Harnaam Kaur is the inspirational 24-year-old who's redefining what it means to be beautiful - beard and all.
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Kaur, who has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), started to grow facial hair at the age of 11.
Struggling to deal with her sprouting beard, Kaur was bullied to the point where she began to self harm and, at one point, even considered suicide.
However, she has had quite the journey of self-discovery that has resulted in a shoot for top bridal site Rock n Roll Bride where she's photographed by Urban Bridesmaid sporting an array of flowers in her beard.
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"I remember sitting on my bed and thinking about taking my own life," she told Rock n Roll Bride.
"But instead, as I sat there, I started to counsel myself. I told myself ‘The energy you are putting into ending your life, put all that energy into turning your life around and doing something better’."
Prior to this revelation, Kaur would have her face waxed between two and three times a week, and on the days when she couldn't bare the pain she would shave instead.
PCOS is a condition which affects how a woman’s ovaries work. It causes women to experience high levels of male hormones called androgens, which can cause excessive hair growth.
Now Kaur says she's learned to accept her beard as being part of who she is. And she hopes to inspire others to do the same.
The body confidence campaigner from Slough says that she is no longer unhappy and suicidal.
Instead, she has become something of a minor celebrity - starring in photoshoots, making an appearance on ITV's This Morning and racking up a mammoth 12k Instagram followers.
"Today I am happy living as a young beautiful bearded woman," she revealed. "I have realised that this body is mine, I own it, I do not have any other body to live in so I may as well love it unconditionally.”
After the gorgeous shoot, she wrote on Instagram: "Never be afraid of being who you truly are supposed to be.
"You are absolutely amazing just as you are. Never let the words and taunts of other break you or put you down."
Amen to that.
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Kaur, who has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), started to grow facial hair at the age of 11.
Struggling to deal with her sprouting beard, Kaur was bullied to the point where she began to self harm and, at one point, even considered suicide.
However, she has had quite the journey of self-discovery that has resulted in a shoot for top bridal site Rock n Roll Bride where she's photographed by Urban Bridesmaid sporting an array of flowers in her beard.
"I remember sitting on my bed and thinking about taking my own life," she told Rock n Roll Bride.
"But instead, as I sat there, I started to counsel myself. I told myself ‘The energy you are putting into ending your life, put all that energy into turning your life around and doing something better’."
Prior to this revelation, Kaur would have her face waxed between two and three times a week, and on the days when she couldn't bare the pain she would shave instead.
PCOS is a condition which affects how a woman’s ovaries work. It causes women to experience high levels of male hormones called androgens, which can cause excessive hair growth.
Now Kaur says she's learned to accept her beard as being part of who she is. And she hopes to inspire others to do the same.
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The body confidence campaigner from Slough says that she is no longer unhappy and suicidal.
Instead, she has become something of a minor celebrity - starring in photoshoots, making an appearance on ITV's This Morning and racking up a mammoth 12k Instagram followers.
"Today I am happy living as a young beautiful bearded woman," she revealed. "I have realised that this body is mine, I own it, I do not have any other body to live in so I may as well love it unconditionally.”
After the gorgeous shoot, she wrote on Instagram: "Never be afraid of being who you truly are supposed to be.
"You are absolutely amazing just as you are. Never let the words and taunts of other break you or put you down."
Amen to that.
