Short statured Brisbane entertainer Chris Cruickshanks loves his work, dismissing those who call it degrading Chris Cruickshanks in one of his many entertainment gig guises. CHRIS Cruickshanks is paid to attend parties dressed as a cartoon Mexican wearing a sombrero filled with nachos, walking around offering guests a selection of dips. As a short statured entertainer, he's never been busier - and he fires up when people claim he's being exploited. It's my choice. If you can use what you've got, why not?" he said. Exploiting is when you go too far, like dwarf throwing and certain things they want you to do to degrade yourself and then they go and put it on Facebook and YouTube, which I don't want. Chris manages a Gold Coast car wash by day, but dresses as a motley crew of characters after hours for a growing number of Brisbane pubs and clubs, hens nights, birthday parties and weddings. Chris Cruickshanks says his job in entertainment does not amount to exploitation. "I always get someone saying that I'm degrading myself but it's my choice," he said. He said someone once wanted to put cocaine in his sombrero - his Mexican outfit is his most popular - but he refused. They offered me good money and I said no way. I'm very careful in what I do. Chris also does an act where he dances to Joe Cocker's 'Leave Your Hat On' for brides-to-be. Chris Cruickshanks and his "most popular" outfit - a sombrero filled with nachos. I don't do the full strip. It's a tasteful entertainment routine that I do," he said. To tell you the truth, it's only taken off in the last year. There aren't many dwarfs in Brisbane who do entertainment. A lot of them do in Sydney and Melbourne but not up here. I'm always getting asked for two people and I can't get two people. A 30-year entertainment veteran, Chris has starred in several movies and is almost always treated with respect. The odd drunk in pubs and nightclubs wants to pick me up and I say 'you can't do that'. I've got to be really firm on it because we're humans. You always get that one percent who are negative towards you, but then you get the 99 percent who are positive and that's why I like doing this sort of stuff," he said. Chris Cruickshanks (below) in one of his many entertainment gig guises. Chris said he rarely does buck's nights though and takes a large friend when he does. I've been in the game for 30 years and all of a sudden, guys just want to handcuff me to the groom. I don't know why, but everyone wants to do it. It seems to be the new rage," he said. Beccy Tanfield is a Queensland representative of the Short Statured People of Australia and said opinion is divided on this type of entertainment. There's a positive and a negative side to it. It's what you make of it and how you portray yourself," she said. Ms Tanfield said she had also done entertainment, dressing as '80s television character Alf, a fairy and a jockey. "It's an individual's choice but the association wants to assimilate people of short stature into society with the goal of equality and education and job opportunities," she said. You're going to have people who don't like it at all, and people who are okay with it, and the people who just really want to do it.