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Krao Farini

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Laotian-American sideshow performer

Lived 1876 to 1926 · aged 50
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Krao Farini was an American sideshow performer who was born with hypertrichosis and took part in 19th-century exhibition tours in North America and Europe. She was adopted by William Leonard Hunt, also known as Guillermo Antonio Farini, who exploited her appearance.

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Krao Farini as a child in a promotional photograph, c. 1880s.Krao Farini as a child in a promotional photograph, c. 1880s.

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Krao Farini was an American sideshow performer who was born with hypertrichosis and took part in 19th-century exhibition tours in North America and Europe. She was adopted by William Leonard Hunt, also known as Guillermo Antonio Farini, who exploited her appearance. Throughout her life, she was falsely advertised as a primitive human and billed as the missing link between humans and apes.

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Lived 1876 to 1926 · aged 50
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