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'Ugliest woman on Earth' drew gasps of horror as star of freak show - but had last laugh
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!When she found herself a widow with four kids, Mary Ann Bevan knew she would do whatever it took to support them - even joining a freak show as the “world’s ugliest woman”.Born in December 1874, pictures of Mary Ann taken as a young woman show a pretty brunette with delicate features.She was one of eight kids born into a poor family in Plaistow, east London, but that didn't stop her from following her dreams to become a nurse.Aged 29, she married Thomas Bevan and the couple went on to have four children, but Mary Ann’s appearance was drastically changing due to acromegaly, a disorder caused by the body producing too much growth hormone.
