‘Giraffe woman’ lives for years with 15 rings around her neck


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Despite the health risks, it could not be said that Sydney Smith never profited from her decision to wear the rings. For one, she was featured on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Interestingly enough, her original inspiration for the transformation – the long-necked women of the Kayan Lahwi tribe – have been a Ripley’s mainstay since 1923. Ripley’s vice president of exhibits and archives added their crew once filmed one of them taking her rings off. While it didn’t kill her, her neck was severely scarred and even had mold growing on it!

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