Photos from Las Vegas’s first long-hair beauty contest

‘There’s something special about watching women physically carry their hair in their arms’: Photographer Francesca Allen went behind the scenes of the inaugural Miss Rapunzel contest

Photos from Las Vegas’s first long-hair beauty contest
Hair by Francesca Allen

Earlier this year, 26 women from around the world journeyed to Las Vegas’s Sahara Hotel casino for the inaugural “Miss Rapunzel” hair contest. Inside, participants were seen draping their thigh-length tresses over the back of leather-lined banquettes and twisting strands around their wrists as they waited to impress the judges. 

British photographer Francesca Allen travelled tohellip;

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