The biggest and most terrible man. The ugliest people on earth. The man who eats metal

The ugliest people in the world are not like everyone else; their appearance is radically different from the standard one. But who came up with these conventional norms? Such people are not evil and nasty mutants, they also want to be loved, have friends and a job they love, but their life is incomparably more difficult than that of an ordinary person in the street. Each person is unique: some consciously change their body, endlessly striving for perfection, others are born hunched over or with protruding ears, but do not try to remake themselves.

However, the anomalies of the human body are a heartbreaking and attention-grabbing sight. A pimply or stooped teenager is nothing special compared to the amazing personalities presented below.

The most terrible people in the world

Joseph Merrick

Anyone who watched the film “The Elephant Man” about the life of Joseph Merrick will remember the appearance of the hero. The man was born in the second half of the 19th century in England. From birth, the face and back were covered with humpbacked growths. DNA studies showed that he had 2 diseases: neurofibromatosis type I and Proteus syndrome.

They were expressed in deformation and underdevelopment of bone tissue, unintelligible speech and the growth of skin fibers. At first, Joseph performed in a traveling circus of freaks. But a meeting with a kind-hearted doctor changed his life. The doctor told the public about Merrick's troubles. Many found him an interesting person.

As contemporaries noted, Joseph’s main problem is that he is not stupid, but smart, kind and sensitive to beauty. He was aware of his ugliness and was sad. In his memoirs, Joseph wrote that he would not wish such a misfortune on anyone.

Julia Pastrana

Born in Mexico in the 19th century. Pastrana had hypertrichosis - she was mustachioed and long-eared with a thick beard. The body, with the exception of the palms and soles, is covered with coarse hair. There were also gorilla-like facial features and short stature - 138 centimeters.

Charles Darwin himself was interested in the actress. After the service at the gentlemen's house, Julia traveled with the troupe. In the cities, circus performers staged humorous plays, making fun of the Mexican woman’s appearance. And yet Pastarna received marriage proposals from the opposite sex.

When she became rich, her own manager took her as his wife. The woman gave birth to a child, equally hairy, but the child died, and the woman herself followed him in a short time. Pastarna died in Tsarist Russia in 1860. Pastarna’s body was subjected to numerous disputes, research, travel for 150 years and was buried only in 2013.

Ulas family

There are stories about freaks who walk on all fours. In 2005, the world learned about a Kurdish family from Turkey that walks on all fours. Studies of the body have shown that the brains of the Ulas family members are simplified. The vocabulary is primitive, and people move with the help of their legs and arms, while the knees are straight and the pelvis is raised.

The disease was called Uner Tan syndrome. Some scientists call the cause of genetic mutations incestuous marriages, others - atavism of the body, the opposite of evolution.

There are 15 people with the disease in villages near Hatay province where the family lives.

Aceves family

Prominent representatives of the disease, which is characterized by excess facial hair - congenital hypertrichosis. As a child, members of the Asaves family (Chewy, sister Lily, brothers Dan and Larry) performed in the circus.

When they became adults, people considered the family members strange and were afraid to rent to them. Therefore, the mayor gave them 2 houses. The children of the Asaves family were also born with furry faces. They are teased in schools and girls are forced to remove their hair.

The hairy man has appeared in 10 documentaries. He tried to find a normal job, but was faced with the fact that the circus or freak show paid better.

However, the overgrown Chewie is wildly popular among women. He changed 3 wives and each gave him hairy children.

Jose Mestre

The medical name for a terrible disease that affects a person is vascular malformation (hemangioma). Patients suffer from the growth of blood vessels, tumors and fibers.

The tumor has grown to 5.5 kilograms. Jose ate with bleeding gums, the formation grew over his entire face and destroyed his left eye. He was afraid to go outside so as not to scare others.

Clinics in England, Germany and Spain refused to take on the unfortunate Portuguese. And Jose’s mother, a Jehovah’s Witness, categorically prevented the operation due to religious reasons.
Circumstances changed after the death of the patient's mother.

Guardian sister Edith changed the life of her older brother. As a result of complex operations, doctors removed 98% of the tumor. They claim that educational growth has stopped.

