A woman with “Britain’s biggest eyebrows” says she gets abused in the street and has even been told she is not fit to be a mum.
Sammie-Jo Hailford, from Grimsby, has been painting on the massive brows for almost a year and she says she has no plans to change now.
The 27-year-old has been trolled online and laughed at in the street but she says she's a good mum and has nothing to hide.
The full-time mum said she doesn't agree with beauty norms and thinks people should be free to choose a look which makes them comfortable.
The mum-of-two told the Daily Star : “People have said I shouldn’t be a mum and they are going to ring social services because of my eyebrows. It gets really extreme on the internet.
“They can call social services because I have nothing to hide. My eyebrows don’t determine whether I’m a good mother or not.”
Sammie-Jo began using liquid liner to make her brows bigger about a year ago, she explained: “I’m not a massive fan of beauty standards today.
“I feel like people are socially conditioned to only be beautiful if they are part of these standards and I just don’t agree with it and I don’t like it.
“I just like to make a statement and the brows do that for me. They started off normal size and they just got bigger over time and I just like to look different.
"It would be cool if they were Britain’s biggest eyebrows.
“I’ve now created a hashtag called 'bigger the brow bigger, the boy' because it’s true and that’s what I say to my friends.”
Sammie-Jo has acquired more than 75,000 followers on TikTok in just four weeks after friends convinced her to join the platform.
She said her unique look has attracted lots of attention from men, despite some cruel comments from online trolls.
She said: “People say I don’t get boys because I have big eyebrows but that is wrong.
“I have had quite a few men in my inbox telling me I’m beautiful and saying they would date me.
“They always mention the eyebrows first, so maybe there is a fetish there.”
Sammie-Jo said strangers now often approach her in public to ask about her massive eyebrows.
She said most people are friendly and nice but she added: “Younger girls will laugh at me in the street, I’ve had that a couple of times but they do it between themselves.
“The worst comments are online. I get horrible comments about my makeup and they also take the mick out of my teeth too.”
Sammie-Jo has said she wants to to use her platform to encourage people to be who they want to be, despite the trolling.
She said: “I’ve not had the best life before now and I’ve suffered a lot of trauma and abuse from people.
“I guess the past three years I have found myself and I went through therapy to realise I am worthy no matter how I look or what I decide to do."
The mum added: “Trolling doesn’t affect me now. I’m trying to raise awareness to the fact that people can be different.
“That’s how I fight them back.”
