Ella Ewing was an extraordinary woman born in La Grange, Missouri in 1872. She was famously known as the "Missouri Giantess" due to her immense height of between seven and a half to eight and a half feet tall. She wore size twenty-four shoes and was a part of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus for a period of time. Her remarkable stature made her a popular attraction in the carnival circuit.
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $1.1 Million (2024)
About
Remembered for her "Missouri Giantess" carnival act, this Midwestern woman reached an adult height of between seven and a half and eight and a half feet tall. She wore size twenty-four shoes and, for a time, performed with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Before Fame
She seemed to be developing normally up until her seventh birthday, at which point she began rapidly growing, reaching a height of six feet and ten inches by the age of fourteen.
Trivia
In her early twenties, she was hired by Chicago Entrepreneur Lewis Epstein to be a human display at his museum.
Family Life
She was born and raised in Missouri and was the only child of Anna Herring and Benjamin F. Ewing. At the age of forty, she passed away from tuberculosis.
Associated With
She and Guinness World Record holder Sandy Allen were both more than seven feet tall. Allen, born in Illinois in 1955, reached an adult height of 7 feet, 7 inches.