When I was performing at Disneyland, I had the glue come off on the top of my nose. But it was still glued on at the bottom! I figured if I tilted my head back, I could keep it on. That’s vanity for you! I almost had to do a back bend by the end of the show. I looked absolutely ridiculous and the audience had a ball laughing at me trying to keep my nose on.

Also, when I worked at Disneyland, a clown named John used salad dressing to glue his nose back on! Funny thing is…it worked!

And while I was a circus clown, I was running into the center ring. The clown in front of me unexpectedly jumped onto the ring curb, stopped and spread his arms out into a big “ta-dah!” pose. Well, I was running full speed behind him when I got slapped right in the face! I watched my nose fly off my face and spin into the air. It landed on the circus track and bounced around. It was hard to find it with my eyes watering, but I didn’t want anyone to step on it!

What’s the history behind Pricilla’s nose?

When I was designing my clown face at Ringling Bro. Clown college in 1982 (more than thirty years ago! Ouch.) I wanted to look like a cross between Pinocchio and a china doll. Another guy in my class was quite the artist. He has sculpted this really cool long turned up nose. I liked it and had him do a girl version. Little did I know how far that nose would take me!

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