Crested Butte, Co.- Colorado native, Rachel English, donated a record breaking three pounds of body hair to Locks of Love when she shaved after participating in "No-Shave November." English participated in the holiday celebrating the transformation of boys into men with her fiance for the first time this year. "I loved my fiance's facial hair when he participated in past years, and it just looked like a lot of fun," said English. "And the English women are known for rocking some thick, burly locks."
"I'm happy she did it with me this year," said English's fiance Tom Berkens. "It was a great bonding experience to see whose hair was growing the fastest, and which one of us could cut the other with our facial hair." English said the experience for her was fun, but she was really excited to donate to Locks of Love, a company that takes donated hair and makes hair prosthetics for children who have lost hair due to illness. The hair English donated is going toward two separate children that suffer from alopecia areata.
"The purpose of Locks of Love is to restore confidence to children who have lost their hair," said the president of Locks of Love, Madonna Coffman. "We don't discriminate what type of hair we receive, these kids are happy to have construction paper glued to their heads; but seriously, we do that too."
While English has broken the record for the amount of body hair donated, she has yet to defeat the record holder for scalp hair. Grenadine Nennis still holds that title from when she donated 12 pounds of hair after she was found in Yosemite National Park in 2007. She had been missing for three years at the time of her return. "I will donate 12.01 pounds of body hair, it will just take commitment and rigorous training," said English. "From here on out, no shaving, no armpits, no legs, no pubes, and no back!" English has the full support of her fiance, "I'm so proud of her, she beat me in the mustache race!" said Berkens.
