The most terrible women in the world (photo). The most terrible women in the world (photo) Humpbacked girls

Richard von Volkmann-Leander

Das kleine bucklige Mädchen.1871

After some time, the mother suddenly fell ill and died on the ninth day. The little girl's father, in despair, rushed to her deathbed, wanting to be buried with his wife. Friends persuaded and consoled him as best they could. He obeyed them, and a year later he married another woman, more beautiful, younger and richer than the first. But the heart is just as kind she didn't have . And the little girl, since her mother died, sat on the window sill in the room all the time from morning to evening, since there was no one who would go for a walk with her. She has become even paler and has not grown at all over the past year.

And when a new mother appeared in the house, the girl thought: “Now I’ll go outside again! We will go outside the city, to a beautiful meadow, bathed in sunshine, where such lovely flowers grow and where so many dressed-up people are walking.” The fact is that she lived in a small narrow alley, where the sun rarely came in, and from the windowsill only a small piece of blue sky, the size of a handkerchief, was visible. The new mother left home every day, morning and afternoon. Each time she wore a beautiful colored dress, much more beautiful than her old mother's. But she never took the little girl with her.

Finally, one day the girl gathered her courage and timidly asked the woman to take her for a walk. But the new mother flatly refused her, saying: “You're crazy! What will people think when they see me with you? You're a hunchback. Humpback children never go out, they always stay at home.”

Then the little girl became quiet, and when the new mother left the house, she climbed onto a chair and examined herself in the mirror. Indeed, she was hunchbacked, very hunchbacked. Then she sat down on her windowsill again and looked down at the street.

...Summer passed, and when winter came, the little girl became even paler and weaker. She no longer had the strength to sit on the windowsill. Now she was constantly lying in bed. And when the first green sprouts of snowdrops appeared from the ground, her former kind mother came to her one night and told her how dazzlingly magnificent the blue skies were. The next morning the little girl lay dead in bed.

“Don’t cry, husband,” said the new mother. “It’s better for the poor child.” And her husband did not object to her, he just nodded his head silently.

... And when the girl was buried, an angel with large swan wings flew from heaven, sat down at her grave and quietly knocked on it, as if on a door. And a little girl came out of the grave, and the angel said that he had come for her to take her to heaven to her mother.

Then the girl shyly asked him if hunchbacked children could go to heaven? She can’t imagine this, because it’s so beautiful in heaven. However, the angel answered her: “You are a sweet, nice child, you no longer have any hump,” and then touched her back with his snow-white hand. And so the old disgusting hump fell off like a big hollow cup.

But what was inside?

Two magnificent white wings! The girl spread her new wings as if she had always been able to fly. And she flew with the angel in a stream of dazzling sunlight up to the blue sky, higher and higher. And there, at the very top, in the heavens, her former kind mother sat and stretched out her hands to meet her.

This fairy tale was not invented by me. I remember her from childhood.
But, unfortunately, I don’t know its origin. R.L.

Are you unhappy with something about your appearance? Just look at these people and you will instantly forget about some non-existent flaws in your own body. Today we will talk about those who in modern society are usually called freaks.

1. Ulas family

The Ulas family lives in Hatay province in Turkey. Of its 19 members, five brothers and sisters walk on all fours. Scientists have concluded that they all suffer from a rare type of disability. They cannot master upright walking simply because they lack balance and stability. Interestingly, scientists still cannot give an exact explanation of why this happens. Professor Nicholas Humphrey notes that this is a striking example of a strange disorder of human development. Moreover, some scientists believe that the family problem is proof that people can devolve, while others are of the opinion that the poor fellows suffer from some kind of hereditary disease, for example, Youner Tan syndrome or cerebellar hypoplasia.

2. Aceves Family

This Mexican family is also called the hairiest in the world. All its members suffer from a rare disease - congenital hypertrichosis. People with this genetic mutation have an extra piece of DNA that affects nearby genes that control hair growth. This pathology manifests itself in the fact that not only the whole body, but also the face becomes hairy. In the Aceves family, about 30 people - both women and men - suffer from this disease. It’s hard to imagine how much bullying these unfortunate people suffered from society...

