Some
people will go to any lengths to marry into money.
And
in the freak shows of the Victorian era, the moniker “ugliest woman in the
world” was a valuable asset.
Which
might help explain why Theodore Lent wed Julia Pastrana, who suffered from
hypertrichosis and gingival hyperplasia, leading to her developing thick facial
hair and a heavy set jaw.
After
spending most of her life on show, she and her son were embalmed by her husband
and continued to be exhibited, most recently at the University of Oslo.
Finally,
on the year which would have been her 179th birthday, Pastrana has been buried
in her home state of Sinaloa, Mexico, according
to Reuters.
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