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Hannah Jane Battersby (née Perkins); c. 1836 – November 25, 1889) was an American "Fat Lady" sideshow performer and the wife of "Human Skeleton" John Battersby (1829 – 1897). She performed for companies including the Barnum & Bailey Circus alongside Lavinia Warren and Charles Stratton ( General Tom Thumb ) between 1859 and 1889 and was ...
Maxwell had said that the only donation in Yager's name he ever received was for $20, [1] although numerous talk shows, newspapers, radio stations, and other national and international media are reported to have offered her cash and other gifts in exchange for interviews, pictures, etc. [3] Dietary educator Richard Simmons was quoted as saying ...
Like other "Fat Lady" sideshow performers, she had her portrait taken in costume and sold carte-de-visite photographs which were purchased as souvenirs and helped to advertise her performances. [9] Johnson was said to be the "highest-salaried fat woman on the stage" and was usually reported being between 620 and 850 pounds.
The terms "Big Beautiful Women" and "BBW" were coined by Carole Shaw in 1979, when she launched BBW Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for "plus-size" women. [2] BBW Magazine trademarked the term "Big Beautiful Woman", which was later transferred to Dimensions Magazine. [3] The term is also commonly used as a positive euphemism by those ...
Celesta Geyer (née Herrmann; July 18, 1901–February 19, 1982) was an American woman most famous for being the circus fat lady known as Dolly Dimples (also Bonnie Sonora and Jolly Dolly Geyer). She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio .
Mayra Lizbeth Rosales (November 6, 1980 – February 16, 2024) was an American woman known for being, at one point, the heaviest living woman.At her heaviest, she weighed 470 kg (1,036 lb). [1]
Cates was born in Borger, Texas, on December 13, 1947, to a gas station attendant and a homemaker, who divorced when she was 12.She grew up in Dumas, Texas. [8]Cates met Robert Cates, a U.S. Marine, when she was 14 and the two married on January 11, 1963 – she was 15 and he was 25. [6]
Malaika Kubwa (name changed in 2018; born 17 May 1988), known professionally as Martina Big, [3] is a German model and actress known for her extremely large breast implants, and for undergoing a perma-tanning procedure to give herself a dark skin color, eyebrow color and eye color.