According to Edita's description, the marks on Jose's face resemble the effects of a burn. He began to walk on the street, even humming songs. Thanks to the hands of surgeon McKay McKinnon, the man got rid of the bad consequences of the disease.

Rudy Santos

The ugliest women on earth

Elizabeth Velasquez

Lisa Velasquez has Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome. This is a disease in which the body does not store fat, so the woman eats 60 times a day. There are only 3 people on earth with this feature.

Lizzie has faced bullying since childhood. But the main blow was a humiliating YouTube video featuring her. People in the comments complained that the mother did not have an abortion and called Elizabeth ugly. At first, Lizzie Velazquez was desperate and worried. However, this shock gave her the strength to conduct motivational trainings, fight and prove to society that beauty and strength are not only external manifestations, what is more important is what you are inside.

Mandy Sellars

Mandy's legs are shocking, her weight is 95 kilograms. Due to Proteus syndrome, which causes the growth of bones and skin, the Englishwoman underwent painful operations and amputation of her leg. However, the woman does not despair. She tries to find harmony with herself, graduated from college with a degree in psychology and willingly gives interviews.

Maria Cristerna

"Vampire Woman" For a long time, Maria was offended by her husband. Marriage to a tyrant left an imprint on a woman’s soul. After the divorce, she transformed her body. She got aggressive tattoos, piercings, inserted horns under the skin and grew fangs. The desire to erase human traits is the result of many years of oppression.

Elaine Davidson

What happens if you put 7,000 piercings weighing more than 3 kilograms on your body? Some people will experience significant discomfort, but not the daring plump Elaine.

She poses relaxedly for photographers. She puts on cool clothes that emphasize her hips and chest, and paints her face with colored paint. Davison runs a perfumery business. Surprisingly, Elaine’s couple is an outwardly ordinary Englishman.

Julia Gnuse

At the age of 30, the girl suddenly fell ill and was diagnosed with skin hypersensitivity. It all started with inflamed spots on the body - terrible blisters. They burst and caused pain, leaving scars. Julia found a solution to the problem in tattoos. Today her body is 95% covered with patterns. Therefore, the second name “Painted Lady” was assigned to her.

The ugliest men on the planet

Dede Kosvara

A resident of Indonesia, known as the "Tree Man". In the past, Dede was a handsome man. But the mutated papilloma virus covered Dede’s arms and legs with strong scales. He carried kilograms of tree-like growths that disfigured his body and caused pain.

Doctors removed the papillomas - they grew back. His wife and children left him. The man’s hands did not obey him, and the parents stuck spoons or cigarettes into the petrified limbs. He was alone and suffering from misfortune. People on the street were afraid and turned away. At 42, Dede left this world.

Paul Karason

As a young man, Paul developed a severe form of dermatitis due to extreme stress. The man used silver proteinate and colloidal silver balm for treatment. As a result of the experiment, Karason's body accumulated silver and turned blue. At times the skin became lighter.

He was called "the blue man" and "Papa Smurf." Paul changed his place of residence, went to talk shows, rarely went outside and smoked a lot. Karason had a wonderful wife who supported him. The man died of a heart attack in 2013.

Sultan Kesen

A tumor in a part of the brain (pituitary gland) gives rise to unprecedented growth of the limbs. The Sultan reached a height of 2.5 meters. He cannot walk without crutches. As the tallest man on earth, Kesen was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Since 2010, Sultan has been undergoing radiotherapy treatment. Thanks to this, the frantic growth stopped and the hormonal levels were normalized.

Dean Andrews

The guy suffers from a rare disease - progeria. As a result of a genetic failure, the body ages very quickly. Dean is actually 20 years old, but he looks 50. And even in the age of the latest technologies and amazing discoveries, scientists have not found a cure for this terrible disease.

Eric Sprague

Eric made his body look like a lizard. "Reptile Man" is his middle name. The man covered his body with a scale tattoo. The tongue is cut in two, and the teeth are sharpened, like a shark's.

Harry Raymond Eastlack

As a child, Harry fell and his broken leg did not heal properly. Later, Harry's legs and pelvis began to stiffen. The muscles were covered with hard growths. The doctors operated on him, but they grew back. At the same time they became tougher and thicker. At the end of his ordeal, Harry's jaws fused together. He could not eat himself. He died in 1973, and bequeathed his body to scientists.

