What do girls dream of becoming in childhood? Most often to be fairy princesses, famous actresses and singers, but one crumb after watching the movie Splash with Daryl Hannah in leading role From the age of three she knew for sure that she would become a mermaid. Many childhood dreams are shattered with age, but not for this charming girl, who confesses that she feels free under water.
Dream come true
Hannah Frazier was born in 1977 in Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles and is involved in animal welfare.
At a young age, fascinated by the fairy tale about the little mermaid who learned to live like a man, the girl made her first tail. A homemade heavy plastic fin pulled the legs together and made it difficult to stay on the water. She faced a difficult task - to learn how to swim even with such an uncomfortable device. Time passed, and the determined Hannah Fraser felt at ease in exotic attire, which no longer hampered her movements.
The second tail was greatly improved by the girl. It was a whole structure, consisting of a wetsuit, an ordinary oilcloth and a clothes hanger. An improved version allowed her to swim like a real fish.
Long workouts
Day after day, Hanna Fraser (mermaid) developed her skills by spending a lot of time in the pool. "How does she breathe?" - ask everyone who sees her photos and videos. The girl disappoints fans by saying that she has no gills. She simply learned to hold her breath for a long time with the help of special exercises.
Confident that mermaids really existed in our world, Fraser basically does not use diving equipment, but only changes beautiful fins. Now she has her own water show, which is a huge success all over the world.
Overcoming fear
A professional mermaid is overjoyed that her childhood dream has come true. Model and actress Hannah Fraser dives to a depth of about 14 meters, where she swims with dolphins, rays and even sharks, which the girl was very afraid of at the beginning of her career.
Of her first experience with sharks, Fraser says she has to face her fear in order to become a professional mermaid. After the girl visited the water with the predators, then, according to her, she felt invincible.
The ocean is life
The actress feels great in depth. She sincerely admires the beauty of the ocean depths and feels expressive in the water. The model is convinced that it is necessary to treat animals that are interested in people with great respect.
The girl often says that the ocean is our life. She is convinced that if you thoughtlessly catch fish, destroy dolphins and whales, then soon our civilization will disappear from the face of the earth. Hannah Fraser is trying to convey these principles and beliefs to people. Photos in the tail under water with various inhabitants of the seabed seem to show the vulnerability of animals from people. The blond beauty believes that the mermaid is a transitional creature between the inhabitants of the ocean and man.
Actions for the protection of nature
The girl acts in various films, where she is invited as a real star, participates in underwater photo shoots, which are actions to protect ocean animals from human arbitrariness.
Hanna Fraser, who has overcome all fears, whose photos often appear in various magazines, is concerned about the problems of water pollution, the destruction of whales and dolphins. She is glad that she professionally found herself, and did not remain a strange eccentric in the eyes of others.
- Together with famous photographer Grambo Hannah Fraser traveled to the distant island of Tonga, where a unique photo session with humpback whales took place.
- She traveled with a large group of divers and celebrities to Japan to prevent the cruel capture of dolphins. Later, the mermaid admitted that it was a terrible sight: the unfortunate animals were driven into the bay, where they were mocked, and local fishermen who tried to stop the slaughter of people were beaten with sticks.
- In 2010, the documentary film with the participation of Hannah "Bay" was awarded the "Oscar".
- The specifics of Hanna's work is such that the girl should always look good and not gain weight. The beauty trains a lot, does yoga, aerobics and dances.
- The mermaid gives part of her earnings to charity.
Australian Hannah Fraser decided to become a mermaid after watching the movie "Splash" with Daryl Hannah in the title role. Then 36-year-old Hannah was only 9 years old, but she already managed to make her first mermaid tail, after which she only dreamed of to become a "professional mermaid" and travel the world a lot.
“My childhood dream has come true! I drew my first mermaids when I was not yet three years old. And at the age of 9 I made my first ponytail. The heavy plastic tail allowed me to learn how to swim like a dolphin,” Hanna recalls.
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
“In 2002, my second improved mermaid tail appeared. The design was in the form of a boomerang and consisted of two hangers, duct tape and a wetsuit,” said Hannah.
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
Now Hannah and her husband, surfer Dave Rastovich, are taking underwater photographs to raise awareness of the pollution of nature, the oceans, and the destruction of dolphins, whales, and others. marine life who are brutally and massively killed or caught.
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
In 2007, Hannah and her husband traveled with photographer Ted Grambeau to the Tonga Islands to photograph Hannah with humpback whales. “The baby whale, interested in me, swam very close to me,” said Hannah. The whales began to make very strong sounds. The kid answered their calls. It was a very powerful experience for me."
