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My Hair Is Fake, and That's OK: Meghan

Following in Tyra Banks' footsteps, McCain comes clean about her hair extensions

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 16, 2009 2:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – Inspired by Tyra Banks’ appearance on her talk show sans weave, Meghan McCain comes clean on the Daily Beast: “Yes, I have been wearing different variations of permanent and semi-permanent hair extensions since high school,” she writes. If this revelation doesn’t sound earth-shattering to you, perhaps you have “virgin hair.” McCain explains, “for women like Tyra (and myself) to go without a weave on television is almost unthinkable.”

“My friends and women following me on Twitter seemed to appreciate the fact that I was being real and revealing the extra help I get,” McCain writes of her admission’s aftermath. “Why do I feel the need to share all of this now? Because all the young women that follow me should know that it’s OK to look like your real self and it’s OK to get a little extra help when sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t give you everything you want."

Bridget and Meghan McCain, daughters of Republican presidential candidate John McCain,  listen to mother Cindy McCain speak during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008.
Bridget and Meghan McCain, daughters of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, listen to mother Cindy McCain speak during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his daughter Meghan McCain react to the crowd as they arrive  at a rally in Henderson Nev.,  Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his daughter Meghan McCain react to the crowd as they arrive at a rally in Henderson Nev., Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Tyra Banks tapes a dance mob segment for The Tyra Banks Show and also traded in her weave and revealed her natural hair for her 5th season celebration, in New York, on Monday, August 17, 2009.
Tyra Banks tapes a dance mob segment for "The Tyra Banks Show" and also traded in her weave and revealed her natural hair for her 5th season celebration, in New York, on Monday, August 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, arrives at Perez Hilton's 31st Birthday Party in West Hollywood, Calif. on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, arrives at Perez Hilton's 31st Birthday Party in West Hollywood, Calif. on Saturday, March 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Meghan McCain listens to her father, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., while speaking at a town hall meeting in Tyler, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
Meghan McCain listens to her father, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., while speaking at a town hall meeting in Tyler, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
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Guest
Nov 3, 2009 12:32 AM CST
And she really is an air head, like liberals not all republicans are smart.
SalParadise
Sep 17, 2009 7:25 AM CDT
Well done, sir.
oldgoat
Sep 17, 2009 2:35 AM CDT
What difference is it that she has a weave? Actually many people like much of what she says even though it doesn't toe the party line. Frankly I'd take my chances with her than her senile Dad.

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