When Supatra ‘Natty’ Sasuphan was born, her appearance baffled medical experts. Doctors in Bangkok, Thailand, have never seen someone like her before.
Natty’s face and body were all covered in hair and no one really knew why. She suffered from several conditions and was placed in an incubator. When her mom was allowed to see her, she was shocked by how hairy her baby girl was.
“I gave birth and the doctor said she had lots of hair, and I thought it was normal,” Natty’s mom Sompon said at the time. “When I saw her in the incubator, I was shocked that she had so much hair, I thought it was the normal amount of hair.”
Eventually, Natty was diagnosed with Ambras Syndrome, which is rare and not treatable. According to experts, there are only 50 documented cases of people suffering from it in world over the years. It is believed that it is caused by an incorrect chromosome.
The condition causes excessive hair growth over the entire body, with the exception of the palms, feet soles and mucous membranes.
Natty’s family tried a number of procedures, including laser removal, but nothing seemed to work. No known procedures help to slow the growth of hair.
In 2010, Natty, who is now 21 years old, entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the hairiest teenager in the world.
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The condition never affected Natty’s self-confidence. Her parents said her childhood was a normal one. “There were a few people who used to tease me and call me monkey face but they don’t do it any more,” Natty told The Daily Mail a few years ago.
Eventually, Natty decided to start shaving her face regularly after she met her husband. She found love and a soulmate who love her for who she is and doesn’t mind her condition.
“Not just my first love, you’re the love of my life,” Natty wrote under a photo of herself and her husband that she shared online.
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We are so glad this young and beautiful woman is happy and healthy despite everything. She;s no longer called names such as “monkey face” and “wolverine.”
George Clooney has always been considered a Hollywood heartthrob. Ever since we saw him play handsome Dr. Doug Ross in the NBC medical drama ER, we got hooked to his acting talent and awesome looks. This series helped him gain the attention of the Hollywood greatest directors and producers and offers for future films came pouring in. Some of the films he starred in are From Dusk Till Dawn, Ocean’s Eleven, Tomorrowland, Michael Calyton, among the many more. The list is as long as Clooney’s career.
Over the years, Clooney gained recognition for his acting, directing, and producing. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards, one for his acting and the other as a producer. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993, but he met the love of his life years later when a friend introduced him to beautiful human rights lawyer and activist Amal Alamuddin, who is British-Lebanese.
It was 2013 when the serendipitous encounter took place. Clooney and his family were spending some time in his 18th century Villa Oleandra in Laglio on the western shore of Lake Como, Italy, which he purchased back in 2002. A friend of his, who was traveling to Cannes, France, made a stop at Clooney’s place. But he wasn’t alone. He was traveling together with another friend, Amal. It was then that Clooney and Amal first laid eyes on each other.
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After that chance meeting, the two stayed in touch and communicated through emails. In 2014, Clooney was in London, filming at his studio, when he invited her over. Amal visited him and that was their first date, which according to Clooney went very well.
“She’d had a conversation with her parents who were like ‘What are George’s intentions?’, he says. “And she was saying, ‘Take it easy. We’ve been going out for six months.’”
Six months into dating, Clooney, who knew Amal was the one, popped the questions. He hid a 7-carat engagement ring inside of a lighter box which Amal often used to light candles on the table.
“I did all the stuff, got down on my knee and did all the things you’re supposed to do,” the actor revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I was waiting for this song, Why Shouldn’t I?’ ‘Why shouldn’t I take a chance when romance passes by? / Why shouldn’t I know of love?’ It’s a really good song about why can’t I be in love? And it played, and she’s like, ‘Holy shit!’ And she just kept staring at the ring, going, ‘Oh, my God.’ It was 20 minutes of me on my knee, waiting for her to say yes, because she was so shocked.”
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In 2017, they welcomed twins Ella and Alexander and both became parents for the first time, although parenthood wasn’t something they planned.
“It had never been part of my DNA,” George Clooney said. “We didn’t plan on it. We never talked about it until after we were married, which is funny. There was an assumption that we didn’t want them. And then, after the wedding, we just felt we’d gotten very lucky, both of us, and we should share whatever good luck we’ve got. It would seem self-centered to just have that belong to us.”
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Following her marriage with Clooney, all eyes were on Amal. All of a sudden, everyone got very interested in her and her life.