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
Many photographers, participating in anti-fishing campaigns, show brutal and bloody footage of whale hunting. Photographer Ted Grambo decided to go the other way. He decided to show all the beauty of the world of whales. The photographs turned out to be so unusual and beautiful that they were used to decorate the book for children “The Surfer and the Mermaid”.
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
In 2007, Hanna traveled to Japan's Taiji coast with 30 surfers, celebrities and musicians to try and disrupt the traditional dolphin fishing for local fishermen. “The fishermen drove the dolphins into the bay, where they staged a bloody massacre. We were not allowed near the nets, the fishermen beat us with sticks. It was an indescribably brutal sight,” recalls Hannah.
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser off the coast of the Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
Hanna swims underwater with whales, dolphins, rays, sea lions and their cubs, sea turtles. She even had a chance to swim with great white sharks off the island of Guadeloupe in Mexico. “I put on my tail and entered the water. I had to be surrounded by divers, but with a mermaid tail, I swim much faster than anyone else. At one point, I realized that I was swimming on my own, but I remained calm. I felt invincible for months after that!”
In the photo: Mermaid Hanna Fraser on the coast of Tonga, Pacific Ocean, 2007. Barcroft Media/Ted Grambeau
“In the ocean, I experience an amazing feeling of self-expression and freedom. The ocean is the cradle of life on Earth. Marine life is very curious and respectful of the person entering their world. I feel special, because I can be an intermediary between the marine world and people, ”said Hannah.
Characteristics of Hanna Fraser: Profession - a mermaid in the water, a model on land. Age - 36 years. Height - 168 cm. Holds his breath under water for two minutes. Dives to a depth of 15 meters. Husband - Dave Rastovich, professional surfer. Lives in Los Angeles.
36-year-old Australian Hannah Fraser, who lives in Los Angeles (LA), works as a model and actress. However, Hannah is also an experienced underwater swimmer, a diver who has been fascinated by mermaids since the age of three. Without scuba equipment, she swims with whales, dolphins, rays and even sharks, using only her unusual tail.
Frazier made her first "professional mermaid" tailfin at the age of 9 after watching Ron Howard's comedy "Splash" with Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks. (Tom Hanks). Through training, Frazier has increased her time under water to about 2 minutes, which allows her to dive to a depth of 14-15 m, where she really moves like a real mermaid, without any diving equipment.
Frazier and Dave Rastovich, a professional surfer, were very upset and frustrated
members of the International Whaling Commission, which allowed whaling to continue under the guise of " scientific research". She recalls: "It was depressing, and we wanted to go somewhere to make contact with the whales and increase awareness about them."
Then the couple flew to Tonga with photographer Ted Grambeau (Ted Grambeau), who managed to make beautiful photographs of humpback whales swimming with Fraser near the Vavau Islands group, in the northern part of the Tongo Island archipelago (Vava "u Island, Tonga). Scuba diving scenes per
Illustrated on video by director Bali Strickland. Hanna says of what happened: “The humpback whale was curious and actually approached me… The whales were singing so loudly and the baby whale was making a piercing cry that was even louder underwater. It was a very vivid experience.”
Many photographers, as part of anti-whaling campaigns, show brutal acts of slaughtering whales. The images show carcasses pierced by harpoons and scenes of dead marine mammals being winched aboard. For ordinary observers, such pictures are depressing. That is why the photographer Grambo, participating
who designed the children's book "The Surfer and the Mermaid", decided to focus on positive emotions that would allow young readers to truly love whales. He says, "All of the Hannah shots are really poetic; really just surreal, beautiful shots."
In 2007, Fraser organized a protest near the whaling town of Taiji, Japan (Taiji, Japan), along with 30 celebrities and musicians who swam on surfboards. This large team tried by their actions to stop the ruthless killing of thousands of dolphins by local fishermen.
and. Hanna recalls: "Half of the dolphins were caught, and the other half were cordoned off in the middle of the bay to be herded to the fishermen ...". According to her, the frightened dolphins tried to swim up to the surfers, as if they understood that they wanted to help them. However, the fishermen began to threaten the conservationists and point the propellers of the boats directly at them. Frazier finishes, "We couldn't get any closer, and we couldn't save the dolphins." Fraser felt her helplessness and saw with her own eyes how a man treats his smaller brothers. She cried for hours on end. For a while, it was even difficult for her
know your belonging to the human race.
Two years later, in 2009, Hanna met 4-meter sharks off Guadalupe island, Mexico. She decided to give up cage diving, limiting herself to her fin tail. On one of her dives, a shark approached her at a dangerous distance, so that Fraser suddenly made a scary face and screamed at her. This scared the toothy predator away, and Hannah felt invincible after that for several months.
Director Rob Benavides is currently filming a documentary about the life of Hannah Fraser.
