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World's 'Ugliest Woman' Buried 153 Years Later

 World's 'Ugliest 
 Woman' Buried 
 153 Years Later 
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Feb 17, 2013 10:59 AM CST

World's 'Ugliest Woman' Buried 153 Years Later

Julia Pastrana's body finally returned to her native Mexico

(Newser) - The "world's ugliest woman" has been laid to rest—153 years after she died. Born with a genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair, Julia Pastrana was called "bear woman" by husband/manager Theodore Lent and described in an 1854 New York Times ad as the...

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