As a *fairly* tall girl I think I'll add my view:

Reasons why being a tall girl is bad (or at least, bad things that have happened to me due to being tall):

• It's hard to find a guy who's taller (yes, I know some women don't go for that but I and ok, most women ever, do) clarification: after having been msg'd by several guys saying 'I'm 6'*"' the problem is not so much that tall guys don't exist but that out a of a given pool of men the likelihood that one will be attractive, intelligent, nice *and* fancy you in any way shape or form is low enough, nevermind factoring in how tall they are which means that statistically, you lose.
• You stand out in a crowd, this can be great sometimes, but most of the time I, personally, don't want to.
• Shopping for trousers (not jeans, they're easy) is a uniquely cruel kind of frustration.
• Plenty of people can see up your nostrils (which is vaguely disturbing for some reason).
• One piece swimming costumes (also: leotards, body stockings e.t.c.) have a tendency to leave you with painful, bright red score marks on your buttocks and erm... "other" bits due to being too short.
• People saying "You should be a model", it may sound nice, but it gets old fast.
• Tights (US, pantyhose) grrrrr.
• Skirts that would be a nice length on 5'6" women are waaaay too short (perhaps some guys may think this isn't a problem, you try wearing a skirt that ends an inch below your butt also: It's vay hard to find long skirts that fit, they all tend to end mid calf on you, which is no fun when you want a skirt that goes down to your shoes).
• Most shoes tend to make you at least 2" taller, see: the perpetual search for nice, low heeled shoes (note the "nice").
• Due to the proportioning of human bodies you tend to have fairly large feet which makes finding shoes hard (although this is getting easier, a lot of shoes have my size as the largest, 10 years ago it would've been a different story), there's also the fact that shoes in large sizes tend not to look as nice as the same shoes in smaller sizes. also: longish arms, which are often too long for tops/jackets, etc.
• "Tall Girl" shops/departments tend to be expensive, have a lack of choice and not generally stock stuff you want to buy (they can be ok for things like simple black trousers, but there's a great lack of choice).
• Most girls tend to have their height in their legs not their torso, thus we come to my arch nemesis, the bus. Seats are placed close enough to make it impossible to sit comfortably, knees of trousers (you know, the nice ones that were so hard to find) are ground without mercy into the fabric back of the seat in front. Avoiding this requires sitting side-saddle or I suppose you could sit with your legs wide open *shrug* either way, not very fun.

It's not the worst thing in the world being tall, not by a very long shot, but it does tend to be beset by irritations of the types listed above.

Good things about being a tall girl:

• Being tall gives you a good aspect for taking photos from (if you happen to be a photographer!)
• You can reach stuff on high shelves! On the other hand, people keep asking you to reach stuff on tall shelves.
• You very occasionally get a slight feeling of superiority by being taller than other people.
• Your legs have a tendency to look great.
• People saying "You should be a model", the first few times.

Eventually you learn to live with being tall (you don't have much choice), but it's hard through your teenage (school) years, when being so different is not usually a good thing. I would say now (at 18 having stopped growing 2 years ago) that I wouldn't *want* to be short, but I wouldn't mind being a bit less tall, hopefully in the next few years I'll learn to really value being tall. Oh, and look on the bright side, by the time girls born today are 20 5'11" will probably be pretty average.

Feel free to /msg me with any suggestions for good and bad things about being tall and female that I can add to this node.