She has built a notable career in International Law over the years and is now one of the most famous and most successful lawyers there are.
She was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1978. Her family moved quite often because of her father’s job who held the position of vice president of the Universal Federation of Travel Agents’ Association. Amal’s name stands for “hope” in Arabic.
Amal studied at Oxford University from where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree. She then had her Master’s Degree from NYU and started working at the top-ranked law firm Sullivan & Cromwell after passing her bar exam.
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Few years later, she developed passion for international law and was part of the team who worked on the case to prosecute the people responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri. Later, she started working for the firm Doughty Street Chambers.
“She’s been a leading intellectual thinker on the concept of fairness—in a trial where you don’t have a jury and where, sometimes, you don’t have a defendant,” Geoffrey Robertson, a co-founder of Doughty Street Chambers told Vogue. “That set her apart even before she met George.”
In 2020, Amal was presented with Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award for her “extraordinary and sustained achievement in the cause of press freedom.”
Amal seems to have it all; a successful career, an amazing family, and incredible beauty. Recently, a photo of her without make-up was shared online and we can all agree that she looks stunning, don’t you agree?
Every parent-to-be wishes for their little bundle of joy to be born healthy and have a happy childhood. Unfortunately, Paul and Rebecca Callaghan weren’t that lucky.
Their daughter had experienced problems while in the womb and had to be delivered prematurely. Sadly, neither the doctors nor the parents were aware of the severity of the baby’s health condition until she was welcomed into the world.
Little Matilda Rose Callaghan has gone through so much during her life and she’s still struggling. But she’s one brave girl who has loving parents by her side.
The moment Matilda was born, doctors noticed her face was covered in dark blue and red marks. Initially, they thought those were just bruises she sustained during birth, but that wasn’t the case. Those marks were something way more serious and were not about to fade away.
During the first days of her life, Matilda had to undergo various surgeries. She even stopped breathing twice and medics had to revive her. Eventually, they learned that the marks on her face were a result of the baby’s Trachea Oesophageal Fistula (TOF) and Sturge Weber Syndrome. This syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by distinctive port-wine stains on the forehead, scalp, or around the eye caused by an overabundance of capillaries near the surface of the skin.
Sadly, having these conditions meant Matilda would experience glaucoma, seizures, weakness on the left side of her body and even learning disabilities.
In order for her birthmarks not to spread and affect the brain or other organs, they had to be treated with laser treatments.
The treatments that Matilda has to undergo until she’s 16 years old leave polka dot marks on her face. They fade away after around three weeks but since she receives laser treatments every two months, her face is most of the time covered in dots.
Whenever she’s out with her parents, strangers stare at her and make her and her parents feel uncomfortable mostly because they believe the marks are a result of beating and abuse.
The Callaghans are left heartbroken whenever people make fun of their daughter. They know that she’s way too young to be aware of her condition but fear that her self-confidence would be greatly affected as she grows older.
Matilda’s father wants people to know the truth behind his daughter appearance and says, “They just see what is in front of them and jump to hurtful conclusions. I wish they could see past the birthmark and see what a wonderful little angel she is.”
Matilda is unable to walk on her own and has difficulties communicating, but her parents do their best to provide her with the best life she can get. They love her to the moon and back and are there to fight her battle with her.
They share her story because they want people to be aware of the obstacles they are trying to overcome every single day.
11 years have passed since the world lost great Michael Jackson who remains until this day the one and only King of Pop.
Michael’s life was always interesting for the public and the paparazzi who followed his every step very closely. They were particularly interested in his privacy which he tended to keep for himself. When his children were born, many were questioning the stories behind the kids’ mothers.
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Two of his children, Michael Joseph “Prince” Jackson, Jr. and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson were brought into the world by the singer’s second wife and friend of many years Debbie Rowe. In fact, rumors were that he married her so that she could help him become a father, something the pop icon wanted badly.
Michael was first married to Lisa Marie Presley. He first met her when he was just 16 and she was 6. Years passed by before the two met again at a dinner hosted by artist Brett-Livingstone Strong and became a thing. At the beginning, they were just friends who talked on the phone every single day. However, they realized that they had a lot in common, including complicated relationship with the real world, and in one occasion, Michael asked her, “If I asked you to marry me, would you do it?” Lisa Marie, who was at the time married to actor Danny Keough and a mother of two, said yes.
