Name Grace McDaniels | ||
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Died 1958, Gibsonton, Florida, United States | ||
Circus side show performer Grace McDaniels is dubbed the world's ugliest woman
Grace McDaniels (March 17, 1888–March 14, 1958) was a freak show star known as the "Mule-Faced Woman" due to a severe facial deformity known as Sturge-Weber syndrome. She joined Harry Lewiston's Traveling Circus, where she was paid $175 per week.
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Life
McDaniels was born on a farm in 1888, near the small town of Numa, Iowa. Her parents were described as "perfectly normal" and had had no facial irregularities. As a young child, she had difficulty speaking, but learned to speak more fluently in later years. After winning The Ugliest Woman contest in 1935, Grace joined Harry Lewiston's sideshow, traveling around the country and some parts of Canada. Although she embraced her disability, McDaniels never liked having her picture taken, because she felt that advertising herself would show a lack of self-respect.
McDaniels was married briefly in the 1930s. She had a son, Elmer and a daughter Stella four years later, who she called "her greatest treasure." Grace was described as an incredible mother who would go to great lengths to make her children happy. Elmer and Stella McDaniels served as her business manager and traveled with her until her death in 1958. McDaniels died of natural causes in between tours, at her home in Gibsonton, Florida. She was buried in her town, and her grave became a Florida landmark.
