Illustration by Charles S. Anderson design
Jennifer Miller (born 1961) is an American circus entertainer, writer, and professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She has lived as a woman with a beard for most of her life. She is a juggler and fire eater. Miller lives in New York City. (Wikipedia)
When Jennifer came on the screen during the documentary accompanying Freaks, I gasped and said, “Oh, I am in love.” What a beauty. And the more I learn, the more I am impressed!
Gahhh hello world…sorry I have been MIA for a while! My “Circus” themed drawing is of a bearded lady! I have had the pleasure of knowing one (who actually performs with Circus Amok…look it up folks) my whole life and I admire her so much. So here is my tribute to her!
Clémentine Delait (March 5, 1865–1939) was a French bearded lady who kept a café.
Clémentine Delait and her husband kept a café in Thaon-les-Vosges, in Lorraine, France. According to later accounts, Clémentine Delait visited a carnival, saw a bearded woman with some stubble and boasted that she could grow a better beard herself. Her husband bet 500 francs to back her.
The bet attracted many more customers to the Delaits’ café and they changed the name to Le Café de La Femme a Barbe, “The café of the Bearded Woman”. Delait also sold photographs of herself. (wiki)
Style! More Madame Clementine Delait (1865-1939)
That beard is gorgeous
look at her beard
UGH, SO GOOD.