Lisa Marie separated with her husband in 1994 and tied the knot with Michael just 20 days after her divorce was finalized. She, however, didn’t like the idea of carrying Michael’s children as she thought he was too childish to be a father.
According to J. Randy Taraborrelli, the author of the book Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness, the singer told Lisa Marie, “My friend Debbie [Rowe] said she will get pregnant and have my baby. If you will not do it, then she will. How about that?” to what she said she was okay with that. The pair, however, divorced in 1996, the same years he married Debbie.
Debbie was still more of a friend than a wife. In fact, she was more like a surrogate than a mother and wasn’t attached to the children.
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“My kids don’t call me Mom because I don’t want them to. They’re Michael’s children. It’s not that they are not my children, but I had them because I wanted him to be a father. People make remarks, ‘I can’t believe she left her children.’ Left them? I left my children? I did not leave my children. My children are with their father, where they are supposed to be. I didn’t do it to be a mother… If he called me tonight and said let’s have five more [children], I’d do it in a heartbeat,” she said during an interview with English journalist Martin Bashir.
In 1999, Michael and Debbie divorced and he got full custody of the children.
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The star’s third child, Bigi Jackson, or better known as Blanket, was born in 2002. The nickname, which he got because his face was always covered with a blanket when he was out in the public, caused Prince troubles while growing up because his friends often teased him. He now prefers to be called Bigi.
Information about Bigi’s mother was never revealed. In fact, Michael claimed he had his youngest child through artificial insemination and he had no idea who the mother was.
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His father’s death affected Bigi a lot. The boy was just nine years old at the time and had a hard time coping with the pain. After the tragic incident, Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, was the one who cared for him and raised him.
Today, Bigi is doing perfectly fine. He was trying to keep a low profile until recently, but he’s now active on the social media. Together with his older brother, Bigi runs a YouTube channel, Film Family, where they rate different movies. After a couple of videos, the number of their followers reached 35,000, so we guess we’ll be seeing more of him in the future.
Bigi lives at an elite Calabasa, California neighborhood and attends Buckley School, a private school in Sherman Oaks, California.
What fans can say for sure is that Bigi inherited his father’s looks and his love for comics. He loves being around friends and practices karate.
A woman in her thirties named Kelsi Pierce and her husband struggled to conceive. They did all in their power to become parents, but nothing worked. They underwent a number of procedures, including IVFs which cost them fortune, but to no avail.
After everything they went through, doctors told Kelsi that conceiving was practically impossible for her because she had a low ovarian reserve. As it turned out, the lining of her uterus was too thin to carry a pregnancy.
“He [the doctor] told me that nothing was working and my body just wasn’t able to [carry a pregnancy],” Kelsi told Good Morning America. “It was a very emotional conversation, of course, but I understood that we’d tried everything possible.”
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This left the desperate couple with two options. They could either adopt or find someone to carry one of their embryos for them. They wanted to go with the second option but since they spent all of their money on the procedures it wasn’t possible because it would cost them over $100.000.
“We had already poured more than our savings and gone into debt incredibly just for what we had done before, so it wasn’t an option,” Kelsi explained. “It was a very depressing time.”
But then, out of the blue, someone special stepped in and helped them restore their shattered dreams. It was someone this couple never thought of; Kelsi’s mom.
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Although she was 53 at the time, Kelsi’s mom underwent a number of tests which confirmed her body was able to carry Kelsi’s baby.
“I woke up and there was a text on my phone and it was a picture of a positive pregnancy test and I just lost it,” Kelsi said of the time she learned her mother was pregnant shortly after she underwent an embryo transfer in February.
This news was the best she could ever receive. That meant Kelsi would finally be a mother. It also meant she could stop seeing doctors and take fertility meds.
But then, something truly unbelievable happened. Something which convinced the mother to be that God truly works in mysterious ways. “I used to take pregnancy tests every month and it was just one of those things where, by habit, I took a pregnancy test,” she said of that day in March. “I glanced down at the test and I was going to throw it away like normal, and that was the first time I saw two lines.”
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She couldn’t believe her eyes and was convinced there was a mistake with the test so she took another one which only confirmed that Kelsi was indeed pregnant.
