Vinh Long woman: 20 years without smiling, deformed after tragedy

For nearly 15 years, the people of Long Ho (Vinh Long) cannot help but admire and respect Ms. Loan (born 1979) - a woman who raised three children alone after her husband disappeared.

Loan and her mother live in a tube house, with nothing of value other than a rickety old bed. Even the kitchen is messy, not like a place to cook everyday.

Ms. Loan confided on the Binh Duong Unique YouTube channel: "This house was built a long time ago, is old and ugly, but the mother and children do not have the money to repair it to make it spacious. I plan that when the children are fully grown, I will have it." With the money saved, I will hire a worker to fix this and that to make it look like the house."

Previously, Ms. Loan worked as a gardener for the company. After that, she stayed at home and received the longan, peeled it, separated the seeds and then delivered it to people. The work is not tiring, not tiring, but the salary is low.

Ms. Loan said she was not healthy enough and had skin on her right hand, so she could not do other tasks. She had to choose an easy job to be able to earn some money to support her 3 children in school for the past 15 years.

"I have a husband! But he left when I was 30 years old, never came back to visit or call to ask how the children were doing. At first he told me to file for divorce and then come back to sign it." dozen to go to court.

But my mother-in-law firmly disagreed, telling him to leave and leave, and the four of us should just live here - on the land of my husband's family. So I took refuge here, working hard to raise the children," Ms. Loan shared.

At the age of 18, the unlucky woman got married with the hope of having a perfect home, earning enough food and clothing. Her life went smoothly until she was 25 years old - an unexpected accident happened that "took away" many things.

She recalled: "At that time, poor families still used oil lamps for light. I ran to the oil tank to get it to light, but I mistook it for a gasoline tank next to it. Before I could light it, it exploded. I screamed for help. Neighbors ran to help fight the fire but could not put it out immediately.

In the end, I suffered severe burns, my mouth, neck and right arm shrank. I don't have money so I can't go to the hospital for surgery, so now it's still like that, even more skin is stuck than before."

Ms. Loan added that in the past 20 years, she has never smiled, and when she eats, it always spills out. As for the neck area, it is difficult to move and can only shake slightly. Therefore, she wishes to have enough funds to have surgery on damaged areas.

Regarding the story of her husband leaving, Ms. Loan said that even when she was burned by gasoline, her husband still loved and took care of her. Five years later, he left - when his youngest son was just 5 months old. She collapsed, wanting to give up everything, but thinking about her children, she tried to live.

"Now I have an older daughter who works to help, so it's less difficult. My second child has graduated from college, and my youngest son is studying in the countryside. They have been my pride and motivation for many years." through," Ms. Loan confided. It is known that a sponsor in Ho Chi Minh City helped and supported Ms. Loan 20 million VND to regain her smile and right arm.

Ms. Loan's story of not being able to laugh reminds many people of the mystery surrounding the woman Sober Sue. She became a "notorious enemy" of twentieth-century comedians when none of them could make her laugh.

Vaudeville (vaudeville) was the most popular form of entertainment in America from the 1880s to 1930s and is considered a forerunner of modern popular culture. According to History Daily, while many people in America at that time loved and were often made to laugh by humorous variety shows, one woman was suddenly famous for never smiling.

The Victoria Theater is a famous vaudeville theater in New York, USA, opened by Oscar Hammerstein I in the late 19th century. Later, Paradise Roof Garden was built on top and the two locations became known collectively as Hammerstein's.

According to Boded Panda, in the summer of 1907, many people said they were attracted to a character nicknamed "the woman who never smiles". This person is a performance artist nicknamed Sober Sue, appearing on the stage of Paradise Roof Garden. The theater's producers offer a prize of up to $1,000 to anyone who can make Sue smile.

Initially, many guests came on stage and started doing funny things like making funny faces, being funny or telling stories. But all failed, Sober Sue's face remained stern. Even when famous comedians participated in the challenge, this woman did not change her facial expression, not even a smile or a giggle. This made Sue a famous name.

In the modern world, Tess Christian, 55 years old, in the UK is also considered "the woman who never smiles". According to NY Post, she has not smiled since she was 10 years old. That was the time her younger sister was born. The woman shared that she was happy but felt there was no reason to smile. The reason for this action is the beauty strategy of avoiding smiling. It helps her have a more natural beauty than using expensive skin tightening cosmetics. According to Tess, a calm face with little elasticity helps maintain a youthful appearance compared to people of the same age, with fewer wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, which are places with many wrinkles caused by smiling. "I love life and enjoy every moment without having to walk everywhere with a smile on my face," this woman revealed, saying that not smiling is not too difficult. , hardships.

But Tess's approach received many mixed opinions. Many others believe that laughter is a natural medicine that helps us prevent aging because this action helps secrete happy hormones.