3. Jose Mestre

The face of this poor fellow from Portugal was “swallowed” by a tumor whose weight reached 5 kg. Moreover, he lived with her for 40 years. It all started when Mestre was born with a vascular malformation, also called a hemangioma. It grew uncontrollably until the age of 14. These types of tumors tend to increase during puberty and distort all facial features. A simple meal cost Jose his tongue and gums to bleed. The tumor literally consumed his face and completely destroyed his left eye. To date, the man has undergone a number of operations. While his face looks like it's covered in burns. But, despite this, Jose is overjoyed that he has finally gotten rid of the unfortunate tumor.

4. Unknown with a horn

We often joke about the fact that someone has grown horns, but we don’t even realize that there are people in the world who actually have them. It turns out that cutaneous horn is a rare disease formed from horn cells. To date, the exact cause of the formation of a cutaneous horn has not been identified. The development of such a process can be provoked by both internal (endocrine pathology, tumors, viral infection) and external (ultraviolet radiation, trauma) factors. Fortunately, this can be treated with surgery.

5. Bree Walker

The American TV presenter from Los Angeles lives with a congenital defect called ectrodactyly (“claw-shaped hand”). The defect consists of underdevelopment of one or more fingers on the hands or feet.

The personality of this young man can inspire many. He is the one who managed to turn his rare disease and unusual physique into a special effect, into something that will bring him fame and financial independence. Being 2 m tall and weighing just over 50 kg, Spanish actor Javier received many alien, horror roles. At the age of 6, Botet was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic pathology that is accompanied by elongation of fingers and limbs, as well as tall stature combined with extreme thinness. Now he can be seen in “Crimson Peak” (where he played ghosts), “Mama” (Javier as the main character), “The Conjuring 2” (The Hunchback) and many other films.

7. Petero Byakatonda

This boy comes from an African village in Uganda. He suffers from a genetic disease - Crouzon syndrome, which leads to abnormal fusion of the bones of the skull and face. In Crouzon syndrome, the bones of the skull and face fuse too early, and the skull is then forced to grow towards the remaining open sutures. This results in abnormal shape of the head, face and teeth. Usually this disease is treated within several months after birth, but the 13-year-old baby lived in isolation and it is still a miracle that he survived. Today he is undergoing treatment. The basic operations have already been done, thanks to which the guy’s head has a shape familiar to all people.

9. Harry Eastleck

During his lifetime, this man was nicknamed “the stone man.” He suffered from fibrodysplasia ossificans, a very rare disease characterized by the transformation of connective tissue into bone. Eastleck died at the age of over forty, before which he bequeathed his skeleton to the Mutter Museum of Medical History (Philadelphia, USA).

In 2013, at the age of 62, Paul Karason, known throughout the world as the “blue man” or “Papa Smurf,” died of a heart attack. And the cause of his rare disease was... ordinary self-medication. An American tried to fight dermatitis at home, which he treated for about 10 years with colloidal silver. After 1999, drugs based on it were banned in the United States. It turns out that when taking silver internally, there is a high probability of developing argyrosis, a disease characterized by irreversible skin pigmentation. Blue skin prevented Karason from living, and he moved from state to state (he had to leave his native California largely because of the curious looks that local residents and tourists cast at him), sought doctors and understanding, went to various talk shows, talked about himself, smoked a lot.

11. Dede Kosvara

“Tree Man”, Indonesian Dede Koswara suffered from a rare disease - his immune system was not able to fight the growth of warts. His arms and legs resembled tree roots, all the result of a mutated papilloma virus that science had never been able to cope with. This virus is not contagious, but Dede’s wife left him, took the children, and passers-by turned away. Despite the fact that doctors initially cut off the growths on his body, over time they reappeared. As a result, in 2016, alone and with heartache at the age of 42, Dede Kosvara left this world.

12. Didier Montalvo

And this baby was previously called a turtle. Fortunately, in 2012, doctors freed the 6-year-old boy from the terrible shell that occupied 45% of his body. The Colombian child suffered from a rare form of congenital disease called melanocytic virus. Fortunately, doctors removed the tumor in time, and it did not have time to become malignant.

Tessa suffers from aplasia - a congenital absence of any part of the body or organ, in this case the nose. In addition to aplasia, the girl suffers from heart and eye problems. At 11 weeks she had cataract surgery on her left eye, but complications left her completely blind in one eye. Today, the baby is preparing for a series of nasal prosthetic operations, although it is already known in advance that she will still not be able to smell.

