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Julia Pastrana the World’s Ugliest Woman also known as the “ape woman”  has been  buried  in Mexico. Julia Pastrana was buried on Tuesday ,15o years after her death,Reuters said

Julia Pastrana Casket in Church

Julia Pastrana’s body in church

 

The Ape Woman’s burial attracted many people ;Crowds flocked to the small town of Sinaloa de Leyva on Tuesday to pay their respects to Pastrana, who was buried in a white coffin garlanded with white roses.

Julia Pastrana casket

Julia Pastrana casket

“The mass was beautiful,” said New York-based Mexican artist Laura Anderson Barbata, who has led a nearly decade-long campaign to have Pastrana returned to Mexico for a proper Catholic burial. “I was very moved. In all these years I’ve never felt so full of different emotions.”

Julia Pastrana the Mexican bearded woman 1834-1860 She suffered from congenital hirsutism combined with gingival hyperplasia Dis

Julia Pastrana the Mexican bearded woman (1834-1860)