Harnaam Kaur, the bearded female model

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Harnaam Kaur suffers from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (aka PCOS) and after years of trying everything possible to get rid of her facial hair, she finally was able to embrace it and has since become the first bearded female model to walk the runway. She's challenging beauty norms and teaching women to be comfortable in their own skins by embracing their own unique beauties. This is an important message for women such as myself to see -- I also suffer from PCOS, though I can say without a doubt I'm not nearly as brave as she is! Societal standards of beauty are often negative in that they're not ideal goals. Women need not be a slender size 3 with long, flowing thick locks and perfectly applied makeup. It's time such unrealistic expectations be done away with. Superficiality is such an ugly shade on humanity.