Julia Pastrana

Julia Pastrana

Julia was born in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, in 1834. She suffered a genetic disorder called hypertrichosisterminalis, due to that her face and body were covered with straight black hair. Her ears and nose were unusually large, and her teeth were irregular.

  Theodore Lent, discovered her in United States and convinced her to marry him. Lent toured her on freakshows through USA and Europe. She was the “Ugliest woman on the world”. But despite that, she had a sweet singing voice  and spoke three languages.

Julia became pregnant at 25 years old. The child was born like her mother but died few hours later. Due to labor complications of the pregnancy Julia died 5 days later.

Her husband’s greed did not end there. He made Julia and her kid’s bodies to be embalmed and dress them elegantly to show them in a tour through Europe. The bodies went through different owners until 2013 when she finally was buried in Sinaloa