Tall Clubs International

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Tall Clubs International
FoundedFirst Convention: 1947
First affiliation: 1948
First Incorporation: 1967
Founder Kae Sumner Einfeldt [1]
Type Social Organization
FocusAwareness of height issues
Area served
North America
Website tall.org

Tall Clubs International (TCI) is a social organization in the United States and Canada, comprising over fifty independent Tall Clubs.

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The group says its mission is "to promote tall awareness among tall men and women, and in the community; to provide social activities of mutual interest, travel to cities around the U.S. and Canada for gatherings including members from several TCI clubs; run a convention each year to conduct the business of the Corporation with representatives of all clubs; and select a new Miss Tall International, the official public representative and good will ambassador for TCI." [1]

The 2019 Netflix movie Tall Girl [2] has a scene of parents hosting a meeting of the Tall group in their home for the benefit of their daughter, the titular tall girl.

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References

  1. 1 2 TCI - About TCI
  2. "Tall Girl (2019)". imdb.com. Internet Move Data Base. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

TCI Affiliated Tall Club Web Sites

European Federation of Tall Clubs Web Sites

(These clubs are friends of TCI but are not officially affiliated with TCI due to membership requirement differences.)