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I’m a bearded lady AND PROUD!

Looking in the mirror, I felt ashamed of the dark, bristly hair protruding from my face.

As a 16-year-old girl, it was humiliating.

I still hadn’t got my period and all my friends had, and I just knew something was wrong. Every day, I was bombarded with horrible comments about my facial hair.

I’m beautiful without changing a single thing

‘Have a shave!’ cruel kids taunted.

I saw many doctors who

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