Etienne Dumont

Literary critic with higher education from Geneva. Etienne found unity with the body only in the guise of the “Bull Man”. He has tattooed skin, a horn, tunnels under his lip and in his ears.

Tom Leppard

In other words, "The Leopard Man". The man covered himself with tattoos of the spots of the beast. He gladly participated in talk shows and posed for photographs. He knew how to move deftly on all fours, imitating a leopard. On June 12, 2016, he died in a nursing home at age 80.

Jason Schechterly

Jason had an accident while on duty. A car crashed into a police car and started a fire. Jason's entire body was damaged. Now he's bald. The man’s face and body were mutilated beyond recognition. But his wife and relatives supported the victim and did not leave him in trouble.

Unusual children

Didier Montalvo

This adorable baby was born with congenital melanocytic nevus. At first there were large moles, then they took on a terrible appearance. As a result, people expelled the family from the village.

In the press, Didier received the nickname “turtle boy” because of his hump. Fortunately, donations were collected for the operation and now the 6-year-old boy plays with other children.

Declan Hayton

Declan was born in the UK. He has facial paralysis - Mobius syndrome. This means that the baby has no facial expressions. The disease is incurable, like progeria.

Tessa Evans

It became known at the ultrasound stage that the baby was missing a nose. But Tessa's parents refused to terminate the pregnancy. Despite problems with the heart and eyes, and the need for prosthetic nose surgery, the girl remains smiling and happy.

Petero Byakatonda

If Crouzon syndrome is eliminated at an early stage, when the baby has just appeared, everything can be cured without consequences. But Petero, born in a provincial town in Uganda, was not subject to medical supervision or intervention.

Due to the disease, the cranial bones form an egg-headed shape and press down on the eyes and ears. This leads to physical defects, hearing and vision problems.

Baby with Treacher Collins syndrome

This problem manifests itself in severe deformation of the bones of the skull and face, and the appearance is disfigured. Problems with hearing and vision begin. In some cases, the beginning of the digestive tract suffers - it becomes difficult to swallow food.

Manar Maged

Min An

A little orphan from Vietnam suffers from the worst skin disease that causes his body to peel and itch. The boy is nicknamed "Fish" because he often takes showers or swims to relieve the itching symptom.

The children in the orphanage bullied him, but Min found a patron from England. An elderly woman visits him, teaches the staff to treat the boy with understanding and helps him find friends.

Models, actors and actresses with non-standard appearance

Celebrities with unusual appearance are often called “terribly beautiful.”

Melanie Gaydos

Melanie's appearance is shocking. Ectodermal dysplasia has left the girl deprived of her hair, she has only 3 teeth and no nails. Gaydos has an overbite, a bent nose and crooked lips.

The combination of a frightening face and a model figure attracted the attention of the Rammstein organizers. The model starred in a rock band's video. It looks natural in photographs in the style of the underworld or horror. In demand among fashion designers.

MOffY

An extraordinary model, popular with fashion publications due to its squint. She has wonderful brown slanting eyes, an open smile and a slender figure.

In photo shoots, Moffie resembles an adult child. The flaw does not spoil it; on the contrary, it has become its crowning feature.

Chantel Brown-Young

The model's black body is covered with vitiligo spots. Chantelle was bullied as a child. But fortitude and perseverance prompted me to prove that beauty can be unconventional.

The woman reached the finals of the show “America’s Next Top Model” and received lucrative contracts with agencies.

Ashley Graham

A model that weighs 80 kilograms. Previously, Ashley had complexes and struggled with excess weight. Over time, the girl learned to understand and appreciate natural beauty. I stopped torturing myself with diets.

Delightful thick curves and belief in her own beauty make Ashley desirable and attractive to others.

Bree Walker

Famous TV presenter from Los Angeles. Her illness is ectrodactyly or, as people say, “claw-shaped hand,” which is a genetic disorder.

Fingers or toes are underdeveloped or fused together, looking like bones. The anomaly did not prevent Bru from working as a presenter on television, thanks to her excellent diction and pretty face.