Frazier made her first "professional mermaid" tailfin at the age of 9 after watching Ron Howard's comedy "Splash" with Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks. (Tom Hanks). Through training, Frazier has increased her time under water to about 2 minutes, which allows her to dive to a depth of 14-15 m, where she really moves like a real mermaid, without any diving equipment.
Frazier and Dave Rastovich, a professional surfer, were very upset and disappointed at the meeting of the members of the International Whaling Commission, which allowed whaling to continue under the guise of "scientific research". She recalls: "It was depressing, and we wanted to go somewhere to make contact with the whales and increase awareness about them."
Then the couple flew to Tonga with photographer Ted Grambeau (Ted Grambeau), who managed to make beautiful photographs of humpback whales swimming with Fraser near the Vavau Islands group, in the northern part of the Tongo Island archipelago (Vava "u Island, Tonga). Scuba diving scenes Captured on video by director Bali Strickland, Hannah says of the incident: “The humpback calf was curious and actually approached me… The whales were singing so loudly and the calf was making a piercing cry that was even louder underwater. It was a very bright experience."
Many photographers, as part of anti-whaling campaigns, show brutal acts of slaughtering whales. The images show carcasses pierced by harpoons and scenes of dead marine mammals being winched aboard. For ordinary observers, such pictures are depressing. That's why photographer Grambo, who helped design the children's book The Surfer and the Mermaid, decided to focus on positive emotions that would allow young readers to truly love whales. He says, "All of the Hannah shots are really poetic; really just surreal, beautiful shots."
In 2007, Fraser organized a protest near the whaling town of Taiji, Japan (Taiji, Japan), along with 30 celebrities and musicians who swam on surfboards. This large team tried their actions to stop the ruthless killing of thousands of dolphins by local fishermen. Hanna recalls: "Half of the dolphins were caught, and the other half were cordoned off in the middle of the bay to be herded to the fishermen ...". According to her, the frightened dolphins tried to swim up to the surfers, as if they understood that they wanted to help them. However, the fishermen began to threaten the conservationists and point the propellers of the boats directly at them. Frazier finishes, "We couldn't get any closer, and we couldn't save the dolphins." Fraser felt her helplessness and saw with her own eyes how a man treats his smaller brothers. She cried for hours on end. For a while, it was even difficult for her to realize her belonging to the human race.
Two years later, in 2009, Hanna met 4-meter sharks off Guadalupe island, Mexico. She decided to give up cage diving, limiting herself to her fin tail. On one of her dives, a shark approached her at a dangerous distance, so that Fraser suddenly made a scary face and screamed at her. This scared the toothy predator away, and Hannah felt invincible after that for several months.
Director Rob Benavides is currently filming a documentary about the life of Hannah Fraser.
August 27, 2012, 13:46 
The mermaid floated on the blue river, Illuminated by the full moon; And she tried to splash the silvery foam of the wave to the moon. And noisy and spinning, count:) and the river Clouds reflected in it; And the mermaid sang - and the sound of her words reached the steep banks. And the mermaid sang: "At the bottom, the flickering of the day plays; There are herds of golden fish walking; There are crystal cities ... M. Yu. Lermontov, "Mermaid" Australian Hannah Frazier decided to become a mermaid after watching the movie "Splash" starring Daryl Hannah. Profession - mermaid in water, model on land Age - 36 years old Height - 168 cm Holds his breath underwater for two minutes Dives to a depth of 15 meters Husband - Dave Rastovich, professional surfer Lives in Los Angeles 
“My childhood dream has come true! I drew my first mermaids when I was not yet three years old. And at the age of 9 I made my first ponytail. The heavy plastic tail allowed me to learn how to swim like a dolphin. In 2002, my second improved mermaid tail appeared. The design was in the form of a boomerang and consisted of two hangers, duct tape and a wetsuit. 
After the first underwater filming for the Australian documentary, the third version of the tail appeared, then there were the fourth and fifth, in general, there is no limit to perfection. 
Hanna swims underwater with whales, dolphins, rays, sea lions and their cubs, sea turtles. She even had a chance to swim with great white sharks off the island of Guadeloupe in Mexico. “I put on my tail and entered the water. I had to be surrounded by divers, but with a mermaid tail, I swim much faster than anyone else. At one point, I realized that I was swimming on my own, but I remained calm. I felt invincible for months after that!” 
“In the ocean, I experience an amazing feeling of self-expression and freedom. The ocean is the cradle of life on Earth. Marine life is very curious and respectful of the person entering their world. I feel special because I can be an intermediary between the marine world and people.” 
Very often, Hanna and her husband, surfer Dave Rastovich, take underwater photographs of her unusual dives in order to draw attention to the problems of pollution of nature, oceans and the destruction of dolphins, whales, and other marine life, which are brutally and massively killed or caught. . 
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