Helen, I'm confused.
You say that you've always thought of yourself as being around 5' 10", yet upon actually measuring yourself recently, you discovered that in reality, you were 5' 11 1/2". That's quite a discrepancy...and very much in the opposite direction of what you were hoping to ascertain. Good on you that you were not devastated by this discovery and chose instead to look at the "glass half full" alternative that you were still below that magical 6' psychological barrier.
That said, there are plenty of tall GG's in that height range who simply "own" it and wear their sky-high heels regardless...presumably not only because are they proud of their height but also because it already attracts sufficient attention in and of itself, so what's a few inches more?
Consider also that 5' 11" is actually deemed as being short amongst the cadre of international Supermodels - most of whom are 6' or over - so that puts us into both a rarified and aspirational category. The same holds true for most of the models one sees in print ads for women's clothing or else on online shopping sites. In fact, many of the websites for retailers of women's clothing that I frequent here in Canada make a point of mentioning the height of the model(s) of the various dresses that they are showcasing, and that is usually 5' 10". The fact of the matter is, most women's clothing
does look better when worn by the more vertically advantaged among us, so if that applies to GG's, why not us as well by implication?
The other point is that one does not need to live in either the Netherlands, Germany, or one the Scandinavian countries to find oneself surrounded by tall GG's who likely all possess a similar smattering of Teutonic DNA. Look around you anywhere you go these days...they're just growing them bigger all around nowadays...height, weight, shoe size, dress size...you name it, and that's likely due to the better nutrition most of us in the Western world have had access to over the last 3 generations.
Frankly, this is a glorious time to be a crossdresser, and if it weren't for our typically ugly male mugs
, voices, and awkward body movements, "blending in" has never been easier.