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"Musty Wars": Husband and wife participate in competitions for people with a beard (photo)

Aaron Johnston and his wife Natalie told how they traveled together, participating in various competitions for people with a beard. Since 2015, the couple has participated in more than 170 competitions together. 40-year-old Aaron Johnston from the United States has recently ranked second in the Goatee category at the 2023 World Cup in Burghausen, Germany, June 11. His 42-year-old wife Natalie took first place in the category "realistic freestyle for unrealistic beards". About it writes Daily Star.

The American began to participate in the Borodan competitions in 2014 after watching the TV show "Mustic War". The couple from Aicena, South Carolina, participated in the same competition only a year after, and Natalie created her beards from scratch. They perform in different categories, but participate in the same competitions around the world. "In the world of beards I am the so -called" mustache ". You can compete either in a realistic full beard or in creative full beard.

They can be made absolutely anything. For a realistic beard I use synthetic or real hair. But you can make them Absolutely anything, for example, from cutlery or bacon - from everything that can be imagined for yourself, that it has a form of beard! ", - said Natalie. The woman added that it is not quite obvious hobby for the girl, but she really likes it. "I personally help other women to go on stage to see how fun it is. The next time I see them competing on their own, I see how they like it.

I like the fact that when you wear a beard on face, You become another person. You can just go outside and have fun. You can spend a weekend with people you love. It's just a good time, "Natalie added. Since 2015, the couple has participated in more than 170 competitions together, holding a majority of weekends on trips to another city. Aaron started working with Honest Amish's beard care company after winning the 2017 World Cup.

The publication notes that the American had no beard before he began to participate in the competition. Now his 27-inch (almost 69 cm) beards have his daily care procedure, which means that he needs more time to prepare than his wife. "I always liked my hair hair, but by 2010 I had to be purely shaved for my previous work. Caring for a beard is really much more difficult than you think. Some people just luck more than others. I never reached the final length, then As some people do it quickly.

Every day I have to think about how to protect it, "Aaron said. The couple met in 2001 and were neighbors for seven years before their friendship grew into a romantic relationship. After only six weeks, they decided to marry in 2008. None of them expected that the hair on the face would be their common interest, but both recognize that this hobby "brought them closer as a couple. " Earlier, Focus wrote that the Pole, which was forbidden to cut, showed hair longer than its height.