Model Sydney Jordan admits she’s lost out on a number of fashion gigs — by a hair. “I’m not willing to shave. This is part of my brand,” the 25-year-old told The Post of her fuzzy armpits and legs.
Jordan, who lives in Ohio, has been warned by her agent that body hair is “not industry standard,” but she doesn’t care. “I’m trying to normalize this,” she said. Lately, women have been raising hell by ditching their razors.
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which gals gave up everything from hair dye to heels, ladies are flocking to TikTok to show off their all-natural approach to grooming, where the hashtag #bodyhairisnatural has more than 91 million views. And the pro-body hair movement is gaining ground offline, too.
According to the 2021 YouGov Body Image Study, 35 percent of Americans have no preference if women shave or not, while 7 percent said they should not shave. For respondents between the ages of 18 and 35, female fur proved to be even less of an issue, with a majority confessing that they either find armpit hair attractive or don’t care if a woman has it.
And while Jordan is getting pushback for her anti-shaving stance, other pinups are being rewarded for daring to be hairy. “People never cared if I shaved,” 25-year-old model Elyanna Sanchez, who boasts more than 93,000 followers on Instagram, told The Post. “It just felt normal [to have body hair].”
The model, who splits her time between Los Angeles and Manhattan, appeared in a 2019 underwear ad for Calvin Klein that prominently features her fluffy underarms. Sanchez said she didn’t shave that day because she “didn’t really think about it.”
While the client had no problem with her au naturel look, Sanchez said commenters online weren’t so kind, which she sees as hypocritical. “People say, ‘Can you use real models?’” she said of the pressure fashion companies get to hire more typical-looking people. “And then everyone bashes them and calls them ugly.” READ MORE
