Harnaam Kaur holds the Guinness World Record for the youngest female with a full beard. The 25-year-old is an anti-bullying and body image activist.
Born on November 29, 1990, Harnaam first started to notice that she was growing facial hair at the age of 11.
She was eventually diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that means she has much more testosterone than most women which is what causes hair to grow on her face.
Harnaam used to remove all her hair, but says that once she decided to let it grow and accept her body the way it is, she felt empowered. Her beard now measures six inches long in some places.
“I never really understood what role I had to play in this world as a bearded lady. As the years have gone on I have realised that I was born to stand up proud as a woman who promotes body confidence with in both genders, I was born to show the world something else apart from the ‘societies norm,’ and I was born to help people become confident and comfortable with in themselves,” she told the GuinnessWorldRecord.com.
According to RomanceMeetLife.com, Harnaam has been photographed as one of the people with the most beautiful beards in the UK.
However before then, she had once attempted suicide, and in the past she had tried to wax, bleach and shave the beard. She equally tried to get rid of hair which also started growing on her chest and arms but finally decided to stop after being baptised as a Sikh, a religion that forbids the cutting of body hair.
See her photos and video and tell us how what you would have done if it was you.
