Nashville actress Clare Bowen is making headlines after cutting off her long blonde hair to send a message to young cancer sufferers that hair, and looks in general, don’t define a person or make them beautiful.
Clare was diagnosed with end stage nephroblastoma, a kidney cancer, when she was four years old. After losing her hair from chemotherapy treatments, she learned that physical appearances don’t define a person.
“I was really inspired when I heard a story about a little girl who said she couldn’t be a princess because she didn’t have long hair, and I wanted her, and others like her to know that’s not what makes a princess, or a warrior, or a superhero,” Clare explained in a Facebook Post. “It’s not what makes you beautiful either. It’s your insides that count… even if you happen to be missing half of them.”
Whether by choice, or by circumstance, these 11 women prove that hair isn’t what makes someone beautiful.
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[Featured image credit: www.ledgergazette.com/Joseph Llanes-Clare Bowen]