It pays for a woman to be tall, in fact about 5ft 8ins should do it. This is because the latest research shows that women over 173cm typically earn £5,000 a year more than her shorter women friends! These taller women are in fact twice as likely to pocket a salary of £30k or more. You can almost put a price on the inches (£530 per extra inch)! A women who reaches 6 feet tall also has an 80 per cent increased chance of making it into ‘management’. PQ’s advice then for anyone who is’ height challenged’ is stake those heels.
PQ Magazine 20/5/2010