This picture sure made my mind blank for a few seconds!
以下這張圖片著實曾令我的大腦瞬間一片空白！
This is Julia Pastrana. For those few who knew her better, the young Mexican woman, with what was called 「 the most hideous face」, had the kindest heart.
她的名字叫朱麗亞·帕斯特拉娜，在極少數熟知她的人眼中，這位有著被稱為「世界上最醜陋面孔」的年輕墨西哥女人卻有著一顆無比善良的心。
She was born in 1834 in a mountainous area in Mexico. Since her birth, she had a strange fast hair growth that covered all her body. Nobody accepted her around thinking she was a monster of some sort, she ran away from home.
朱麗亞於1834年出生在墨西哥的一個山區。自出生以來，她的毛髮就以驚人的速度迅速生長，最後甚至覆蓋了她的全身。周圍的人都對她唯恐避之不及，視她為某種未知的怪物，朱麗亞傷心欲絕，無奈離家出走。
While in her journey as a lost soul, she met a man who worked in a circus and who offered her a job at the same circus. She became 「the freak」 that people would pay to watch! Though it was a very hurtful thing to her, she had no other choice but to accept to at least ensure what to eat and where to sleep.
在她帶著失落的靈魂踏上未知之旅的途中，她偶遇了一位在馬戲團工作的男子，該男子在其所就職的馬戲團為她安排了一份工作。至此，她淪為了供人們付費觀賞的「怪物」！雖然這一切給她的自尊心帶來了極大的傷害，但這個可憐的女人卻別無選擇，為了溫飽她只能默默接受命運無情的安排。
Because her show made her gain a big amount of money and fame. Her manager Theodore Lent decided to marry Her! It was one of the most famous marriages at that time that went viral in newspapers. How could a normal man marry a 135cm tall monster they asked.
她的表演不但讓她擁有了不菲的身家，同時也為她帶來了巨大的「聲望」。她的經理西奧多·蘭特為了能夠綁住這棵搖錢樹決定與她結婚！誤以為找到了真愛的朱麗亞欣然同意了這樁婚事。這一消息迅速佔據了報刊的頭版頭條，成為了當時最知名的婚姻之一。人們不禁問道：一個正常的男人怎麼會娶一個身高僅有135公分的怪物呢？
譯者註：我們如今所說的「上熱搜」也可用 go viral 來表達。
Strange enough though, she gave birth to a normal baby. Unfortunately, she died together with the baby 48 hours later after giving birth. Julia's bad fortune did not end with her death. Her greedy of a husband decided to mummify her body so that people still could pay to watch the half monkey half human dead 「monster」.
令人奇怪的是，朱麗亞婚後產下了一個正常的嬰兒。但造化弄人，這個可愛的孩子在誕生兩天後跟媽媽一同離開了人世。但朱麗亞的厄運並未因她離世而結束。她貪婪的丈夫決定將她的屍體製成木乃伊，以便人們可繼續付費觀賞這個半人半獸的「怪物」。
Her body was stolen many times until found in a dustbin in Norway in 2005. Finally, after 150 years, Julia got a decent funeral and was buried like a person! One wonders, is really Julia the 「monster 「 or is it her husband? Or the people who would pay money to watch her? Or her family? Or the world?
她的屍體曾多次被人盜取，直至2005年在挪威的一個垃圾箱裡被發現後這個可憐的女人才獲得了些許安寧。在朱麗亞離世150年後，人們為她舉辦了一場體面的葬禮，她終於能像一個人一樣被世人所接受！善良的人們想知道，真正的「怪物」是朱麗亞本人還是她的丈夫？亦或是那些付費觀看她表演並從中體驗到變態快感的人？亦或是她的家人？還是說世人皆「怪」？