Harnaam Kaur's beard makes her beautiful
23-year-old female, Harnaam Kaur, has grown a full beard, and has accepted it as a feature that makes her feel more feminine.
Harnaam Kaur, who lives in Slough, England, began to grow a beard at the age of 11 as a result of polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that affects a woman’s hormones, blood vessels, heart, and menstrual cycle, and typically causes women to have high levels of male hormones, or androgens.
For years, Kaur suffered by trying to wax her hair, hide her face, or avoid people. “I got bullied badly — at school I was called a ‘beardo’ and thinks like ‘she-male’ and ‘she-man,’” she said. “I can laugh about it now, but back then it affected me so badly that I began to self-harm because it felt better than all the abuse I was getting.”
Until one day she decided to embrace it.
Harnaam first started growing her beard for religious reasons but as the years went by, she's kept it for more personal reasons. She says that "It makes me feel like a brave, confident woman who isn’t afraid to break society’s norms. When I first started growing my beard I had no idea how it could impact upon others, but it is amazing what can happen when you’re true to yourself.”
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Harnaam Kaur is one of several people featured in #Project60, a portrait series which contains, according to organisers, the best 60 beards in the world.
