Thai Wolf Girl Delighted To Be World’ Hairiest Girl, Living With Ambras Syndrome (Hypertrichosis)

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• ChristWire
March 1, 2011 1:24 am27 comments

Mean kids at school have nicknamed her “monkey face” and “wolf girl”. Others call her “Team Jacob”. But to beautiful Thai girl Supatra Sasuphan, these hurtful words only inspire her. The courageous 11-year-old child stands boldly against these merciless teasings and is proud of being the Guiness Book of World Record’s Hairiest girl.

Record breaker: Supatra Sasuphan, 11, has a rare genetic condition that makes hair grow all over her face

Supatra says that being the world’s hairiest girl has made her quite popular at school. And while the girl faces consistent taunts from her relentless classmates, she goes day by day through her life in Bangkok.

‘I’m very happy to be in the Guinness World Records! A lot of people have to do a lot to get in,’ Supatra said. ‘All I did was answer a few questions and then they gave it to me.’

Supatra is one of only 50 people who has Ambas syndrome, which makes her grow all over her face. In the Middle Ages, people with this syndrome were branded as “werewolves” and were often taunted by Godless, atheist crowds, hateful pitchforks in hand.

But as this precious child knows firsthand, every person on Earth is fearfully and wonderfully made. Each life is created precious and can go on to great things. People who suffer from Ambras syndrome are marked by thick hair growing over her face, back, arms, legs and ears.

And while many shunned Supatra and have ignorantly called her mean things, there are those who stand with her as friends and as we bring more education on illnesses and diseases such as hers, people can understand the wonderful works of genetics and how it makes every person unique. Even in Bangkok, education and attention has caused many to understand Supatra in a new way and stand with her as best friends.
Supatra with friends in Ratchabophit school

Little Supatra Sasuphan
Cute as a button, a precious child enjoys her lunch at school.

After being featured by Guiness and gaining publicity, Supatra has found herself growing more popular.  She reports that children are impressed by her media coverage and local celebrity, though many remain ignorant on the disease.  Local tribal doctors even apparently attempted laser removal of Supatra’s hair, not realizing that the chromosal mechanism behind this condition would yield such typical efforts fruitless in phenotypic desire.  It is condition deep rooted in a biochemical pathway affecting genotypic cascades.

What many do not realize, is that this is normal life for Supatra.  Trying to shave the hair off this child’s face would be like someone trying to scrape your face off.  It just does not make sense that the Western modeling culture’s need to be so superficial has invaded even the tiny village of Bangkok. 

Just like any other normal 11-year-old girl child, Supatra enjoys time with family.  She enjoys fishing and she enjoys reading.  She likes to sit down in front of the tv and watch neat family television programs with her father and siblings. 

Happily families: Suptara with her sister 15-year-old Sukanya, left, her father Sammrueng and mother Somphon

It is good that this child has a loving family and good friends to support her, because the world can be a cruel place.  Even when simply walking down the street, Supatra must endure the cold, gazing stares of strangers who cannot appreicate diversity.

 People in a street turn and stare as Supatra walks by in Bangkok, Thailand.

And despite liking to watch “Bugs Bunny” on tv and eating a bowl of cereal, people will never fully see Supatra as being a precious girl or young woman.  Some will not make it down to the sweet, bubbly personality that lies within, because they can only focus on the outside, not the rich spirit this girl truly contains.

Within this girl, is the brain of genius.  The spirit of servitude and a heart of gold.  When asked what she likes to do and wants to do in her future, Supatra said:

 ’I like to study maths so I can be good at it and teach it to younger children so they can do it too.”

‘I want to become a doctor so I can help patients when they get injured.”

‘I want to help people who get hurt and help cure people.’

Within the heart of this child, is a message that should grow on us all.  Hope and love, adn appreciating your life for what it is.

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27 Comments

  • “In the Middle Ages, people with this syndrome were branded as “werewolves” and were often taunted by Godless, atheist crowds, hateful pitchforks in hand.”

    Those were the Christians and Catholics, you moron. They were the ones who feared demons and monsters. Atheists accept that there are no such things. Clearly, you never paid any attention in history class.

    “Within the heart of this child, is a message that should grow on us all. Hope and love, adn appreciating your life for what it is.”

    Meanwhile, you continue to advocate for the death of any female who dares expose her shoulders or knees in public, and for anyone who dares to disagree with your antiquated opinions.

