New Guinness World Record for youngest woman with a beard

Mark Frauenfelder 9:59 am Tue Sep 13, 2016

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Harnaam Kaur, 24, hails from Slough, England. She has a full beard and has been recognized as the youngest woman to have one by Guinness World Records. Ms. Kaur has a hormonal condition known as polycystic ovary syndrome. One of the symptoms is hirsuteness.

She called the honor "absolutely humbling" and said she hope it would help empower her message that women can be and look how they want.

Speaking previously, she said: “I would never ever go back now and remove my facial hair because it’s the way God made me and I’m happy with the way I am.."

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