203cm tall, Amazon Eve always struggled to find a man who treated her like a woman, not like their mother. The longest relationship for the 34-year-old had been six months, before she met Dennis Hargrove, an American accountant in his 60s who she says is a perfect match. At 193cm, Hargrove is almost as tall as Eve, and she says he challenges her intellectually, unlike the other men she has dated.
"Taller men find me too much to handle because they're used to a woman looking up to them and short men see me as a trophy," she said.
"Dennis isn't like that, he is successful in his own right, confident and loves me for who I am."
Hargrove said he has no problem with the stature of his girlfriend, who won the 2011 Guiness World Record for being the world's tallest model.
"My friends are envious of my girlfriend," he said.
Eve's modelling career took off after she appeared on the front cover of Zoo Weekly in 2009. She also acts and charges $400 an hour for men to wrestle her.
It was in a tax meeting with Hargrove when sparks first flew.
"Dennis is very personable and kind-hearted," she said.
"He knows when I've had a tough day or I'm under a deadline and he manages to ease my mind with a well timed back rub. I used to have a long list of wants in a man, but my dating experience has taught me to be open to different kinds of possibilities. If there's no chemistry then it won't work."
Until now, she found it hard to find a man who could handle her height.
"Guys forget that Amazon Eve is an alter ego I play in the entertainment biz," she said.
"Guys who approach me with a focus to be with me because of my height tend to see me only as a fetish object — albeit just a surface attraction.
"The short men I dated saw me as a replacement for their mother and the few taller men I've dated were either too old, not available, too boring or struggled to cope with the fact I could look them directly in the eye. I did worry I'd never find true love."
Once a man grabbed her crotch and asked, "You don't have a penis do you?"
Growing up, she was the butt of her peers' jokes.
"People called me 'Giant' and 'Stretch' because I was ridiculously tall, flat chested and lanky," she said.
"I hated my body so much I hid myself away and avoided the boys I fancied because I didn't want to be rejected. No boy was interested in taking me to the school prom."
But she credits acting classes and fitness for helping her find self-confidence, and love.
"The first time I met Dennis we were going over some tax preparation, not the most romantic encounter, but then when I heard him speak French I just fell head over heels," she said.
"He's not like any other man I've dated."
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