Kim Kardashian may have 'broken the internet' this week with shocking photos of her brazenly showing off her oiled bottom.
But nearly 200 years ago, a similar case happened to the amusement of the Europeans that caused a scandal that reached around the world.
Sarah "Saartjie" Baartman came from a herding
community of the indigenous Kholsan people in what is now known as the Eastern Cape, rural of South Africa.
The Khosian, sometimes referred to as Bushmen were distinct with their pronounced buttocks and Asiatic eyes. Their bodies store fat in the buttock area often resulting in pronounced backside.
Although just 4ft 7in tall, Baartman's buttom was particularly well-developed, something that led to her being taken to London in 1810 as 'Property' part-owned by a British doctor, Alexander Dunlop, to be a show-off on stage as a freak.
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