Two-Year-Old Youngest Female In Mensa

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Georgia Brown's parents knew she was a bright child. After all, she could crawl at five months, walk at nine months and she was dressing herself by the time she was 14 months old. When she was 1 1/2 years old, Georgia could put her own shoes on and on the proper feet as well.

Georgia was also capable of carrying on a conversation, introducing herself to others in proper sentences such as "Hello I'm Georgia, I'm one."

Once after her parents had taken her to the theater to see Beauty and the Beast, Georgia perceptively commented that she did not like the villain in the play, Gaston, because "he was mean and arrogant." For a toddler that is remarkably perceptive.

Realizing she had more than just a bright child, Lucy Brown contacted a specialist in educational psychology, Joan Freeman. Professor Freeman tested Georgia with the Stamford-Binet Intelligence test, one of the oldest cognitive measures. That test taps a broad range of skills which is why it is so widely used. But Freeman found the test was too limited to gauge the child's creative abilities.

According to Professor Freeman, Georgia breezed through the test "like a hot knife through butter." Sometimes she even gave a higher quality answer than what was required to earn a point on the test. She displayed skills and abilities beyond her age such as drawing a near perfect circle which most adults would have difficulty with. Her ability to distinguish the difference between the colors pink and purple also surprised Freeman for it is something most children would learn at age five when they are enrolled in school.

Lucy Brown believes her daughter has benefitted by being the youngest of five children. Her siblings range in age from 16 to 24 and Georgia is always learning something from one or another in the brood.

When news of Georgia's IQ score reached Mensa, the organization invited her to join. With over 100,000 members the world over, Mensa stipulates a high IQ which places one in the top 2% of the population is the the primary requirement to join. Georgia is now one of 30 members of Mensa under the age of ten.

How does Georgia compare to more notable names with IQs in the top 2% in the world? Madonna has an IQ of 140, Hitler was scored at 141 and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has an IQ of 160. However, Professor Freeman says Georgia would have scored even higher than 152 had she not required a nap after 45 minutes of working on the test.

With all her newfound celebrity and a membership in Mensa, Georgia remains a very normal and humble child. As her mother puts it: "She doesn't think she's better and cleverer than everyone else. She is a very kind and loving child."

Sweet Georgia Brown.