Fatima Timbo is Extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Fatima Timbo is a comedian, model and content creator, making waves in the industry about the treatment of people with disabilities. Fatima has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism that has restricted her growth, and she has had her fair share of negativity from others over her 24 years and which she still gets today. In Fatima’s words, she now has an “invisible shield” and has found comedy and modelling to be some of her favourite things to do. She has been part of BBC Three’s “Laugh Lessons”, where some of the best new comedians on the scene tell their story through sketches about their modern life, and more recently you may have seen her on Celebrity Gogglebox as part of Channel 4’s Black to Front Project, part of the channel’s commitment to improve black representation. Fatima is passionate, funny and here to make a change and the pair talk about Fatima’s life growing up, changing how you feel inside and how we all have something to offer the world. An extraordinary person indeed! This is a Somethin’ Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0	Hello and welcome to Katie Piper's Extraordinary People. This is the podcast where I sit down with an
1:13.1	extraordinary person and share their story. They may have faced some kind of adversity. They
1:18.3	might still be on their journey, but the stories that will make you laugh, cry and hopefully
1:23.1	feel a little bit inspired. So today with me, I have a woman who's opening up conversations
1:28.6	about many different shapes that human bodies and minds can take, whilst educating her
1:34.6	audience on their questions around disability. Fatima Timbo is a 24-year-old comedian, content
1:41.2	creator, model and dancer, who has a type of dwarfism that restricts her
1:45.6	growth. She's been part of the BBC 3 series laugh lessons, where some of the best new
1:51.1	comedians on the scene tell their story through sketches about their modern life. And more recently,
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