Javier Botet

Due to Marfan syndrome, the guy's growing up was accompanied by incredible lengthening of his limbs and frightening thinness. Javier is 2 meters tall and weighs about 50 kilograms. The man used the feature to film mystical horror films. He starred in the horror films Mom, Crimson Peak, and The Conjuring 2.

Verne Troyer

The famous dwarf, whose height was 80 centimeters. Verne played the role of Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film. Despite his outward humor and optimism, Troyer committed suicide in April 2018.

Marilyn Manson

The horror of Manson's image is good makeup, colored lenses and costumes. Marilyn created the image of a Satanist rocker, a frightening, scary freak. Its appearance is unique and inimitable.

Amy Winehouse

Stars often use psychotropic substances that damage their health and body. Emmy had a strong voice, artistry and an irresistible craving for drugs. This changed the singer's appearance.

Regular binges and substance use destroyed the artist’s skin, hair and teeth. Her image is accompanied by plastic experiments (the appearance and disappearance of large breast implants), a wig on her head, and inappropriate behavior. Winehouse has become a shadow of the once pretty woman. Amy died of a drug overdose in 2011.

Courtney Love

In her youth, Kurt Cobain's wife was a sweetheart: tender lips, deep eyes and smooth legs. The suicide of her husband, many years of drunkenness and drug addiction turned the woman into a terrible sight.

Victims of plastic surgery

Van Ark, Joan

Joan was hot in the 60s and 70s. She was included in the top 10 most desirable actresses. Swan neck, chiseled figure and big blue eyes.

But not all women know how to age with dignity. Joan desperately changed herself with plastic surgery. And instead of marvelous beauty, Van Ark became a reason for ridicule in the newspapers.

Tori Spelling

Star of the TV series Beverly Hills 90210. Evil tongues said that the actress was ugly and made her way onto the screen thanks to her father.

One way or another, from her youth Tori shaped her face and enlarged her breasts. The result is unnatural features and facial expressions, breasts of different sizes.

Donatella Versace

The celebrity fashion house Versace occupies a prominent place in the fashion world. However, while instilling in others a sense of taste and style, Donatella knows no limits regarding her own appearance. Plastic surgery has turned a pretty woman into a parody of an elderly Barbie.

Jocelyn Wildenstein

Because of her husband's infidelity, Jocelyn underwent dangerous operations to become like a lioness. She thought that then her husband would return to the family. That did not happen. And the woman’s appearance is hopelessly spoiled.

Experts counted 7 facelifts, eye surgery, implants in the cheekbones, chin and chest. The mutilated “Bride of Wildenstein” herself claims that this is her real appearance.

Guess who tops the ranking? No, not Hitler. According to one popular American website operating in the “TOP 10 of the very best” format, the first place in the ranking is headed by Stalin. But first things first...

10. Delphine LaLaurie - a bloodthirsty sadist from New Orleans.

Delphine LaLaurie's family belonged to secular society and enjoyed great authority in New Orleans. From early childhood, while still a little girl, Delphine was accustomed to luxurious balls and receptions. No one could even suspect that a real monster could grow out of this sweet child. Madame LaLaurie's house at 140 Royal Street was a veritable chamber of horror and pain. On April 10, 1834, a fire broke out in the mansion's kitchen, and firefighters found two slaves chained to the stove. Apparently, the slaves themselves set fire to the kitchen to attract attention. The firefighters who freed the slaves followed them into the attic, where a real surprise awaited them. More than a dozen mutilated and mutilated slaves were shackled to the walls or floor. Some were subjected to terrible medical experiments. One man underwent gender reassignment surgery. Not far from him sat a woman in a cramped cage with mutilated limbs, resembling a crab. The body of a girl with amputated arms and legs was also discovered. The crazy housewife tried to make a caterpillar out of her. Most of the victims were found dead, but some were alive and asked to be killed, thus freeing them from terrible torment. People were going to execute the villain, but Madame LaLaurie managed to escape to Europe. The further fate of the bloodthirsty sadist is unknown. According to unconfirmed sources, she died in France while hunting a boar.