These mother and daughter both carried Kelsi’s babies. At 36 weeks pregnant, Kelsi’s mom was forced to give birth to a baby daughter named Everly. Despite being delivered prematurely, the little one was super healthy. Just seven weeks and three days later, baby Ava was welcomed into the world.
Kelsi and her husband became parents to two beautiful girls. They couldn’t believe how their lives changed in just two years time. From having been told they could never conceive, to welcoming two bundles of joy.
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“Even if you have to go a super unconventional route, if being a mom is important to you, there are a lot of ways to do this,” Kesli wrote in an attempt to encourage others who are in the position she was in some years ago.
For more on this miraculous story go to the video below.
Calvin Klein, along with his friend and business partner Barry K. Schwartz, established the Calvin Klein Inc. and soon turned it into a multibillion-dollar operation and one of the most successful and recognizable brands in the industry.
For young Klein, the dream of designing clothes was born when he was still just a child. His grandmother was a seamstress and he enjoyed watching her work with fabrics and create beautiful pieces.
Klein was born in 1942, to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York. His father fled Hungary amid the World War, and his mother was born in America to parents who were immigrants from Europe.
Realizing their son was was interested in his grandmother’s work, Klein’s mother supported his passion and encouraged him to study at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.
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In 1962, Klein graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and started his apprenticeship at a cloak-and-suit manufacturer, Dan Millstein. Further, he worked for various shops and manufacturers in New York. However, he wasn’t happy with the idea of manufacturing pieces he didn’t find appealing, so he eventually quit. According to the designer himself, one particular situation made him consider starting his own business instead of working for others.
”One day I saw a woman walking down the street in the yellow suit with the yellow fox collar and cuffs, a yellow hat, a yellow handbag and yellow shoes – and I quit. I was so sick to think that I had been part of making that outfit possible,” Klein explained in a rare interview in 1984.
The story of how his small business turned into a fashion empire is a rather serendipitous one. One day, a representative of the major department store, Bonwit Teller, entered Klein’s small rented showroom by accident. Apparently, she missed the floor and ended up at Klein’s workshop. When she noticed his work, she placed an order for $50,000 for his coats.
People loved his pieces and he made millions in sales by the early ‘70s.
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Klein became a prominent figure in the fashion industry creating an iconic brand which initially focused on women’s coats and coordinates and later expanded to menswear, sportswear, jewelry, watches, perfumes, scarves, shoes, belts, sunglasses, lingerie, you name it.
Klein has always nurtured a minimalist style. “I grew up in an environment that was very baroque, and always loved simplicity and purity. Everything had to be pure, minimal and strong,” he told Huffington Post.
When he “reinvented” the jeans and offered a brand new experience to people with his tight-fitting denim, Klein reached new heights in the world of fashion. His commercials, which many found vulgar, brought him even more success. One of them, which is probably the most famous one, featured then 15-year-old Brooke Shields who could be seen wearing the famous jeans and saying, “Do you know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”
”You know there were a lot of people that were offended, but that wasn’t the intentions,” Calvin Klein told Cherwell in 2019.
Another of his advertising campaigns, which was released in 1979, created as much controversy as the previous one.
“We had someone shoot [then 23-year-old model Patti Hansen] on her hands and knees — she had this incredible mane of hair. People were really upset. That didn’t win me a lot of friends, but I believed in reaching people — especially when making products that a lot of people can afford to buy,” Klein told Huffington Post and continued: “We never did any of the creative, thinking it would cause controversy… We just thought of creating something exciting that would push the envelope, but not be vulgar.”
Klein has always been a very respected public figure. In the past, he could be often seen attending numerous events, but in the recent years, he is rarely seen in public and tends to stay out of the limelight.
In fact, even during the time of the peak of his career, Klein never revealed much about his private life.
What we know of him is that he was married twice and has one daughter, Marci Klein, who is an established producer best known for her work on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock.
Calvin and Marci Klein at the MET Gala circa 1992 in New York City. (Photo by PL Gould/Images/Getty Images)
Klein married his first wife, Jayne Centre, a textile designer, in 1964. The marriage ended after 10 years. Then, in 1986, he married Kelly Rector with whom he stayed for 20 years. Their wedding was a number one topic back in the day.