14. Dean Andrews

This Briton looks at least 50 years old, but in reality the unfortunate man is only 20. He suffers from progeria. This is one of the rarest genetic defects, which results in premature aging of the body. By the way, the world-famous American motivational speaker Sam Burns, who died at the age of 17, had this disease. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no effective treatment for the disease and patients affected by it die very quickly.

15. Unidentified woman with Treacher Collins syndrome

As a result of this disease, patients experience craniofacial deformation. As a result, strabismus occurs, the size of the mouth, chin and ears changes. Patients have problems swallowing. Cases of hearing loss are common. In some cases, these defects can be corrected with plastic surgery.

16. Declan Hayton

Declan lives with his parents in Lancaster, UK. This baby has been diagnosed with Mobius syndrome. Until now, science has not been able to fully understand the causes of the development of the disease, and the possibilities of its treatment, unfortunately, are limited. People with such a rare congenital anomaly lack facial expression, which is explained by facial paralysis.

This man has pituitary dwarfism, in other words, dwarfism. His height is only 80 cm. But this did not prevent him from realizing himself in life and revealing his creative potential. Today, Vern acts in films, and is also a famous stand-up comedian and stuntman. By the way, he became famous for his role in the film “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” where Verne Troyer played the role of Mini-Me, a clone of Dr. Evil.

18. Manar Maged

19. Sultan Kesen

This man from Turkey is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest man in the world. His height is 2 m 51 cm. He is associated with a pituitary tumor. This young man never managed to graduate from high school. As a result, he works as a farmer, and moves exclusively on crutches. Since 2010, Sultan has been undergoing radiotherapy in Virginia. Fortunately, the course of therapy was able to normalize the hormonal activity of the pituitary gland. Doctors managed to stop the Turk’s constant growth.

The Elephant Man was the name given to this man who lived in Victorian England. He lived only 27 years. Due to his deformed body, Merrick was unable to get a job. In addition, he had to run away from home for the reason that his stepmother constantly humiliated him. Soon Joseph got a job at a local circus to participate in a freak show. In his 27 years, this young man accomplished so much... So, he was a gifted person. He wrote poetry, read a lot, visited theaters, and collected a collection of wild flowers. With only his left hand he assembled models of cathedrals from paper, one of which is still kept in the Royal London Museum. The surgeon Frederick Reeves took him under his wing, thanks to whom Joseph received a room at the Royal London Hospital. In his memoirs, Dr. Reeves wrote:

“When I met this guy, I thought he was weak-minded from birth, but later I realized that he was aware of the tragedy of his own life. Moreover, he is smart, very sensitive and has a romantic imagination.”

Joseph Merrick suffered from a genetic disease called Proteus syndrome, which causes unusual growth of the head, skin and bones. On April 11, 1890, Joseph went to bed with his head on the pillow (due to growths on his back, he always slept sitting up). As a result, his heavy head bent his thin neck, and he died of asphyxia.

21. Unknown Chinese boy

Polydactyly is an anatomical deviation characterized by a greater than normal number of toes or fingers. In addition, it can occur not only in people, but also in cats and dogs. And in the photo you see the hands and feet of a boy who was born with 5 extra fingers and 6 extra toes. Doctors were able to remove the extra fingers so that the child could live a full life and not feel like an outcast in society.

22. Mandy Sellars

The 43-year-old British woman, like Joseph Merrick the Elephant Man (item #20), has Proteus syndrome. During her life, she underwent many surgeries, and one of her legs had to be amputated at the knee. Now her legs weigh 95 kg. The girl notes that she is proud of herself, that she managed to love her body and accept herself for who she is. Moreover, Mandy is a great smart girl. Despite her disability, she graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

23. 27-year-old unknown Iranian

Did you know that there is a person on Earth with hair growing on his pupil? And the reason for this is a tumor. Fortunately, doctors were able to cut it out.

24. Min An

This Vietnamese boy is called a fish, and all because he was born with an unknown disease, as a result of which his skin constantly peels off and forms a kind of scales. That's why he showers several times a day. And swimming is his favorite activity. Doctors believe that the cause of the disease could be Agent Orange. This is the name for a mixture of defoliants and artificial herbicides. It was used by the US military during the Vietnam War.