9. Ilse Koch - Nazi nicknamed "The Witch of Buchenwald"

Ilse Koch was the wife of the chief commandant of the Majdanek and Buchenwald concentration camps. Being ideologically savvy in the theory of racial superiority of the Aryans over other peoples, the “Buchenwald witch” conducted sophisticated experiments and tortures on concentration camp prisoners. In 1936, Ilse worked as a secretary and security guard in Sachsenhausen. In 1937, her husband, Karl Koch, received the post of commandant of Buchenwald, where the Nazis began to brutally operate. According to the prisoners, when she walked around the camp, she beat the people she met with a whip and set a shepherd dog on them. Ilsa was also accused of ordering the killing of prisoners with tattoos, in order to then make various original crafts from their skin: lampshades, fiddles, book bindings. In 1941, for “special merits,” Ilse Koch became the senior guard among female guards. On June 30, 1945, Koch was arrested by American troops and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1947. However, a few years later, American General Lucius Clay, the military commandant of the American occupation zone in Germany, released her, considering the charges of ordering executions and making souvenirs from human skin insufficiently proven. This decision caused public protest, so in 1951 Ilse Koch was arrested in West Germany. A German court again sentenced her to life imprisonment. On September 1, 1967, Koch committed suicide by hanging herself in her cell in the Bavarian prison of Eibach.

8. Shiro Ishii - Japanese microbiologist, war criminal.

In 1932, Ishii Shiro began experimenting with biological weapons as a secret project of the Japanese army at Zhongma Fortress. In 1936, a notorious camp called “Detachment 731” was set up near Harbin. The research was strictly classified and, according to official documents, the detachment studied methods of water disinfection. On February 9, 1939, in Tokyo, Ishii Shiro gave a lecture on bacteriological weapons in the large conference hall of the War Ministry. A vivisection was also performed in front of the audience. In 1942, tests of bacteriological weapons began, for which Chinese prisoners of war and civilians were used. In parallel, Detachment 731 carried out experiments to infect people using various microorganisms, causing abortions, heart attacks, and frostbite. Prisoners had their limbs amputated and sewn onto other parts of their bodies. People were also used as living targets for testing new grenades and flamethrowers, special infection was carried out with diseases, and the effects of new vaccines and drugs were tested. To study an effective cure for syphilis, men and women were deliberately infected with the venereal disease through forced rape by patients. At the end of World War II, he was arrested by the Americans, but in 1946 he received immunity in exchange for data on biological weapons research based on experiments on humans. As a result, Ishii Shiro was never punished for war crimes. According to his daughter Harumi, Shiro died in Japan from throat cancer. According to other sources, he moved to Maryland, where he continued his research.

7. Ivan IV - aka the Terrible.

Russian Tsar Ivan IV, in addition to introducing the oprichnina and strict centralization of power through bloody executions, was also distinguished by his cruelty towards his children. So, in 1581, Ivan the Terrible beat his pregnant daughter because, in his opinion, she dressed provocatively. Thus, the sovereign provoked a miscarriage. Having learned about this, his son Ivan wanted to bring the king to reason, but Ivan the Terrible did not want to listen to moral teachings and hit the heir hard on the head, which was the cause of death. It is also worth noting the unprecedented cruelty of the Russian Tsar in the massacre of the Novgorodians. Arriving in Novgorod, Ivan the Terrible accused the townspeople of treason and began carrying out reprisals on Gorodishche for many days in a row. Adults and children were tortured, tied to sleighs, dragged to the “great Volkhov Bridge” and thrown into the river. Those who managed to swim out were pushed under the ice with sticks. Historians still argue about the number of victims of the pogrom. A variety of figures are cited - from one and a half to forty thousand people.

6. Oliver Cromwell - English revolutionary who drowned Ireland in blood.

Cromwell was a zealous Protestant, the leader of the round-headed Puritans. The catch phrase was Cromwell’s words addressed to the soldiers while crossing the river: “Trust in God, but keep your gunpowder dry!” Cromwell's pacification of Ireland cost it 5/6 of its population. Ireland never recovered from this blow. The consequence of this conquest (to oust Catholic power) was 200,000 civilian deaths from war-related famine and disease, and 50,000 Irish men and women became slaves. Cromwell considered Catholics to be heretics and declared a real crusade against the Irish. He died in 1658 and was so hated that in 1661, his body was removed from the grave and hanged and quartered, the traditional punishment for treason in England.

