Good Lord! This is The MOST SHOCKING Method of Beauty Ever Known to Mankind! This is NOT Beauty! This is PAIN. Ouch!

It is happening right next to us. In Ethiopia. All in the name of Beauty. And if You thought skin bleaching was extreme,Wait until You meet this 20-Year  Old Ethiopian woman.

When scouring through far-flung corners of the world, you never know what you might find.

This month, an Australian film crew, led by cinematographer Abrahem Joffe, stumbled upon the world’s largest lip disc in the remote valleys of southern Ethiopia.

Joffe told Daily Mail, the crew was filming a documentary series for Canon Australia when they made the discovery.

‘We were taking a tour with some of the local guides. When they spotted the woman, they were absolutely bewildered,’ he said.

‘I’m a big reader of Guinness World Records and I figured it was out of the ordinary, but you know you’ve found something special when the locals are amazed.’ He added.

Her name is Ataye Eligidagne. Ataye is 20 Years Old. And Ataye weras the largest lip disk in the World. Larger than her own head! It measures a whooping 59.5cm in circumference and 19.5cm in diameter!

Ataye Eligidagne, 20, dons the largest lip disc in the world. The hardened clay disc is 59.5 cm in circumference and 19.5 cm in diameter

Lip discs are a long-running tradition amongst the Surma woman of the lower Omo Rover valley in Ethiopia.

There is evidence of woman wearing the discs in this region from 1896. The procedure, which also involves knocking out the bottom two teeth, is done at the age of 15-18. 

The discs carry a multifaceted significance. They are intended to attract a husband, as well as a dowry for the family of the wife, who are given a contingent  of cattle respective to the size of the disc.

But they are also a form of self-expression. 

‘I think that locally, it’s a matter of pride. The larger the disc, the more impressive. Young people try to outdo each other all over the world.’ Ataye said.

Eligidagne has been stretching her lips for three years since the initial piercing. 

The discs are a tradition dating back further than 1896, and a way of attracting a husband amongst the the Surma woman of the lower Omo Rover valley in Ethiopia

The process also involved the removal of bottom two front teeth. 

Joffe asked for their guides to translate for the woman so he could interview her, but the guides were not fluent in Mursi, the local dialect, so they had to use a local warrior to translate for the guide.

‘During the interview, we offered her some Coca-Cola. It was a fascinating, because she had clearly never tasted anything like it,’ he said.

‘Ataye poured it onto her tongue with the disc in place, and suddenly had this stunned expression. It was incredible.’

Joffe asked if there were any hurdles that come with such an unusual tradition. 

‘She said it was not painful at all and there weren’t any adverse affects.’

But Eligidagne acknowledged that the discs may not be around forever.

‘When we asked her if her daughter would adhere to the tradition, she said wasn’t sure her daughter will see it the same way, and she would respect her daughters decision on whether or not to do it.’

                                                             Really gross.

 

 

She actually has more shapes…And more discs…..

In recent times, the Ethiopian government has taken measures to ban the discs, and the frequency amongst the younger generations is reportedly dwindling

 

The previous record of the largest disc was 15cm. Making Ataye’s the largest in the World.

The previous example of the largest disk in the Guinness Book of Records was 15cm in diameter, making Eligidagne by far the largest of it's kind in the world

 

And sometimes she removes it….

When asked if her daughter would adhere to the tradition, Eligidagne said she would respect her daughters decision


And how does she look without the LIP DISC??

Eligidagne, who has been stretching her lips for three years since the initial piercing, said it was not painful at all and there weren't any adverse affects from wearing the disc

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! This is way too much! And way too gross!

And She did ALL this to find a Man. Good Luck getting one,Darling! With such a look!

 

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Cabu Gah