    I am sure that Supatra is a wonderful, brilliant girl with hopes and dreams of her own, and the determination to ignore the cruel taunts of other children. That is a good thing, to be sure.

    What isn’t a good thing is that, if she did not have Ambras Syndrome, you likely would have said all sorts of hateful, hurtful words about her and her culture. What a hypocrite.

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    • LovingMother

      First off I am a single working widow from Wisconsin. I lost my husband in mill accident seven years ago. I consider myself to be very liberal and have been trying to deal with our recent Wisconsin politics in a very civil manner.
      I saw this article mentioned on Good Morning America this morning. As I have a daughter with Down Syndrome this was a very uplifting story for me. Unfortunately these comments postings have made me sick. This author, while obviously rough around the edges and maybe not well travelled, was trying to do a nice uplifting piece. This is exactly what this world needs right now. How dare you use this article about love as a place of ridicule? Same goes for Mariana and Clair!

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      • I think some people could learn from this person.

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  • Abe thanks for sharing this wonderful story. The post above makes me very sad. Some of the younger girls on this could learn from Supatra’s story. I remember my grandfather telling tales of seeing Fedor Jeftichew as a child and talking of the great courage that man had.
    Unfortunately liberals always seem to ruin life for these proud and shameless peoples. The band the phish took some time out from warring against something called widespread panic and wrote an evil mockery of a song called “dog faced boy” making fun of peoples inflicted with this hypertrichosis.

    Bless you Abe for sharing this incredible testimony and shame on the people who would turn this story into a platform. A platform for their hate and discontent!!

    I will share her story of hope and promise with local college girls in hopes they abandon their lower class blue collar dreams and will reach for golden ring in the sky and transfer to a higher education university.

    Meawesome? No, today…. Supatra Awesome!

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    • My only issue is with Abe’s hypocrisy, and the fact that, in the title, he called Supatra a “Thai Wolf Girl”. She’s a perfectly normal young woman with an extraordinary genetic condition, and I am proud of her ability to make the most of her life, as she has so beautifully done thus far.

      Abe took the chance to slander atheists and you are now taking the opportunity to slander liberals as well. I’ve seen Christians and conservatives be just as cruel.

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      • I read from his article
        “beautiful Thai girl Supatra Sasuphan”
        the only thing I read negative are what he reported other people called her and your grandstanding. Find another pulpit… daughter of eve.
        Im afraid there wil be no praise click four you.

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        • So, you didn’t read the article’s title?

          How is “daughter of Eve” supposed to be an insult? Technically, if I were to believe the Old Testament’s Creation myth, I’m also a daughter of Adam, just as you are also a son of Eve and a son of Adam.

          You know, because they were the first couple, according to that myth.

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          • First off the title was not offensive. This is what the liberal press has labeled her. A journalist such as Abe knows that’s where you dangle the liberal hook. They eat that stuff up. Once here they will read his beautiful article and hopefully not believe all the insulting junk written about her elsewhere.

            Second daughter of eve was not meant to be an insult. Just addressing you by a proper name.

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          • Really? I’m a liberal, and I would not have referred to this girl as a “wolf girl”. I refer to individuals by their names, thank you very much.

            The whole “daughter of eve was not meant to be an insult. Just addressing you by a proper name” idea makes no sense when you remember that I’m agnostic, and don’t believe in that Creation myth.

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          • Do a search for wolf girl you get 6.4 million bings.
            Also stop trying to make this about you. This is a time for Supatra. Don’t bogart her day..

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        • “Find another pulpit… daughter of eve.”

          The way you phrased that indicates that you were trying to be condemning or insulting. Adam often uses the phrase (as well as referring to women he doesn’t agree with as “rib”) to somehow indicate inferiority in a female he disagrees with, since, according to your myth, Eve is supposedly the “root of all evil” or some crap like that.

          You claiming that you didn’t mean it as an insult is like you claiming that “ignorant spinster” wasn’t supposed to be taken in a negative way.

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          • Spinster as defined by websters: a woman who seems unlikely to marry

            Stop tying to make this about you, you attention sponge. This is a about a honorable girl.

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  • Blanche Beecham Blanche Beecham

    “Do a search for wolf girl you get 6.4 million bings.
    Also stop trying to make this about you. This is a time for Supatra. Don’t bogart her day.”