5. Jiang Qing - Chinese actress, wife of communist dictator Mao Zedong

Using cunning and good looks, Jiang Qing managed to reach the highest positions within the Chinese Communist Party. She is believed to have been the main driving force behind the Cultural Revolution in China. During the Cultural Revolution, countless ancient buildings, artifacts, antiques, books and paintings were destroyed on her orders. The decade of the Cultural Revolution brought almost irreparable losses to the Chinese education system; many intellectuals were sent to camps. Millions of people in China have lost the right to freedom of speech and cultural development. Tens of millions were deported from their homes. The death toll is estimated at approximately 500,000, but some sources claim that up to three million people were killed, with 36 million subject to reprisals.

4. Pol Pot is the executioner of his people

Pol Pot is a Cambodian politician, leader of the Khmer Rouge and Prime Minister of Cambodia. He was one of the leaders of the far-left Khmer Rouge regime, which carried out genocide of its people, exterminating several million people in 3.5 years. The Khmer Rouge carried their bestial experiments to their logical conclusion, not allowing conventional morality to dominate their views. To fight the bourgeoisie is to fight. Immediately after the Khmer seized power, the cities were declared hotbeds of debauchery and bourgeois values, and the entire urban population was deported into the jungle into forced labor camps. All people who disagreed or even did not understand were shot or beaten to death with hoes (in order to save ammunition). Throughout the country, the entire intelligentsia was systematically exterminated: teachers, doctors, engineers. They killed just because a person wore glasses...
According to independent studies, from genocide against their own people, between 1.5 and 2 million Kampucheans died, which was about a quarter of the country's population.

3. Heinrich Himmler - Reichsführer SS

The main ideologist of the final solution to the Jewish question. The Holocaust would not have happened if it were not for this man. In fact, after Joseph Stalin, Heinrich Himmler is the second person who killed millions of people on his orders. Himmler was captured after the war. He tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with the West and committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule.

2. Adolf Hitler - leader of the Third Reich

Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, becoming "Führer" in 1934, he lasted as leader of the German people for 11 years - until his suicide in 1945. By the end of World War II, Hitler's policies of military expansion and racial domination had brought death and destruction to tens of millions of people, including the genocide of some six million Jews, known as the Holocaust. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide when Soviet troops were spotted very close to the office of the Third Reich. Hitler took his beloved woman, Eva Braun, with him to the next world.

1. Joseph Stalin - the mustachioed devil

From 1922 to 1953, until his death, Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Under Stalin's leadership, Ukraine and other areas of the Soviet Union suffered from an artificially planned Holodomor. The number of deaths is estimated by modern historians differently - from 2.5 million to 10 million people. The famine was caused specifically to solve the political and administrative problems of the Communist Party. In addition to the famine, Stalin ordered a purge of “enemies of the people.” In total, the number of people killed ranges from 10 million to 60 million. Even more were repressed.

Zombie fight

Rick Genest gained popularity and the title of one of the most terrible people on the planet thanks to his extraordinary appearance, or, more precisely, the tattoos that cover his face. First of all, the attention is drawn to the fake teeth like a skeleton (in their proper place), dark circles under the eyes and a black nose with a ring, which makes the guy look even more menacing. Rick probably often hears the frightened screams of passers-by.

Woman piercing

The well-deserved leadership in this category belongs to the Brazilian Elaine Davidson. She is the woman with the largest number of piercings: on her body there are more than 9 thousand punctures, the total weight of which is more than three kilograms. Now Edain lives in Edinburgh with her husband, who, by the way, does not have a single puncture on his body. The couple are happy together.

Lizard Man

Eric Sprague? the first man in the world to make his tongue like a snake's by cutting the tip in half and day after day stretching the halves apart so that they would not grow together. Almost his entire body is decorated with green tattoos that imitate the scales of a lizard. And sharpened teeth complete the picture.

Vampire woman

Mexican Marie Jose Cristerna is very popular in her homeland. Thanks to her unconventional appearance, she received the nickname "Vampire Woman". The fact is that Marie grew fangs on all her teeth, then sewed implants simulating horns into her forehead, and covered most of her body, including her face, with tattoos and piercings. In addition, a woman loves to wear colored lenses, which makes her appearance even more expressive.