”I love him,” she said at the time. “I love everything he does. He’s just the best guy in the world. I am his muse. I happen to be very American, look very American. That helps, to fit right into his sense of design and style.”
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In 2011, the famous fashion designer admitted he was dating a man, model Nick Gruber. Speaking to Forbes, Klein said, ”I met someone and fell in love. He’s a great guy. And I’m now experiencing life in a whole new way, in a fresh way through someone’s eyes who hasn’t seen a lot of what I’ve seen.”
The couple went separate ways in 2012, and today, Klein, who is 79, is dating boyfriend Kevin Baker. They made their first public appearance in 2016 at the American Ballet Theater’s Fall Gala.
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In 2002, Klein sold his company to Phillips Van Heusen Corp. He is believed to have a net worth of $700 million.
This is one of those stories that warm our hearts even during the most severe winters. And as you already know, winters and cold weather in the South may result in turning the residents’ daily routines upside down. They are used to warm weather, and even the slightest snowfall makes them stay inside and spend their days in the comfort of their home.
After a snowstorm affected the state of Alabama, people were trying to find a way to conduct their daily activities. The school officials even issued a late start for school because of the ice.
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However, one man knew that arriving late to school would mean a lot of students missing the breakfast as they were part of the National School Lunch Program, so he decided to take matters in his own hands.
Wayne Price is a bus driver who grew fond of all those tiny humans he gets to drive to and off school every single day. This man did the most amazing thing ever because he simply couldn’t let students skip the most important meal of the day.
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Before he went to pick the kids up, he first stopped by the local McDonald’s restaurant and bought around 50 sandwiches and biscuits. He told ABC 33 that he made sure each of the students who is part of his bus tour gets their breakfast.
“One of the kids said, ‘Oh, Mr. Price, you must be rich.’ I am not rich. I am in full-time ministry, but you sit there and think about it, you take your family out to dinner, and you can drop $50 going out to dinner, and it was nothing more than taking my family out to dinner. When it came down to the financial side, it was just second nature. I really did not think about it. I thought, hey this would be neat. I bet they will like this.”
Wayne told Today how the students were quite puzzled when he asked them what would they want to have for breakfast.
“When the kids got on I said, ‘So, what do ya want? Sausage? McMuffin?’ . I got some sweet kids and I get really attached to them . They were really appreciative. I dunno. I just love my kids. I got lots of fist pumps, lots of high-fives, lots of ‘Love you Mr. Price,’ lots of ‘Thank you Mr. Price.'”
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Students were over the moon. Everyone adores Mr. Price so much, and this action of his only made them love him even more. Fifth grader Elizabeth said:
“I did not think he was going to do it. I am really thankful for having him as a bus driver, and he feels like a dad to me.”
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Montevallo Elementary School shared the generous act of the bus driver on their Facebook page, writing how he “truly demonstrates the spirit of Christmas.”
“What a kind act that our students will forever remember! Thank you, Mr. Price, for making a lasting impact in the lives of our students!”
People like Wayne Price restore our faith in humanity. He is indeed a really compassionate man and a true friend.
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One of the best things parents can do for their babies is allowing them to be raised around dogs. We all know that dogs are man’s best friends, and their relationship with tiny humans is probably the purest of all.
Being around dogs and getting to take care of them helps little children learn responsibility. At the same time, they would always have a loyal friend by their side.
One cute little baby girl named Sophie and the family’s dog named Wicket, a Shih-Tzu and Yorkshire Terrier mix, had some fun time together. Sophie’s dad found their bonding time too cute not to film it and share it with the rest of us to see it.
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It looks like tiny Wicket wan’t to communicate with his human sister, and she’s more than happy to answer back, although neither of them can actually speak.
As Sophie uses her hands and her baby talk in order for Wicket to know what is that she wants to tell him, he barks and wags his tiny tail as though he wants to assure her he understands her point.
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Shorkie dogs are considered designer dogs because they are a mix of a Shih-Tzu and a Yorkshire Terrier. What is interesting about this breed is that they are extremely sociable and friendly, and in case they are separated from their owners, they can easily develop separation anxiety. They are also easy to train.
Sophie is one lucky girl because she gets to grow up around such a cute dog like Wicket.
For the video of the two friends which attracted the attention of over 22 million people go below.