And today people are born with abnormalities and suffer from the most terrible diseases, and also modify their bodies beyond recognition.

However, today's deformities and mutations are just child's play compared to what happened before, judging by the photographs! Meet - in this post a real Kunstkamera awaits you.

1. The Geminis who prove that people can't be "too close"

Chang and Eng Bunker were conjoined twins born in 1811. They toured with Barnum's circus and gained worldwide fame, cultivated vegetable gardens, married two sisters, and had 21 children. Yes, yes, this is not a joke. 21.

2. He was born too early

The man suffered from von Recklinghausen's disease, or neurofibromatosis, a disorder in which many tumors appear on your nerves. What's the worst thing about this disease? The fact that if a parent is sick, his child will inherit this disease with a 50% probability.






4. Look up. No, REALLY up.

Meet John Aasen, one of the tallest people in the world. He toured all over the world and even acted in films! He was about 215 cm tall.





5. It was the longest six years...

Madame Dimanche is a French woman who had a horn growing on her forehead for 6 whole years. The horn was eventually removed by a French surgeon.

6. It looks like he has a really bad headache...

This image is from a French magazine from 1821.





7. Do you think your back hurts?

Now there are different ways to fix a spine that has begun to curve. Previously, there were no such methods, and the spine could bend almost to the point of a question mark.

8. Unfortunately, this disorder still exists today.

Ectrodactyly is a birth defect that results in the underdevelopment of one or more fingers and the arms or legs developing in a claw shape. People with such “claws” were called “lobsters”...






9. Trains are very dangerous!

They were especially dangerous in the past before a number of rules appeared. This is Jay McKnight, who had to endure all these amputations as a result of a fateful "encounter" with a train.






10. So many legs - and such a big heart!

George Lippert, the man with three legs and two hearts, was an American actor in the 1800s.






11. And this man suffered from elephantiasis. Really suffered.

Elephantiasis is a rare disease in which certain parts of the body become enlarged. For example, this man begged to have his legs amputated. This disease is especially common in the tropical regions of Asia and Africa.

12. Meet Blanche Dumas

A French courtesan was born with three legs, four breasts and two vaginas. She was rumored to be dating a man with three legs and two penises!






13. The sad reality of cyclopia

Many people think that Cyclops is a Greek myth, but in fact, cyclopia also exists in reality - in children whose two eyes grow together into one. Unfortunately, in most cases this condition is fatal.

14. People actually did THIS to themselves.

It was to this length that nails were grown in Ancient China to demonstrate their high status and prosperity.

5. And finally: now you will see the benefits of safe sex once and for all

He died of syphilis. It's really syphilis. Terrible, isn't it? Take care of yourself.

Hello, Elena. My daughter is 15 years old, she has scoliosis of the 1st degree, and also already has a hump, what should I do? I beat her, scold her, she still won’t straighten up, doing strong physical exercise is not an option, she has chronic arthritis, she is very thin, weight 37, height 163. Not a child, but a punishment.

Valeria, 33 years old

Hello, Valeria.
Don’t you understand that there is no point in forcing a skinny girl with virtually no muscles! force her to straighten her back and, moreover, it is useless to force her to constantly keep her back straight! Think for yourself, mommy... how will a child straighten his back if the girl does not have strong muscles and weighs 37 kg! ...this is the weight of almost only bones. By the way, there cannot be a hump with grade 1 scoliosis, which means the girl’s scoliosis is far from grade 1...it’s already grade 2-3 scoliosis. Maybe the girl is slouching due to muscle weakness, and it seems to you that she already has a hump on her back.

You amaze me, finally use your head, Valeria! Why do you scold and demand to straighten your back... is the child simply unable to do this due to weakness of the skeletal muscles and lack of basic training? and even beat the child for this? You don’t understand that you are causing her psychological trauma, lowering her self-esteem and forming complexes that will prevent her from living for the rest of her life! Tell me, if you are forced to lift a hundred kilogram barbell...can you lift it? No, of course, but if you train with pleasure every day and purposefully, then I assure you, as a specialist, after 1-2 years of regular training you will be able to push this weight!

