If you have been searching for the ugliest people in the world, here is an article you must read.
A person’s facial look can either be pretty and attractive or just the opposite. Currently, there are over 7 billion people on the planet and each individual has his or her own special look.
There are people we consider pretty or handsome based on their appearance, but the same thing cannot be said for the ugly ones. The truth is, no one created him or herself, as everyone could have been walking around with beautiful faces.
Some of the ugliest people in the world today were not born that way. Most of the people on our list became ugly because of body modifications, while some are ugly because of a rare medical condition.
It’s funny when you see a person who spends thousands of dollars just to look like Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger. Some of the people who became ugly because of excessive body modifications were born looking like normal kids. They would not have been on this list if not for the tattoos, and surgeries.
Well, looks can be deceiving as they say and these ugly individuals may be the nicest people, although their appearance may say the opposite about them.
In a moment, we will be listing the ugliest people in the world and the countries where they come from.
Who Is the Ugliest Person in the World?
Should this title be given to a particular individual or should there be a list?
Well, we all have different opinions and how we describe a beautiful or handsome person. But how different cultures see a person as ugly or beautiful is quite different.
In the western world, men who are muscular and tall with handsome faces are likely attractive to ladies. But in another culture, it might be different from what women think.
In Ethiopia, women from the Bodi tribe consider men with the largest bellies attractive. While men in the western world need to get in shape to look attractive, men of the Bodi tribe must consume food and drinks to enlarge their bellies.
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10 Ugliest People in the World
Here, we are going to list the ugliest people in the world and the countries where they hail from.
#1. Godfrey Baguma
Godfrey Baguma is considered the ugliest man on the planet. He is from Uganda and was born in 1973. Baguma is a gospel singer, shoemaker, and comedian who is widely known for his ugly appearance.
The Ugandan comedian won the competition to find Uganda’s most unusual-looking man back in 2002.
Godfrey Baguma was born with a rare medical condition which is still unknown to medical experts. This medical condition caused the side of the Ugandan gospel singer’s face to swell.
Despite his looks, Godfrey Baguma found love and married Kate Namanda in 2013. His marriage with Kate Namanda is blessed with two children.
Godfrey currently has a net worth of $5,000 and he is one of the ugliest people in the world.
#2. Dennis Avner
Next on our list of the ugliest people in the world is Dennis Avner.
Avener was an American who took body modification to the extreme. The late Dennis Avner was known for his excessive body modification and his intention was to look like a tiger.
The Stalking Cat had 14 surgical procedures just to look like a tiger. Dennis Avner was born on the 27th of August 1958, in Flint, Michigan. Like every other person, he was born as a normal kid, but choose to tattoo himself and have facial implants to look like an animal.
The American spent millions of dollars to undergo 17 cosmetic body modification surgeries. He got what he wanted, but only lived to see his 54th birthday.
In November of 2012, Dennis Avner was found dead in his garage. Besides his dead body was a gun and news about his death became public a week later.
Avner was one of the ugliest people in the world who spent millions of dollars to look that way.
#3. Mison Sere
Mison Sere is a Zimbabwean who won the fourth annual Mister Ugly contest back in 2015. After Sere won the contest in 2015, he became popular all over Zimbabwe and other neighbouring countries.
Some people in his home country believed that Mison Sere won the 2015 contest because of a few missing teeth.
There were controversies about Mison Sere’s winning in 2015. Another Zimbabwean by the name of William Masvinu, who held the title of the ugliest man since 2012, felt that the judges got the decision wrong.
When the Mison Sere was declared winner in the fourth annual Mister Ugly contest in 2015, William Masvinu and his supporters mobbed the judges. Masvinu claimed that Mison Sere was too handsome to win the contest.
Masvinu felt he was cheated by the judges and perhaps if had won the contest in 2015, he could have been included on this list.
Unfortunately, he is not and Mison Sere makes it to our list of ugliest people in the world.
#4. Erik Sprague
Born in 1972, Erik Sprague is an American freak show and sideshow performer who is professionally known as the Lizardman.
Erik is one of the scariest people on earth in terms of tattoos and body modifications. The American is popularly known for his body modifications, which include full body tattoos of green scales, sharpened teeth, subdermal implants, bifurcated tongues, and green inked lips.
