12 years ago, a woman with "werewolf syndrome" set a Guinness world record for the longest female beard.

In 1990, Vivian Wheeler ditched the razor and grew more than 12 inches of facial hair.

According to dailystar.co.uk, the grandmother from Lawton, Oklahoma, has a condition called hermaphroditism.

This means that she is 50 percent female and 50 percent male.

Vivian was born with facial hair due to another condition known as hypertrichosis or "werewolf syndrome".

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When she turned five, her hair began to darken and her father became "ashamed" so he sent Vivian to a touring life with the Ringling Brothers Circus in St. Louis, Missouri.

There she received a decent salary of $1,000 a month.

Until the age of 55, the woman carried the title of "Bearded Lady", where stunned fans stared at her and mocked her.

"It was just something I had to do to help my family financially. My father made my mother send me," she told ABC.

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The circus world was tough, with grueling schedules and unpleasant living conditions.

The woman was sleeping in the truck.

And in between tours, when she returned home to her father, he made her take a razor and shave her face clean.

However, in 1990, Wheeler decided to grow a beard.

She explained: "I'm not me without a beard. I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. Being in the Guinness Book of Records helped me a lot, it showed me that I could be proud of myself. It made me feel like I had a chance in society".

Now she prefers to tie it up so that she can continue to do her daily activities.

Note that several years ago, Vivian made headlines again when she reunited with her son after more than 30 years of separation.

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Richard Lorenz, from Kansas, was abandoned by his father in a motel room at the age of four, but was stunned to discover that his mother was record-breaking Vivian.

Their reunion was featured in an episode of the documentary series Shocking Family Secrets.

We will remind, in the USA, a 29-year-old woman

accepted her beard

after shaving her face every day for 16 years.

Until the age of 12, the girl shaved every morning to avoid the attention of bullies.

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