Breckenridge (Colorado) - It looks a bit like the hobbits and Gandalf are taking a break in Middle-earth. But far from it: in this photo, a couple of friends from the USA are sitting together in Breckenridge, Colorado. But why does one of them look so much taller than the others? Is it AI, image editing or some other trick?

No, it's Erika Barbour. The young lady took to her TikTok account last week to share the picture and the story behind it.

The simple reason why she towers over the others in the picture is her height. At 1.85 meters, Barbour towers over even most of her male friends.

However, the fact that she looks so much taller than the others in a joint photo was a problem for the tall woman. So much so that she gave an extensive explanation on TikTok .

The clip concludes that, as such a tall woman, she unfortunately finds herself in situations like this every day.

She has now revealed a little more to Newsweek .

"At first I was so sad when I saw the picture because I just felt so much more massive than everyone else," she admitted to the US magazine.

But: "Now I think it's funny. It happens in my life every day and I just wanted to share it and hopefully make other big girls feel better because we're all going through the same struggle."

Since last week, Barbour's curious clip has garnered more than 670,000 clicks and a good 90,000 likes. There is a lot going on in the comments section in particular. But not all of it good.

"People made fun of me in the comments, and the men were particularly offended because I said that men lie about their size. But there's also a lot of positivity - big girls love it," she said.