Natasha Moraes de Andrade, 12, who lives in an impoverished shanty town in Rio De Janeiro is being dubbed the real-life Rapunzel, never cutting her hair since birth. She now plans to sell the 5ft 2in mane of hair for £3,500.
5ft 3in tall, she is just one inch taller than the length of her wavy chestnut hair. The maintenance of the hair requires she uses a full bottle of shampoo every week.
Natasha, who has to hold her hair up when she walks, hopes use proceeds from the sale of her hair, to improve her lifestyle and refurbish her room.
The 12-year-old hopes the sale will hair-net her a windfall.
She said: “She said: “I love my long hair and I’ll be sad when it’s gone. But it’s a pain looking after it.
“I can’t do a lot of things, like P.E. lessons at school.
Her mum Catarina, 42, said: “At the moment she is like a prisoner.”
She just goes from school to home again,’ Mrs Moraes de Andrade said
She’s urging her girl to chop it off because it’s interfering with her life.
Mrs Moreas de Andrade said: ‘At the moment she is like a prisoner. She just goes from school to home again.
‘She can’t do anything else, like sports, because her hair gets in the way. The school told me she should get it cut so she can have her freedom like other girls her age.
‘People stare. Sometimes, they call out at Natasha in the street and try to touch her hair.
