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Betty Lou Williams

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Circus Performer

The Resume

    (January 10, 1932-1955)
    Born with an epigastric parasitic twin (two extra legs, an extra arm, and a ‘rudimentary head’ inside her body cavity)
    Toured with Robert Ripley
    Billed as ‘the World’s Greatest Wonder’

Why she might be annoying:

    She would wear maternity clothes in public so people would assume she was pregnant.
    Somebody once named a 1300-pound cow after her.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her parents basically sold her to Robert Ripley (of ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not’).
    She was known for her beauty and charm.
    One writer said: ‘She had a beauty and dignity that only a few people possessed – a lovely, soft-spoken lady.’
    She was one of the best-paid circus performers in history.
    She put all twelve of her brothers and sisters through college.
    She suffered from asthma.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 91 Votes: 62.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 41.54% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 48.76% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 194 Votes: 41.24% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 52 Votes: 23.08% Annoying