The dream of many women is to have a flawless body and a smooth face with no blemish.
For Evelyne Wangila, her insecurity is not pimples and black spots but body hairs associated with men.
Word Is caught up with the 30-year-old woman, who shared how what she thought was normal pubic hair turned into a bushy belly, chin and chest.
“My pubic hair started growing when I was in Standard 8 and I thought it was normal. When I joined high school, I noticed a grey hair around my navel and I loved it. But with time, black ones sprouted,” Wangila said.
The unique body feature she adored turned out to be a nightmare for her, which led her to isolate herself from other girls at school.
“I would look at my fellow girls and notice they do not have as much hair as I did. I knew it was not normal, so I started plucking them and later shaving using a razor blade,” she narrated.
The manly body features made her doubt if she would ever become a mother, something she admired for years.
“I always thought I am abnormal and barren. But at age 26, I gave birth to a beautiful girl and I thank God. I had to keep shaving my chest hair to breastfeed comfortably,” she said.
The abnormalities, she says, have subjected her to social media bullying and stares on the streets that make her uncomfortable.
“It is after I gave birth that I was told people used to call me barren because of my body hairs. My young sisters had given birth and this made me doubt myself more.”
“There was a time I was at the grocery with my daughter and some women kept looking at me. In their low tones I could hear them saying I looked like a man and asking whether I could have given birth,” she recalled.
For the past one year, she has not been shaving the hair, instead walking around with a scarf on her neck even on hot sunny days.
The mother of one, who works as a housekeeper at Wilson Airport, shared her desire to inspire ladies with abnormal body features to wear their crown with pride.
“We should come out, be bold. This is not a curse, it is how God created us. What matters is that people close to me love me as I am,” she said.