ANY PERSON CAN DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN MUSCLE STRENGTH AND HAVE A HEALTHY SPINE THANKS TO REASONABLE AND REGULAR TRAINING! Muscles become strong only when they work, namely, when they tense, contract...and Mother Nature didn’t come up with any other way to become strong...from medications and passive treatment, and especially from your inaction, the muscles will not become strong, and your daughter’s spine and joints will not become strong. will not become healthy...

But, your daughter doesn’t need barbells, exercise machines and dumbbells... she just needs regular therapeutic exercises with simple LYING exercises, with full unloading of the spine, she needs targeted work with her own body, her spine needs a muscle corset that will straighten the spine and be AUTOMATICALLY hold and protect the baby's spine. You yourself should have taken care of your child’s spine, starting from the first grade, when the child sat at his desk for long hours, and you only realized it now, when the child already has scoliosis and the hump on his back is growing!!

Taking care of the health of the spine and raising a child HEALTHY is the direct RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS. I want to tell you with confidence that your child already has chronic arthritis - this disease does not appear out of nowhere... any joint begins to break down and hurt if it, again, is not surrounded by strong muscles, elastic ligaments, and if the his mobility. Articular cartilage receives nutrition only when movement occurs in the joint. You need to do therapeutic exercises.

You, Valeria, apparently have never been involved in the physical development of your daughter, so she is thin, weak and sickly. Your girl is already quite old, and she needs to clearly explain and convince her that the health of the spine and the entire musculoskeletal system depends on her own efforts and perseverance in training her own body! Otherwise, an unenviable future awaits her….in constant suffering from pain in the back and joints…. and you can even end up in a wheelchair if she doesn’t start regularly doing correct and safe therapeutic exercises every day.

I released all the treatment complexes you need many years ago. If you had taken care of your child’s spine in a timely manner, your child would not have had scoliosis, a hump, or chronic arthritis AT ALL!

I advise you not to waste precious time and order the following treatment complexes on my website:
- this is the main complex for the entire spine, perform 3 times a week,
– strengthens the cervical and thoracic regions, perform 2 times a week,
– strengthens the lumbar spine and leg joints, perform 2 times a week

All three recommended complexes are a comprehensive approach to healing the entire spine and joints.
After all, the integrity of the spinal cord and spinal nerves that innervate the internal organs depends on the integrity of the bone structure. I advise you to take your child’s health seriously; I have offered you a plan for a year of daily training. Afterwards, leave 3-4 regular workouts per week to maintain the tone of the formed muscle corset.

Don't let your daughter's spine and joints become irreversible! Soon I will have a new complex ““, you can purchase it later, but you need to start with the programs I recommend.
Valeria, I ask you not to be offended by my harshness and categoricalness; I am upset by the negligent attitude of parents towards the health of their children. Some parents dig through the entire Internet, try all the methods and finally find my professionally selected complexes, and are very grateful (read

19-year-old Zoe Blenkinsop always dreamed of becoming a model, but she was hampered by her congenital defect - a severe form of scoliosis. The girl was bullied by her classmates at school, but she never stopped believing in her dream. As a result, after a major operation, some time later she realized her dream by walking the catwalk at Newcastle Fashion Week.

At the age of 11, Zoe was diagnosed with scoliosis, but until she turns 18 and until her body stops growing, they cannot perform surgery on her. And the Girl had to wait so long so that she could live a full life. Not only was the girl bullied at school, calling her a hunchback, but there were also health problems: Zoe could not stand or sit for a long time, and in addition she limped.

On the x-ray you can see how severely Zoya's spine was curved.

This is what Zoya's back looked like before surgery

Zoe after a difficult seven-hour operation

This is what her back looked like after surgery

A metal bandage was installed on the spine for fixation.

Side view

Zoe after surgery.

Zoe experienced terrible pain after the operation. She was even forbidden to use crutches, because she had to learn to hold herself upright on her own.

It took the girl exactly a year to recover from the operation and learn to walk, sit and stand again. If left untreated, scoliosis can lead to fatal heart disease and lung problems, not to mention limited movement.

At a fashion show.

As a result, Zoe's dream came true; she walked at Newcastle Fashion Week.

“I always dreamed about this, but I couldn’t even imagine that my dream would come true.” - said Zoe.