Hannah Mermaid Explained

Hannah Mermaid
Birth Name:Hannah Fraser
Birth Date:6 February 1974

Hannah Fraser (born 6 February 1974), known professionally as Hannah Mermaid, is a professional model, actress, dancer, and performer who specialises in underwater and ocean-oriented freediving performances, often in mermaid costume.[1] [2] [3] She is a central figure in modern mermaiding[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and is an ocean ecology activist.[10] [11] [12]

Early life

Fraser grew up in Australia. She made her first mermaid tail at the age of 9, inspired by 1984 film Splash.[13] [14] She began performing as a mermaid in 2003.[2] She has been featured in photo shoots, advertising campaigns and on film.[15] [16] [17]

Her father, Andy, was a founding member of the rock band Free when he was just 15. He died in 2015.

Career

Her marine conservation activism has included campaigning against the overfishing and culling of sharks, dolphins and whales,[18] and against unsustainable fishing practices and ocean pollution,[19] [20] often in conjunction with Greenpeace.[21] [22]

She appeared in the ecological documentary The Cove, which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for its portrayal of the Taiji dolphin drive hunt.[23]

In 2013, she was featured in an underwater fashion shoot with whale sharks in the Philippines, designed to publicise the ecological impact of the shark-finning industry on the shark population.[24] [25]

Also in 2013, she starred in a conservation film, Betrayal, to campaign against the hunting of humpback whales with which she freedived in Tonga.[26] [27] That same year she night dived while breath-holding at depth with manta rays in Kona, Hawaii, to raise awareness of their non-protected status.[10] [28] To highlight her ecological message, Fraser and Shawn Heinrichs released Manta's Last Dance, a video of Fraser's freedive performance with manta rays, just two weeks prior to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).[29] The video, played to CITES delegates, is cited as having contributed to manta rays securing worldwide protected status.[12] [18] [30]

She appeared in the TV documentary film Great White Shark: Beyond the Cage of Fear in 2013, in which she freedived with a mature great white shark while wearing a mermaid tail but notably had no armour or cage.[17]

In 2014, she freedived on a film shoot with tiger sharks, unarmoured and without scuba gear, in order to highlight the Australian Government's policy of culling tiger sharks to protect tourists.[11] [29] [31] [32] [33] The decision to cull was later reversed.[12] [18] Fraser also appeared on the Discovery Channel alongside Sharkanado's Tara Reid, where she was interviewed about her dive with tiger sharks and on 20/20 ABC News.[34] [35]

In 2015 in Valencia, Spain, she delivered a TEDx Talk as part of the United Nations' World Oceans Day in which she explained her role as an ocean ecological activist.[36] [37]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Being a professional mermaid is an actual job and we want to change careers. Cosmopolitan. 15 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Leading Ladies: Hannah Mermaid. Wild Spice Magazine. 8 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Professional mermaids work their tails off at Greensboro Aquatic Center. MyFox8 . 8 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Professional Mermaid Is Committed to Her Splashy Lifestyle. Mashable.com. 15 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Jobs to Thrill Your Inner Child: Professional Mermaid. Payscale.com. 20 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Issue 6: Mermaids & Mythology magazine OUT NOW!. Mermaids and Mythology magazine. 15 March 2016. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413014214/http://www.themermaidmagazine.com/issue-6-mermaids-mythology-magazine-out-now/. dead.
  7. Web site: Mermaid tails not just for kids, say adult mermaids. CBC News . 14 March 2016.
  8. Web site: So you want to be a mermaid?. . 14 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Je suis sirène professionnelle — Témoignage. madmoizelle.com. 28 March 2016.
  10. Web site: REAL LIFE 'MERMAID' DEVOTES HER LIFESTYLE TO SAVING DEADLY SHARKS AND MANTA RAYS. . 8 March 2016.
  11. Web site: Professional Mermaid Dances With Sharks, Says Humans Are 'The Real Dangerous Predators'. . 8 March 2016.
  12. Web site: Turning Fantasy Into Reality: Joyful Ocean Activism, Hannah Fraser, TEDxBerkleeValencia. TEDx Talks . 8 March 2016.
  13. Web site: Mermaid makes a splash to help sea creatures. . 8 March 2016.
  14. Web site: Ein bisschen Nass muss sein. . 15 March 2016.
  15. Web site: Challenging Convention in Advertising. LinkedIn . 8 March 2016.
  16. Web site: Tata Shoe Commercial. Bestplay. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413124850/http://bestplay.pk/watch/9HFicyL2AWU. 13 April 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: Beyond the Cage of Fear - Trailer. Vimeo. 8 March 2016.
  18. Web site: The Activist Mermaid. Motherboard . 20 March 2016.
  19. Web site: Hannah Fraser poses as a mermaid in dazzling underwater photos. . 8 March 2016.
  20. Web site: Acclaimed Mermaid Delivers Strong Message to Chicken of the Sea. EcoWatch.com . 20 March 2016.
  21. Web site: What Would A Real Mermaid Think of the Way We Treat Our Oceans? We Asked One.. Greenpeace.org . 14 March 2016.
  22. Web site: Greenpeace 'Mermaid' Appears at Chicken of The Sea Protest. Patch.com . 8 March 2016.
  23. Web site: Dolphin hunt film, the Cove, screened in Japan. Buerk. Roland. BBC News. 2016-03-30.
  24. Web site: Models swim with whale sharks for fashion shoot. https://web.archive.org/web/20130108164516/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9788153/Models-swim-with-whale-sharks-for-fashion-shoot.html. dead. 8 January 2013. The Daily Telegraph. 15 March 2016.
  25. Web site: Models swim with whale sharks in an underwater fashion shoot. The Daily Telegraph. 15 March 2016.
  26. Web site: In pictures: Model's stunning underwater shoot with whales. The Daily Record. 10 March 2016.
  27. Web site: See real-life mermaid Hannah Fraser swim with whales in stunning pictures. The Daily Mirror. 8 March 2016.
  28. Web site: Amazing pictures of real-life MERMAID dancing with giant manta ray. The Daily Mirror. 8 March 2016.
  29. Web site: PHOTOS: Human ‘mermaid’ Hannah Fraser dances with wild tiger sharks. Globalnews.ca . 8 March 2016.
  30. Web site: Manta Ballet. The Huffington Post. 9 March 2016.
  31. Web site: Diver Dances With Sharks To Protest Shark Killings [Video]]. Social News Daily . 15 March 2016.
  32. Web site: Anti shark culling Tiger Shark dance protest with Hannah Fraser. Surf Europe Magazine . 20 March 2016.
  33. Web site: The Mermaid Speaks: Why You Need to Take a Stand to Help End the Australian Shark Cull [PETITION]]. One Green Planet . 20 March 2016.
  34. Web site: Mermaid Hannah Fraser and Sharkanado's Tara Reid. Discovery.com. 8 March 2016.
  35. Web site: Super Human Mermaid Hannah Fraser interviewed on 20/20 ABC news. esbuzz.net. 8 March 2016.
  36. Web site: Mermaid Hannah Fraser kicks off 2015 World Oceans Day. Las Vegas Sun . 8 March 2016.
  37. Web site: Mermaid School Makes a Splash in Spain. . 20 March 2016.

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