The Motivation
Sydney has been fascinated by body modification for as long as she could remember, especially the tribal women of Thailand Burma. “I’ve always had a long neck,” she said, “In middle school, they called me ‘giraffe girl’. Then I saw pictures of the long-necked tribes in Thailand and Burma in National Geographic and I became fascinated with them.”
Experimenting
After seeing photos of long-necked tribes in Thailand and Burma, Sydney decided to cut coat hangers and wrap them around her neck when she would go to sleep. While her parents thought it was ridiculous, she kept going with it. She really thought this ritual would help elongate her neck.