Amid the chaos of our nation's capital, some are seeking a reprieve from life in the swamp through a second life under the ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --A woman in England was banned from wearing her mermaid tail at a local pool after it was deemed a safety risk. Leia Trigger, who goes by the name Mermaid Aries, wore the 150 pound ...

Updated: 11:11 AM EDT Jul 18, 2013 Editorial Standards ⓘ LITHIA, Fla. — A Florida woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.

Mermaid Lavinia goes under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean at Wells Beach after sunning herself on the jetty Aug. 23, 2023. Including from Wells, Maine. “It’s just a lot of fun,” Pichette ...

But this mermaid is originally from Massachusetts. She's lived near the ocean nearly all her life; her father was in the U.S. Coast Guard, so they moved often — California, Chicago, Key West and ...

Gleeful giggles fill the air when Mirella Aram arrives on scene, her glittery tail glinting in the sun. "The Little Mermaid" songs are playing on a loudspeaker as the 32-year-old - who moonlights ...

As Valosik charts the evolution of women swimmers as both performers and athletes, the specter of the mermaid—a hypersexualized figure with supernatural allure—looms large over both trajectories.

And she's worn $5,000-$6,000 custom-made tails for appearances at the Caribbean Mermaid Academy at Coral World Ocean Park in St. Thomas and at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colo.; and for underwater ...

Mertailor, a Crystal River-based company, offers individuals a chance to become mermaids. Eric Ducharme, founder of the company, crafts spandex and silicon tails to make dreams come true.