    I’m glad you said it MeAwesome. The term ‘wolf girl’ is not condemning; it is descriptive and brings attention to the condition. Most people will not read an article about only Ambras Syndrome. Certain hostile factions must always make something beautiful and inspirational ugly and dirty because they have an irrational hate.

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  • “It just does not make sense that the Western modeling culture’s need to be so superficial has invaded even the tiny village of Bangkok.”

    Bangkok is not a ‘tiny village’, it’s a city of over 9 million people.

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  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361409/Supatra-Sasuphan-hairiest-girl-Wolf-child-says-Ambras-syndrome-makes-popular.html

    Do you know by taking these images from the Mail online, you are in breach of copyright? copying, and blatant Plagiarism not very Christian either

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  • “Stop tying to make this about you, you attention sponge. This is a about a honorable girl.”

    All I’m saying is that if you want people to say nice things to you then you need to stop saying things to others that can be deemed offensive (even though myself and RD are not Christians, many Christians take “daughter of eve” to be an insult, because they’re sexist pigs) and then claiming that you didn’t mean for it to be taken as an insult. The fact that you say things and then are too much of a pussy to own up to them is a much bigger insult than the actual things that are said.

    Your “daughter of eve” comment was essentially you telling RD to shut up because she’s a female. Otherwise there was absolutely no reason to all of a sudden bring up the fact that us females are supposedly descendants of a fictional character who defied “male authority” and dared to take a bite out of a goddamned apple.

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    • You need to read some C.S Lewis before you consider daughter of eve to be offensive. But yes I am offended at her attacks of this poor girl and I was not afraid to say them. And I will defend my use of spinster according to Webster’s.

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      • Christians, at least the ones on here, like to use “daughter of Eve” as an insult whenever they feel the need to degrade a female they don’t agree with and discredit her opinions. You were doing more than simply calling her a woman. What thoughts would be going through your head if I were to say:

        “Find another pulpit… son of adam.”

        Yes, but your original definition of “spinster” was something along the lines of “an elderly, lonely, crabby woman who’s never been married, has no children, and lives with a hundred cats”. That is the reason you referred to me as a “premature spinster”.

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        • Wowsers, you just dont like to drop anything. I cant help you if you are not cultured.

          Heree is a small start

          The books are to do with God and sacrifices.
          In the last book Aslan “comes out” as God.
          He created the Narnia.
          Two sons of Adam and two daughters of eve symbolise Adam and Eve
          and the parts of what makes up the earth/Narnia.
          ie. Forests, Oceans, Deserts etc.
          And they are all family because they all join in the end.
          Through the blood cycle but also they symbolise, things we must treasure
          such as being gentle, brave, loyal and just.
          Which is said in the Bible.

          “Down at Cair Paravel there are four thrones, and it’s a saying in Narnia time out of mind that when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit in those four thrones, then it will be the end not only of the White Witch’s reign but of her life.”

          Its a good term. Go back to arguing the gay clire haters.

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          • “Wowsers, you just dont like to drop anything.”

            This coming from the man who has a hernia every time someone “condemn clicks” him and who constantly accuses me of voting his posts down and voting mine up.

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  • Sorry for the spelling, my Treo 150 is hard to type on.
    I find son of Adam inspiring and respectful, it acknowledges creation.
    Also I know you are not old. Your still in school right?

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    • I’m well aware of the fact that you know that I am not old. Hence your PREMATURE spinster comment.

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  • The terrorist

    Allalalalalalallalalaala

    thank you

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  • This is a very poorly written article. As others have noted, the facts regarding the middle ages are backwards: It would be the religious folk who would persecute those they felt were different.

    As much as Christians may love to hate Atheism, Atheists do not go around hating others simply for being different, and spend more time trying to understand things that are new to them.

    Unfortunately, the lack of grammar, spelling and proper sentence structure reveals more about the author than the subject of the article.

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    • “As others have noted, the facts regarding the middle ages are backwards: It would be the religious folk who would persecute those they felt were different.”

      Did you even read the article???? He is defending this proud girl!!!!

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  • I’m afraid we all got caught up in the chaos surrounding the Chinese Super Moon that we forgot to ask how the Wolf Girl was affected by this. Maybe it had the opposite effect on her? Does anyone have an update on this?

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