The Pascualita is, perhaps without a doubt, one of the most mysterious icons of my beloved country, a mannequin with a very peculiar and above all, "realistic" beauty that is worshipped and even considered a saint. There are several sources that affirm the past of this one, all of them are only rumors inherited and said by the same local population throughout time, but they reach only one conclusion, which refers to the fact that this mannequin was a living person and that she was embalmed for posterity.

Legend has it that she had to do or was directly related to the costume and dress shop "La Popular". It was said that around the late 1920's, a beautiful woman from the state of Aguascalientes was about to get married, but at the last minute she had a fatal accident (sting of a poisonous insect or cold blooded murder) where she unfortunately passed away. Then the owner of the store, who was also her mother, had her embalmed (many say in Paris) and finally a mannequin apparently appeared in the shop window in 1930s.

As I said, the events recounted are merely speculation and there is no directly reliable and true source. But I simply and personally liked very much this version that I have just told you...

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