Meet Farouk James, a 7-year-old boy who became internet famous thanks to his luscious curly hair. With over 200k followers, he is a certified Instagram star and he’s using his fame to inspire people to embrace their natural hair.
His mother, Bonnie Miller, manages his account and takes care of his hair. “We have a lot of positive messages to share with people which are about to be yourself, to be confident to be different, embrace who you are. And especially with boys. Every boy’s entitled to have long hair, short hair,” she told Insider.
The London-based kid has been modelling since he was six
months old. At age four, he walked in his first runway show at London Fashion
Week.
“I think the hair was at a reasonable length then for
him to be a boy with hair,” she said. “It was like the cliché
bold-style afro.”
She added, “Because it wasn’t really accepted,
especially at that time, for boys to have long hair.”
Miller was pressured to get Farouk a haircut but she never gave up, and in a few years time, James’ hair became in demand in the industry. “”Nowadays, people are trying to get that sort of length hair. It’s really cool that the fashion companies want that look. They want that androgynous look to be a little bit different.”
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