Bearded Bungoma Woman Embraces Her Excess Body Hair After Years Of Being Labelled Cursed

• Everlyne Wangila, a woman from Bungoma with excess body hair, has faced significant stigma and bullying but now proudly embraces her condition, Hirsutism
• Despite being told she was cursed and would never have children due to her appearance, Evelyne is now a content creator who educates the public
• Evelyne's journey included years of hiding her body hair and discomfort, but she eventually found confidence and self-acceptance

Everlyne Wangila, a woman from Bungoma, has faced stigma and bullying as a woman with a beard and excess hair on her body.

She is, however, making lemonade out of the lemons thrown at her to encourage other hairy women to be confident and accept themselves.

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, Wangila said was told she was a curse and could not sire children. She is currently married and has two children.

Evelyne, alias Wanggy Ivvah, is in her early 30s and has come out to educate people against myths and beliefs about women with facial and chest hair.

She boldly shows off her hair to encourage other women with the condition not to feel different.

Evelyne has Hirsutism, which is excess hair growth on the body or face caused by excess hormones called androgens.

She revealed that she has a beard and hair on her chest, belly, and legs.

When did Evelyne Wangila notice she was different?

Born and raised in Bungoma county, Evelyne only realized that she was different from other girls when she was in primary school through a male friend.

“A male friend from my childhood made me realise I was different when he compared the hair on my legs to those on the carcass of a dog. However, I did not take offense because he was joking,” she stated.

At this time, Evelyne says she had not realised that having so much body hair as a girl was out of the ordinary.

She realized she was different when she joined high school as she could see other girls staring.

The Bungoma lady then started comparing herself to them and realized she was the only one with so much body hair, while the other girls had smooth skin.

“The girls in my boarding school used to stare at me and speak in low tones, this made me uncomfortable. I decided to only shower and dress in the dark to hide from their stares,” she narrated.

She explained that her beards started growing while in form two, and she would pluck them.

“My friends told me I was growing beards, I was shocked and plucked them off each time they grew, however it was so painful and the more plucked, the more they grew,” Evelyne said.

Struggles as a woman with facial hair and beards

Evelyne, now a content creator, says she was uncomfortable growing up with a lot of hair on her body.

Shaving became part of her routine for a long time because she did not want the people around her, especially her boyfriends, to notice.

“I used to shave, my exes have only recently known when I came out publicly,” Evelyne said.

She revealed that people who saw her facial and body hair told her she would never sire children because she looked like a man.

“Waliniambia, we hutaai zaa kwasababu unakaa mwanaume (They told me I would never give birth because I look like a man),” Evelyne said, adding that this comment really hurt her feelings.

Some people told her that she was cursed and that if she got married, her husband would die. With time, she believed these misconceptions and almost gave up on her dream of having children.

However, life changed for the better when she met her husband, who showered her with love despite having facial and chest hair.

Coming out to the public and self-acceptance

Evelyne has now become a content creator, educating women and the public against misconceptions surrounding Hirsutism.

She proudly shows off her body to inspire other women who are uncomfortable with their body hair.

“My reason for showing this hair is for people to understand that hairy women exist and there is nothing wrong with them.

“I also want to help other hairy ladies to gain courage and stop living in fear because of societal expectations,” she shared.

Woman with chest hair proudly shows it off

In a separate inspiring story covered by TUKO.co.ke, a woman with chest hair wowed netizens after proudly showing it off in a video she made on hair tutorial.

Her confidence left many in awe, with some noting that she was a beacon for positivity at a time when body image matters.

The lady named @Queen_Esie revealed that she started noticing hair on her body when she was 11 years old.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke