Princess Pearl
07-23-2014, 12:34 PM
My name is Chris, but as a Mermaid I'm looking to go by the name Princess Pearl. For the past ten years I've performed at renaissance festivals in Southern Ontario, and now I'm looking into starting my own Mermaid business. At the end of this ren faire season I should have enough saved up to get a fabric tail.
I've been swimming since before I could walk, and I've always loved it. My only problem is I get cold REALLY easily, which is not ideal for a Canadian Mermaid! I would actually stay in the pool until I turned blue. That is not an exaggeration, my lips and fingernails would change colour and I'd be ordered out of the pool by my Mom. Once I hit my teens I started having body image issues (don't we all?) and stopped swimming because I didn't want to be seen in a swim suit. I'm in a much better place now emotionally, and I recently moved into an apartment with a heated pool, so I'm back to swimming
I've been lurking here for a few months, and I have a couple of scattered posts here and there, but I thought it was finally time to say hello!
I've been swimming since before I could walk, and I've always loved it. My only problem is I get cold REALLY easily, which is not ideal for a Canadian Mermaid! I would actually stay in the pool until I turned blue. That is not an exaggeration, my lips and fingernails would change colour and I'd be ordered out of the pool by my Mom. Once I hit my teens I started having body image issues (don't we all?) and stopped swimming because I didn't want to be seen in a swim suit. I'm in a much better place now emotionally, and I recently moved into an apartment with a heated pool, so I'm back to swimming
I've been lurking here for a few months, and I have a couple of scattered posts here and there, but I thought it was finally time to say hello!