#africangiantess

[voncrobead]

#Repost from @thedayafter2016 with @regram.app ... Not so long ago: Ella Grigsby Williams was born Oct. 1865 in Laurence County, SC. She grew to be between 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall, although the reality was that she was probably closer to just under 7ft. She was working as a cook in her native South Carolina when she was hired by Frank C. Bostock for a tour of the British Isles in 1896. Bostock was known as “The Animal King”; he specialized in presenting menageries of African wildlife. He renamed Ella, making her into Mme. Abomah (Abomey being the then-capital of Dahomey, now known as Benin), giving her out to be an African warrior princess. She was billed as a Dahomey Amazon, a real life caste of female bodyguards who protected the tribal chieftain. Over the course of her 30 year career she was to tour not only Britain but most of continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand, South America, Cuba and of course the US, where she worked in Coney Island and with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. It’s said that Abomah and her manager took her act to Europe because racism was not as pronounced there and the audiences were more receptive to a very tall, strong, beautiful black woman. In New Zealand, Abomah had very expensive and extensive wardrobe. Having an attendant invoked a sense of royalty. When Britain declared war on Germany in Aug 1914, Abomah cancelled her tours returning to the US in March of 1915. Her career continued into the 1920’s, and then she disappears from history. She was known as the Amazon Giantess and the African Giantess and was something of an international celebrity. Abomah was at one time considered the tallest woman in the world. #ellagrigsbywilliams #ellawilliams #abomah #dahomey #amazon #amazongiantess #africangiantess #tallestwomanintheworld #notsolongago #nsla

[ujamaalive]

Mme Abomah - The African Giantess

#MmeAbomah was once the world`s tallest, hot and beautiful lady in the late 1800s and early 1900`s. #AfricanGiantess

Ella Williams who prefers to be called by her showbiz name Mme Abomah was once the world`s tallest hot and beautiful lady in the late 1800s and early 1900`s. She was reputed to be a 7ft 6inch (2,3m) giant. Though she was born in South Carolina in the USA, her show managers claim she was born In Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin). In her own words, Mme Abomah says: “I was born near Cross Hill…