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Harnaam Kaur has severe polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that can affect a woman’s: menstrual cycle, ability to have children, heart, blood vessels and yes, appearance. In America alone, 1 in 10 to 1 in 20 women as early as 11 and older suffer the often painful disease, and a common side effect is excess facial hair. And in Kaur’s case, it was excessive.
At the age of 11, Harnaam started to notice hairs growing in on her face and chest and attempted to hide it. By her mid-teens, she began shaving and waxing every few days, a painful and tedious process that often led to ingrown hairs and skin irritation. She even debated at one point taking the razor from her face to her wrist (metaphorically speaking):
“At the age of 16 I hit my biggest low. I had been suicidal due to immense bullying from school and people in society. I hid away and did not want to venture out into the public. I was hugely depressed. I remember sitting on my bed and thinking about my life. I sat and counseled myself. At that point I decided I wanted to be me, I decided to keep my beard and step forward against societies expectations of what a woman should look like.”
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Harnaam Kaur recently made history as the first bearded woman to walk in a UK fashion show for for a jewelry designer and she did that! “That” being pushed passed her insecurities, strutted on her bullies and felt good about herself all while doing so. She took to her Instagram to talk about her walk and what it meant for her to be confident enough to have come this far:
“I grew up watching America’s next top model, and i admired @tyrabankswhole heartedly. I always wanted to be like the pretty models, so i remember copying the way they posed and walked. I grew up being told i was to fat, ugly, and disgusting to even model. I was told i’d never walk the runway.
I used to look at models and tell myself that i will never ever be able to do what they are doing. I am not pretty enough or beautiful enough and i dont have the ‘right’ body type. I was laughed at when i said i wanted to model. Jokes on my bullies!”
At the age of 11, Harnaam started to notice hairs growing in on her face and chest and attempted to hide it. By her mid-teens, she began shaving and waxing every few days, a painful and tedious process that often led to ingrown hairs and skin irritation. She even debated at one point taking the razor from her face to her wrist (metaphorically speaking):
“At the age of 16 I hit my biggest low. I had been suicidal due to immense bullying from school and people in society. I hid away and did not want to venture out into the public. I was hugely depressed. I remember sitting on my bed and thinking about my life. I sat and counseled myself. At that point I decided I wanted to be me, I decided to keep my beard and step forward against societies expectations of what a woman should look like.”
http://xonecole.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Haarnam-Kaur-5.png
Harnaam Kaur recently made history as the first bearded woman to walk in a UK fashion show for for a jewelry designer and she did that! “That” being pushed passed her insecurities, strutted on her bullies and felt good about herself all while doing so. She took to her Instagram to talk about her walk and what it meant for her to be confident enough to have come this far:
“I grew up watching America’s next top model, and i admired @tyrabankswhole heartedly. I always wanted to be like the pretty models, so i remember copying the way they posed and walked. I grew up being told i was to fat, ugly, and disgusting to even model. I was told i’d never walk the runway.
I used to look at models and tell myself that i will never ever be able to do what they are doing. I am not pretty enough or beautiful enough and i dont have the ‘right’ body type. I was laughed at when i said i wanted to model. Jokes on my bullies!”
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