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TIL after Mary Ann Bevan's husband died in 1914, she couldn't support herself & her 4 children.So since she had developed acromegaly, she decided to capitalize on her appearance & enter an "ugliest woman" contest & won.She was then hired as a "freak show" & made $1.6 mllion in today's money in 2 yrs

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