Bizarre Early 20th Century Circus Photos Have People Questioning What Went On Behind the Scenes

World’s Smallest Woman (1864 – 1890)

Lucía Zárate is the smallest and lightest person ever recorded. Her tiny stature and small beauty brought in the crowds all around the world. When she was 18, she only weighed four pounds. She died tragically from hypothermia when her circus train got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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