Bearded growing woman praised for her courage

With my hipster beard, I feel happier than ever, I am with someone I love, who supports my decision and loves me and my beard.

SHARE THIS SUBMISSION: [19659011] "Woman with a full beard and a hairy chest on This Morning, take my hat to the girl and if my beard looked so good, I would show it too." PCOS is such a neglected condition, mine is nowhere near as bad as this lady's, but you do it, "added a companion in misfortune

. Nova: "The woman who wants to wear the pants is fine with me, but wears a beard!" Hell No !! "

" This was a segment "Let's look at a woman with a beard" from This Morning, dressed as a false message "overcoming adversity," said an un-impressed viewer

. With Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield Tuesday, Nova remembers the moment she started kissing her gaze: "I remember the first time I went out when I stopped shaving it was just a grocery trip.I found myself having an unpleasant conscience

"It took me a while to get to the point where I was not hiding, it took a few weeks, and then that's normalized with time. "[19659002] Nova explained that at age 11 her menstruation started, but that she suddenly stopped one year later and she never went back – which was attributed to taking oral contraceptives to regulate her hormones for PCOS when she was a teenager.

began to develop visible facial hair , that she shaved and received a diagnosis of PCOS, at age 15 – and kept her secret state.

Because of her state of health, where hormonal imbalances cause a woman to develop cysts on her ovaries and to grow an excess of hair on her face, Nova suffers from several years of # 39; intimidation.

In my high school class pointed my face and said that I had a better beard than he would probably ever do, "recalled Nova in a previous interview.

"At this point, I was shaving every day before school. It was getting really thick and I panicked if I ever forgot my razor at the pajamas.

"I got up early and shaved, pretending that I desperately wanted to take a shower, but really I could not stand to let" I confided in my long-time girlfriend at the time, but at Apart from that, very few people knew it. It was my dark secret, because of the pressures exerted by society on women to shave and comply.

"I was worried that people think I was a monster if I let my hair grow."

Nova's partner encouraged him

But Nova's life changed after finding the courage to ask Ash, who does not identify as a man or a woman , a date in 2012.

Ash Byrd, 25, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, instantly accepted a date with Nova, who made her move after seeing the model in a fashion show.

A couple for six years, Ash said of Nova video transcriber: "I adore her beard, she is part of us now as a couple

" Yes, people stop and watch us , we watch walking down the street and asking random questions to Nova to determine her sex, but she has never been so happy and that makes me proud. "I love her, beard and everything." [19659002] Nova said, "I saw Ash on the runway and I thought to myself" how cute it is. "We talked to each other and I realized this wonderful model and I a lot of things in common.

"I asked Ash to go out together, we went together three months later."

In the weeks following her meeting, Nova shared her secret. "[19659002] When they met for the first time, Nova shaved her face, back, chest and legs

She continued, "It was getting too much." I started to talk more about my condition and to tell my friends that I shaved my face

"It was then that I realized that I was not alone and that everyone I loved it for myself. "

Last year, British Harnaam Kaur, 24, who also has PCOS, made headlines after bravely shoving her beard and talking about the condition, this which prompted Nova to follow suit

. by Ash, she threw her razor, kissing her facial hair – and never looked back.

"It was scary at first, but now I love my beard, I shampoo it and condition it every day and I always make sure it's" People do not Do not talk about PCOS, even though it's very common and I want more women to realize that they are not alone. "

Reactions from Unknown, Nova a received many positive comments about his beard, especially He said that he looked "cute".

"People will come to ask me really random questions just to hear me talk and see if my voice helps them determine my gender, "she said." I've received cruel comments from strangers and trolls online. "

" People m & # 39; Accuse of pretending to be a woman, or they think that I am transgender, but I'm crazy .. It's not an insult to be transgender, I'm just not – I'm a gay woman.

you way, with my hipster beard, I feel happier than ever, I'm with someone I love, who supports my decision and loves me and my beard.

"I do not know when I'm going to stop cultivating it, it's a part of me now, and I love it."