Beautiful people are always surrounded by attention. But it can give pleasure, raising self-esteem and increasing the number of fans. People are less supportive of the most terrible people, they often poke a finger in them, discuss imperfections in appearance in a whisper or publicly, and do many other things unpleasant for a person.
Some people from our selection of the most terrible people in the world have adapted to this, and some even enjoy such an attitude, making good money on it.
20. Joseph Merrick
Let's start the rating of the most terrible people with the famous "elephant man" who lived in Victorian England. Sensitive nature hid behind his terrible appearance, Joseph wrote poetry and collected models of cathedrals from paper. However, he had to earn a living by working in a local circus and speaking in a freak show.
Merrick is one of the victims of Proteus syndrome, a genetic disease that causes excessive growth of the head, skin, and bones. Because of his huge head, he was forced to sleep while sitting. And when the severity of the head went over a thin neck, the 27-year-old Merrick died of asphyxiation.
19. Jocelyn Wildenstein
Someone calls this billionaire a woman lioness, and someone a monster or a victim of plastic surgery.
Only she knows the exact number of plastic surgeries that she voluntarily went to turn her once beautiful face into the likeness of a lion's face. So Jocelyn wanted to be more like her ex-husband, Alec Wildenstein, who passionately loved lions.
However, in 1999, Alec traded his kitty for the Russian model Lyuba Stupakova. And Jocelyn, in memory of him, remained a strange addiction to face plastic and billions of compensation.
18. Didier Montalvo
For most people, moles on the body represent only a small cosmetic problem. However, for a Colombian boy, moles became a real curse. After all, one of them occupied most of his back, turning it into a kind of tortoise shell.
The English surgeon Neil Bulstrode performed a successful operation to remove a huge mole, after which the six-year-old Didier healed the life of an ordinary child.
17. Rudi Santos
This Filipino was the victim of a rare condition - the craniopagus parasiticus (parasitic twin). On his stomach is a pair of arms and legs, as well as an underdeveloped head with one ear and hair that belonged to his unborn brother.
Because of this, Rudy was nicknamed the "Octopus Man." In the 70s of the last century, he actively participated in various freak shows, and even refused the surgical removal of excess extremities, explaining that he had physically and spiritually fused with his twin.
16. Melanie Gaidos
Sometimes a terrible appearance does not interfere, but helps to achieve fame. Melanie, who was born with ectoderm dysplasia, has practically no hair on her body, she has only three teeth, and those are milk (the rest fell out, and the indigenous ones never appeared).
But the girl was at least somewhat lucky - she contacted Craigslist photographers who were looking for people with a unique look. Now Melanie is a sought-after model and actress.
15. Jose Mestre
Living with a tumor is a terrible test that Jose Mestre has gone through his whole life. He was born with hemangioma, a benign tumor that grew and grew until it reached a weight of 5.5 kg. She literally buried Jose’s face beneath her, blinded in one eye and almost made it impossible to breathe.
Fortunately, a doctor from Chicago, Mackay McKinnon, managed to save the patient from such a heavy load. This took three operations.
14. Jason Schechterley
One of the scariest people in the world is known as a "person with a distant face." The reason for this is a car accident. Jason's car caught fire, and he suffered terrible burns, and the skin on his face was completely burned.
Doctors managed to save Shechterli’s life, but his former appearance was lost irrevocably.
13. Supatra Sasufan
There are very few people in the world suffering from Ambras syndrome, and Supatra is one of them. It is also called werewolf syndrome. The girl was called the “she-wolf” and “the face of the monkey”, but getting into the Guinness Book of Records as the hairiest girl in the world brought Sasufan popularity among classmates.
However, despite the “wolf appearance” Supatra managed to find her love. She got married and now shaves her face every day.
12. Carlos "The Half" Rodriguez
This is not the only man who received a serious head injury. But he is perhaps the most famous. Carlos, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, had a car accident, flew out of the front window and landed on his head.
