This woman looks sane and rational. But, she actually has spent years trying to stretch her neck out so she could look more like a giraffe. We are not kidding. Sydney Smith, 30, had read about the Kayan Lahwi tribes from Burma and Thailand who stretch out the necks of young girls with heavy metal rings.
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Image Credit: Sydney V. Smith the Giraffe Woman / Facebook
Once she saw the pictures of the girls with long necks in Thailand, and Burma Smith knew that she had to try that on herself.
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In 2011, Smith purchased her first tight-fitting copper ring to help push her collarbone down. Over the next five years, she added more and more rings around her neck. She wore the rings 24/7.
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Image Credit: Sydney V. Smith the Giraffe Woman / Facebook
At the peak, she had 15 rings around her neck which weighed five pounds. Smith recently decided to remove all the rings.
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Image Credit: Sydney V. Smith the Giraffe Woman / Facebook