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Karma? Coincidence? or Shampoo? |
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Written by Robbie Lynn Giles - View Profile
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Sunday, 22 October 2006 |
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As far as hairstyle icons go, Hepburn, Hamill and Aniston have nothing on Farrah Fawcett. I coveted her look even before she was one of Charlie’s Angels. Before anyone knew her name she was a Breck girl, spokesmodel for Breck shampoo. I remember flipping through Seventeen magazine, and stopping on the Breck ad to study her hairstyle, makeup and even the shape of her eyebrows. Blissfully hopeful, my adolescent mind must have believed that by studying Farrah’s features, I could somehow morph into a younger version of her. I came pretty close with the hair and the tan, but her smile was one-of-a-kind. And competition was fierce back then. The majority of girls my age attempted some version of the Farrah-do.
Fast forward to April, 2006. I was diagnosed with anal cancer after having surgery to remove a fast-growing tumor. After an intense eight weeks of treatment with chemo and radiation, the cancer is gone. As I am struggling with the aftermath and the latent effects of treatment, I hear that Farrah Fawcett has been diagnosed with the same rare form of cancer. The fact that she and I are two of only 4600 cases, makes me think that Farrah and I have been alike all along. We’re both human.
I think that's what I've always liked about Farrah. She has never tried to spin her image into something she's not. She has never made a production of adopting African babies or saving the environment. Now, she reveals to the world that she has ass cancer. Her willingness to be publicly candid about her condition, the same condition that I was too ashamed to reveal to my co-workers, makes me think there might be more to Farrah's character than any of us thought.
My attempts to emulate Farrah means that we share a lot of the same risk factors. How ironic would it be if Farrah and I helped researchers crack the code to the ass cancer cure. Two skinny, sun-damaged, bleached blonde, aging sorority girls from Texas, linked by a rare form of cancer, must be more than mere coincidence. It could be the shampoo. | Only registered users can write comments.
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