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Circus Performer

The Resume

    (1876-1926)
    Suffered from hypertrichosis universalis (hair all over the body)
    Exhibited as ‘Darwin’s Missing Link’

Why she might be annoying:

    She was covered with black hair from head to toe.
    She chose to work in circuses even after coming of age.
    She pretended to be a ‘wild girl,’ but she actually came from an upper-class background.
    One writer said she became ‘masculine’ late in life (imagine that).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was kidnapped from her home country as a small child and forced to perform in sideshows as a ‘monkey girl.’
    Legitimate newspapers claimed she was the missing link, but she wasn’t.
    She was extremely intelligent, and spoke English, French and German well.
    She made a lot of money off her medical condition.
    She died before her fiftieth birthday.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 185 Votes: 61.62% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 72 Votes: 56.94% Annoying