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true, it is big, bold and beautiful.
真的,它是大的,大膽的,美麗的。
This is ahead, so full of hair that it is officially certified mhm.
這在前面,滿滿的都是毛,官方認證為嗯。
When it's straight, it goes all the way to her waist and has a circumference of nearly 1.5 m.
直的時候,一直到她的腰部,周長近1.5米。
That's 4 ft 10 inches of just flowing hair.
那是4英尺10英寸的流動的頭髮。
Simone Williams is a proud owner of the largest female Afro on earth, according to Guinness World Records.
根據金氏世界紀錄,西蒙娜-威廉姆斯是地球上最大的女性Afro的驕傲擁有者。
For black women, I feel like natural hair symbolizes beauty.
對於黑人女性來說,我覺得自然的頭髮象徵著美麗。
Um, also acceptance.
嗯,也是接受。
This is how our hair grows from our scalps.
我們的頭髮就是這樣從頭皮上長出來的。
We don't need to manipulate it.
我們不需要操縱它。
And I feel like when our hair is natural, where it's the truest form of ourselves, hair like this attracts attention wherever she goes, especially in a world full of old people like me.
而且我覺得當我們的頭髮是自然的時候,在那裡是我們自己最真實的形態,這樣的頭髮無論她走到哪裡都會吸引人的注意,尤其是在這個滿是我這樣的老人的世界裡。
Please don't ever touch my hair.
請永遠不要碰我的頭髮。
Don't walk up to me to touch my hair.
不要走到我身邊摸我的頭髮。
The polite thing to do is ask, almost likely say no, but I appreciate people asking.
禮貌的做法是問,幾乎很可能說不,但我很欣賞別人問。
The Afro has been set a political two for resistance in the civil rights movement here in Africa against colonialism.
非洲人在非洲反對殖民主義的民權運動中,被設定為政治上的兩種抵抗。
So do you feel like with great hair comes great responsibility?
所以,你覺得有了好頭髮就有了大責任嗎?
Absolutely.
絕對的
It's a task in itself just to maintain it.
光是維護它本身就是一項任務。
So it's it's a huge responsibility for and do you take that responsibility seriously?
所以它是它是一個巨大的責任,你是否認真對待這個責任?
Definitely, very seriously.
絕對的,非常認真。
Simone wore her hair natural when she was growing up, but started straightening it or getting perms in middle school.
西蒙妮從小就把頭髮梳得很自然,但到了國中就開始拉直或燙髮。
It's only after she graduated college almost 10 years ago that she went back to its original form.
直到近10年前大學畢業後,她才恢復了原來的樣子。
The 32 year old fashion designer also works in finance, where some might not consider her Afro professional.
這位32歲的時裝設計師還從事金融工作,有人可能不認為她的非裔專業。
Enough.
足夠的。
Professionalism for me doesn't come from here.
對我來說,專業性不是從這裡來的。
It comes from what you know, your knowledge, basically what's inside your head, not what's on it.
它來自於你所知道的,你的知識,基本上是你腦子裡的東西,而不是上面的東西。
Since breaking the world record with her Afro, people from as far as Cuba and Zimbabwe have contacted Simone to say she inspired them.
自從用她的Afro打破世界紀錄後,遠在古巴和辛巴維的人們紛紛聯繫西蒙妮,說她給了他們靈感。
My hair is so important to me because it holds a lot of my heritage.
我的頭髮對我來說非常重要,因為它承載了我的很多遺產。
Um, it's a way for me to connect with my ancestors, just being a black woman and knowing that people before me have worn their hair like this as such a symbol of pride like it means so much to, Simon says Her hair care routine is simpler than you might think, and it only takes her a few minutes to get ready.
嗯,這是我與我的祖先聯繫的一種方式,只是作為一個黑人女性,知道在我之前的人已經把他們的頭髮穿成這樣,作為這樣一種驕傲的象徵,就像它意味著這麼多,西蒙說她的頭髮護理程序比你想象的要簡單,只需要她幾分鐘的時間來準備。
I can relate.
我也有同感。
It's a little unfair that you have all that hair, and I have none of it at all.
你有那麼多頭髮,而我卻沒有,這有點不公平。
Uh, have pay shirt.
呃,有工資襯衫。