/westernroundup......liz-show