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After yesterday featuring the Dog-Faced Man who may have difficulty attracting the opposite sex, we now present a woman dubbed the ugliest in the world.

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As ‘The Mule-Faced Woman’, travelling circus side-show performer Grace McDaniels had a warm spirit and delightful personality.

Though viewers fainted at the sight of her, she received numerous proposals of marriage, finally accepting one and bearing a ‘normal’ son.

The ‘World’s ugliest woman’ exhibit features at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not attraction at London’s Piccadilly Circus.

It’s included here as one of the top 10 weirdest Ripley’s London exhibits as chosen by London24 editor Simon Bull. This is number four on the list.

We are counting down through more of the most bizarre sights at the museum this week.

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