Beautiful people are always surrounded by attention. But it can be fun, boosting self-esteem and increasing fan base. The people around them are less supportive of the most terrible people, they are often poked with a finger, discuss the shortcomings of their appearance in a whisper or publicly, and do many other things that are unpleasant for a person.
Some of the world's worst people have adapted to this, and some even enjoy this attitude, making good money from it.
20. Joseph Merrick
Let's start the rating of the most terrible people with the famous "elephant man" who lived in Victorian England. A sensitive nature was hidden behind his terrible appearance, Joseph wrote poetry and collected models of cathedrals from paper. However, he had to earn a living working in a local circus and performing in freak shows.
Merrick is one of the victims of Proteus Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes overgrowth of the head, skin and bones. Because of his huge head, he was forced to sleep while sitting. And when the weight of his head bent his thin neck, 27-year-old Merrick died of asphyxiation.
19. Jocelyn Wildenstein
Someone calls this billionaire a female lioness, and someone a monster or a victim of plastic surgery.
Only she alone knows the exact number of plastic surgeries, which she volunteered to turn her once beautiful face into the likeness of a lion's face. So Jocelyn wanted to please her ex-husband, Alec Wildenstein, who was passionately in love with 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 dollars in compensation.
18. Didier Montalvo
For most people, moles on the body are only a minor cosmetic problem. However, for a Colombian boy, moles have become a real curse. After all, one of them occupied most of his back, turning it into a kind of turtle shell.
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. Rudy Santos
This Filipino fell prey to a rare condition called craniopagus parasiticus (parasitic twin). On his belly 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 to surgically remove excess limbs, explaining that he had become 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 ectodermal dysplasia, has practically no body hair, she has only three teeth, and those are milk (the rest fell out, but the indigenous ones did not appear).
But the girl was at least somewhat lucky - she contacted the photographers on Craigslist, who were looking for people with unique looks. Now Melanie is a sought-after model and actress.
15. Jose Mestre
Living with a tumor is a terrible ordeal that Jose Mestre went through his entire life. He was born with a hemangioma, a benign tumor that grew and grew until it reached a weight of 5.5 kg. She literally buried José's face under her, blinded him in one eye and almost made it impossible to breathe.
Fortunately, the doctor from Chicago McKay McKinnon managed to relieve the patient of such a heavy burden. This took three operations.
14. Jason Shechterly
One of the scariest people in the world is known as the "man with a remote face." The fault is a car accident. Jason's car caught fire, and he received terrible burns, and the skin on his face was completely burned.
Doctors managed to save Shechterly's life, but his former appearance was lost irrevocably.
13. Supatra Sasufan
There are very few people in the world who suffer from Ambras syndrome, and Supatra is one of them. It is also called werewolf syndrome. The girl was called "a she-wolf" and "the face of a 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 love. She got married and now shaves her face every day.
12. Carlos "Half" Rodriguez
This is not the only man to have suffered a serious head injury. But he is perhaps the most famous. Carlos, while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, had a car accident, flew out of the front window and landed on his head.
Many didn’t believe that he would not survive, but he did. Rodriguez is now a proponent of a policy that prohibits drunk driving and encourages people not to use drugs.
11. Claudio Vieire
The Brazilian is also known as "The Man with the Upside Down". When he was born, doctors advised his mother not to feed him. No one believed that Claudio would survive, except for his family.
As a result, Claudio received a degree in accounting and then continued to work as a motivational speaker.
10. Dennis Avner
This American was obsessed with becoming a cat. And he became it. At least his face resembles a cat's face, his upper lip is split in two, his teeth are pointed, and his fingernails are more like claws. Would you risk petting a cat like that? 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. What's even more interesting is that they have different eating habits, clothing choices, and favorite colors.
8. Sain Mumtaz
Pakistani 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 suffers greatly from the attitude of others.
He is not hired, and when Sain was a child, locals often ran away when they saw him. Over time, they got used to his appearance. Unfortunately, for people with Proteus syndrome there is no medication to stop excessive bone growth.
7. Mohammad Kaleim
Among the photos of the most terrible 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 included in list of the most unusual people in the world.
6. Billy Owen
In 2013, Billy lost half of his face and one of his eyeballs. This tragedy was the result of a rare form of cancer.To save the patient's life, surgeons removed part of his nasopharynx and upper palate.
Owen embraced his new life by joining Freakshow. And now he makes his living by participating in festivals and zombie shows.
5. Yu Zhenghuang
This Chinese man looks like a hybrid of a monkey and a person. And he even got the nickname "Half-monkey". Hair covers 96% of the surface of his body.
4. Mandy Sellars
The fourth place in the top 10 most terrible people is taken by a woman with unusually large legs. Due to a rare genetic mutation called Proteus syndrome, her lower limbs were far ahead of the rest of her body in size.
Mandy had to remove one of them to the knee. This unique woman was the subject of the TV documentary Loss of One of My Giant Legs.
3. Eric Sprage "Lizard"
A vivid example of how you can voluntarily become one of the most terrible people on Earth. This man makes his living by performing for the amusement of the public, both live and on TV.
He has pointed teeth, a full-body tattoo of green scales, subcutaneous implants, and green lipstick.
It was once rumored that he wanted to transplant a tail, but Eric stated that this was not possible.
2. Petero Byakatonda
The Ugandan is called the "egg-headed boy" and when you look at the photos of the scariest people in the world, you will immediately understand the reason for this nickname.
He suffers from Cruson's syndrome - a deformation of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull, which occurs even in the prenatal period. Because of this, Peter's eyeballs and ears are out of place.
1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velazquez
This woman was born with the rarest congenital disease, Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome. Because of him, the accumulation of fat in Lizzie's body does not occur and her weight has never exceeded 29 kilograms. As a child, she was blinded in her right eye, and her left eye does not see well.
As if Lizzie's physical suffering was not enough, people added moral suffering to them. Someone posted her video on Youtube and it was titled "The Scariest Girl in the World."
When Velazquez watched the video and read the comments under it, she did not become depressed, but began to publish responses to the most offensive posts. He is currently a motivational speaker, explaining to other people how to respond to bullying and combat stereotypes. And let her keep on calling the scariest woman in the world, the strength of mind of Elizabeth Velazquez can be envied by many physically healthy people.
And Alexey