Woman illustration

But there are those who are on the list of the ugliest people on the planet not of their own free will. For example, Julia Gnuse is recognized as the woman with the most tattoos in the world. And all because since childhood he has suffered from an incurable skin disease - porphyria. This is what forced Julia to cover her body with tattoos for 10 years. Some compare the girl with painted dishes or a matryoshka doll.

The most terrible woman on the planet

Lizzie Velasquez, also against her will, was recognized by the media as the scariest girl in the world. This is due to a rare combination of two diseases - Marfan syndrome and lipodystrophy, due to which her body has lost the ability to form subcutaneous fat. For the same reason, he cannot see in one eye. But, nevertheless, this did not stop her from leading a more or less normal life. Today, Lizzie is a motivational speaker. She travels around the world giving seminars and writing inspiring books.

Man Without a Face

There is another person who, thanks to the media, received the title of the ugliest man on the planet. Retired police officer Jason Shechterly, while on duty, was involved in a terrible accident: a taxi crashed into a police officer's car. The blow was so powerful that it immediately caught fire. The policeman was not immediately pulled out. The result is fourth degree burns. Doctors, in order to save Jason's life, had to literally remove his face. It was this incident that gave rise to the Weekly World News newspaper to include the policeman in the list of the ugliest people on the planet.

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 given to a mixture of defoliants and artificial herbicides. It was used by the US military during the Vietnam War.

A person's appearance is of great importance in our society. The more beautiful a person is, the easier everything is for him. And vice versa, the more unconventional the appearance, the more effort you need to make in order to win over your partner. How do the most terrible people in the world live, were they able to adapt to where they meet based on their clothes?

Davis Avner

The Arizona resident's look is called the "hunting tiger" - multiple tattoos, piercings, a split upper lip, pointed teeth and a tiger tail. Anver inserted silicone implants imitating a cat's whiskers into special holes above his lip. Davis considered reincarnation into the “tiger man” as his mission on Earth, since the Indian tribe in Dakota, where he was from, revered this animal as sacred. The man once paid a sufficient amount to look like this and more than repaid it by participating in various talk shows and filming. In 2012, he was found dead at his home; the cause of death is unknown.

Lizzie Velasquez

It was not of her own free will that she ended up in the cohort of the most terrible people in the world - a 24-year-old girl was born with a rare genetic disease in which there is a complete absence of fat in the body. Weighing 25 kilograms, Lizzie is forced to eat high-calorie foods dozens of times a day, but this can only keep her body alive. In addition, one eye is completely blind, and in the second the vision is catastrophically deteriorating. The girl studies at the university and is trying to get used to the constant attention to her person. She published a book about herself describing her experiences and is not going to give up.

Jocelyn Wildenstein

This socialite spent years and nearly £2 million to achieve this look. Her passion for plastic surgery and inability to stop in time earned her the title “Bride of Frankenstein.” Being the wife of a famous businessman and knowing his love for women who look like cats, she decided to transform herself into their likeness. Her facial features vaguely resemble this animal, and Jocelyn herself considers herself a beauty. Around a woman and her money there are always a lot of certain kinds of suitors and fans who surround her with adoration and support this confidence.

Eric Sprague

The Texas "lizard man" spent more than 700 hours transforming himself into a reptile: growths under his skin and above his eyebrows, and green tattoos all over his body to imitate scales. He is considered the founder of body modding: sharpened teeth, tongue cut in half. For complete happiness, all he needs is a tail, and Eric does not agree with its simple imitation. The man makes a living from his appearance - he has his own show with a lot of spectacular tricks. It is noteworthy that before his reincarnation into a lizard, Sprague was a bachelor of philosophy and wrote scientific works, but he likes today's life much more.

Gomez brothers

This disease is called “Werewolf Syndrome” and there are about 50 people in the world who suffer from a similar malfunction in chromosomes. Siblings from Mexico, Victor and Gabriel, have 98% and 96% percent of their entire bodies (respectively) covered in hair. Already the fifth generation of their family suffers from “congenital hyperthyroidism,” and only in the male line. Victor Gomez received the title of “the hairiest man in the world” not long ago and now works with his brother in the circus, exploiting his appearance to earn money.