Many did not believe that he would not survive, but he survived. Now Rodriguez is a supporter of a policy that prohibits drunk driving, and also encourages not to use drugs.
11. Claudio Vieire
A resident of Brazil is also known as the "Man with his head turned upside down." When he was born, doctors advised his mother not to feed him. No one believed that Claudio would survive except his family.
As a result, Claudio received a diploma in bookkeeping, and then continued to work as a motivational speaker.
10. Dennis Avner
This American was obsessed with becoming a cat. And he became him. At least his face resembles a cat's face, his upper lip is split in two, his teeth are pointed, and his fingernails look more like claws. Would you dare to pet such a cat? Me not.
9. Abigail and Brittany Hensel
These girls are Siamese twins, they have one body, but two heads. Abigail and Brittany have two spinal cords, but all organs below the waist are common. Even more interesting is that their eating habits, clothing choices and favorite colors are different.
8. Sain Mumtaz
A resident of Pakistan looks like a monster. But not because he likes to be him. He suffers from a rare condition - Proteus syndrome, which disfigured his head. But mentally a man is normal, and is very suffering from the attitude of others.
He was not hired, and when Sain was a child, local residents often ran away when he saw him. Over time, they got used to his appearance. Unfortunately, for people with Proteus syndrome, there is no cure for stopping excessive bone growth.
7. Mohammad Kaleim
Among the photos of the scariest people there are also children. Alas, nature is sometimes cruel even to its young creatures.
Mohammad Kaleim from India was born with a rare disease: his palms grew to a gigantic size - 33 centimeters. In 2015, he underwent surgery to reduce the size of his hands. However, Kaleim is still on the list of the most unusual people in the world.
6. Billy Owen
In 2013, Billy lost half his face and one of his eyeballs. This tragedy was the result of one of the rare forms of cancer. To save the patient's life, surgeons removed part of his nasopharynx and upper palate.
Owen took his new life by joining Freakshow. And now he makes his living by participating in festivals and shows about zombies.
5. Yu Zhenghuang
This Chinese man looks like a hybrid of a monkey and a man. And even got the nickname "Half Monkey." Hair covers 96% of the surface of his body.
4. Mandy Sellars
Fourth place in the first 10 most terrible people takes a woman with unusually large legs. Due to a rare genetic mutation called Proteus Syndrome, its lower extremities were far larger in size than the rest of the body.
Mandy had to remove one of them to the knee. This unique woman was the subject of the television documentary, The Loss of One of My Gigantic Legs.
3. Eric Sprage “The Lizard”
A vivid example of how you can voluntarily become one of the most terrible people on Earth. This man makes a living speaking for the amusement of the public, both live and on TV.
He has pointed teeth, a full-body tattoo in the form of green scales, subcutaneous implants and green lipstick.
It was once rumored that he wanted to transplant a tail, but Eric said this was impossible.
2. Petero Byakatonda
A resident of Uganda is called an “egg-headed boy”, and looking at the photos of the most terrible people in the world, you will immediately understand the reason for this nickname.
He suffers from Cruson syndrome - a deformation of the facial and brain parts of the skull that occurs even in the prenatal period. Because of this, Petero's eyeballs and ears are not in place.
1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velazquez
This woman was born with a rare congenital disease - Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome. Because of it, the accumulation of fat in the body of Lizzy does not occur and her weight never exceeded 29 kilograms. As a child, she was blinded by the right eye, and the left is hard to see.
As if Lizzy’s physical suffering was not enough, people added moral to them. Someone posted her video on Youtube, and it was called "The Scariest Girl in the World."
When Velazquez watched the video and read the comments under it, she did not get depressed, but began to publish answers to the most offensive posts. He is currently a motivational speaker, explaining to other people how to respond to bullying and combat stereotypes. And while they continue to call her the most terrible woman in the world, many physically healthy people can envy the strength of spirit Elizabeth Velazquez.
