Julia Pastrana Pina July 1, 1921 – Jan. 27, 2007 Resident of Bay Point Julia Pastrana Pina, 85, passed away January 27, 2007. A native of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and a 37-year resident of Bay Point.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The "ugliest woman in the world" was buried in her native northern Mexico on Tuesday, more than 150 years after her death and a tragic life spent exhibited as a freak of nature ...

Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman born with congenital hypertrichosis, a condition that caused her small body to grow copious amounts of hair and an ape-like protruding mouth, was a 19th-century ...

Amphibian Stage presents a sensory-driven, at-home theater experience available through Aug. 6. The Tragic Life will be offered on a digital platform utilizing Dolby Atmos, a technology that provides ...

Julia Pastrana became famous as the "bearded lady" in the mid-1800s. Now, more than 150 years later, scientists have discovered the genetic mutations responsible for her rare condition. The disorder, ...

Part of Mexico-born artist Laura Anderson Barbata’s exhibit at the Newcomb Art Museum includes a very strange, very disturbing snippet of New Orleans history. In 1834, a woman named Julia Pastrana was ...