Erik Sprague frequently performs several classic sideshow acts like the human blockhead, fire eating and breathing, sword swallowing, the bed of nails, the insectivore, and gavage.
In 2004, the American performer earned the official Guinness World Record for the most weight lifted and swung from the ear lobes. Erick Sprague is one of the ugliest people in the world because of his tattoos and body modifications.
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#5. Paul Lawrence
Here is another American sideshow performer on our list.
Paul Lawrence is one of America’s sideshow performers, who is popularly known as the Enigma. Lawrence is also a musician and actor who has undergone several body modifications.
The American performer has undergone excessive body modification, including ear reshaping, body piercing, horn implants, and a full-body body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo.
As an actor, The Enigma has appeared in a couple of television programs such as Penn & Teller: Bullshit! And The X-Files.
#6. María José Cristerna Mendez
María José Cristerna Mendez is the first woman on our list of ugliest people in the world.
She is from Mexico and professionally, María José Cristerna Mendez is known as The Vampire Woman. María is a businesswoman, activist, lawyer, and tattoo artist.
The Mexican lawyer and tattoo artist is popularly known for her excessive body modification. María embarked on her excessive body modification as a form of activism to stop domestic violence in Mexico.
With 96% of her body covered in tattoos, María José Cristerna Mendez is recognized by Guinness World Records as the most tattooed woman on the planet.
#7. Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace is one of the females on our list of ugliest people in the world.
She is an Italian businesswoman, fashion designer, and model, the sister of Gianni Versace. Donatella inherited a portion of the Versace brand after the death of her brother Gianni Versace in 1997.
The Italian businesswoman is currently the brand chief creative officer of Versace.
Now you must understand that Donatella Versace was not born ugly. Whatever she looks like today is because of plastic surgery. Of course, someone like Donatella Versace is very wealthy and afford anything she wants.
But things do not always turn out the way we want them and Donatella’s appearance is something money can’t fix. If only Donatella Versace stayed natural and avoided getting facial plastic surgery, she would not have been included on this list.
#8. Gregory Paul McLaren
Gregory Paul is recognized by the Guinness World Record as the world’s most tattooed person. The New Zealander performer is also known as Lucky Diamond Rich.
Paul is an international arts festival performer whose acts include juggling on a unicycle and sword swallowing. The New Zealander has tattoos covering his whole body including inside his mouth, eyelids, ears, and foreskin.
Gregory Paul is one of the ugliest people in the world.
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#9. Michael Berryman
Just like Godfrey Baguma, Michael Berryman was born with a rare medical condition.
The American character actor was born in 1948 with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Because of this rare condition, Michael Berryman became a character actor portraying different characters in horror movies.
Berryman’s career started in the mid-1970s. Michael Berryman rose to fame with his role in the 1977 horror movie The Hills Have Eyes. He also starred in the 1975 psychological comedy-drama One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
The American has appeared in several TV shows like Star Trek and The X-Flies. In 2007, Michael Berryman won the EyeGore Award. He was also nominated for the Saturn Award in 1978.
#10. Rick Genest
Professionally known as the Zombie Boy, Rick Genest was a Canadian actor, fashion model, and musician. The late Canadian artist previously held a Guinness World Record for his full-body tattoos.
Before his death, Rick worked at different sideshows and freak shows across Canada. He worked as an illustrated man in those freak shows.
The Zombie Boy was introduced to the public in 2006 in a blog post on Body Modification Ezine (BME)’s ModBlog. Genest also featured in one of Lady Gaga’s music videos.
The Canadian actor starred in the 2013 movie 47 Ronin. He played the character Foreman and was even featured in the marketing for the movie.
In August 2018, Rick Genest was found dead after he fell from a balcony at his apartment. The news report was that Rick Genest committed suicide just six days before his 33rd birthday.
Rick Genest completes our list of the ugliest people in the world.
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Conclusion
The ugliest people on our list are either born with a rare medical condition or spent thousands of dollars getting cosmetic body modification surgeries, just look different.
Take the likes of Rick Genest and Dennis Avner for example. They spent thousands of dollars transforming their appearance and in the end, they are included on the list of ugliest people in the world.
If the most beautiful/handsome faces are recognized, the ugliest people in society also deserve some recognition.
We hope this article on the ugliest people in the world was helpful.
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