•Group photo shoot of 3,000+ redheads
•Reddest hair contest
•Redhead World information tent
•Celtic Music and Entertainment of the 2nd biggest Irish festival in the world

Location: Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date: August 6, 7, 8, 2010 with Redhead Events on Sunday August 8, 2010

What better way to meet other redheads and support the lovely gingers of our country? If you can’t make it all the way to Roodharigendag, why not try to make it to the 2010 Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio?

You can read more here.

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Some of the other nine models for the German Championships, Make-Up Contest being styled Brit Chic, backstage.

Gorgeous. There should be many, many, many more redhead models…shouldn’t there be?

I was called ‘the ugly one’. A lot of girls go through an awful time growing up, thinking they’re too fat, too thin, have a nose that’s too big or legs too short.I did all that surrounded by four of the most gorgeous girls in the country. My thing was my white skin and red hair. I hated it and hated myself.

At 16, comments like this coupled with constant comparisons to her average haired band mates eroded away at her self-esteem, distorting her self-image.

Flash forward some many years and through an inspiring romance with fashion Nicola Roberts has reclaimed those words, “red hair and white skin” and finds she is much more comfortable in her own skin. In an interview recently she gave credit to her first fashion party for her long-awaited self-acceptance. It was at that party that it dawned on her that it is not only OK to be different but that she could be beautiful as well. Redefining those same words that haunted her for years, she declared,

‘The fact I have white skin and red hair is my thing. It’s my different thing and in the fashion world, that’s OK.’

Congratulations Nicola! You are beautiful in every way! Stand tall and show the world what you are made of—fierce freckles, tall-standing alabaster core and a fiery intellect cap!

Pssst…You are the beautiful one.

A play about a redhead wronged who gets violent

The play “The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead” was written by Australian playwright Robert Hewett.

Here is what the play is about, according to Australian plays dot org:

An adulterous husband, a meddlesome neighbour and a dropped ice-cream cone are among the circumstances that combine to shatter the life of suburban housewife Rhonda Russell.

Everyone has their own story to tell about the day that Rhonda went beserk in the shopping mall. And who’s to know where the truth lies? With the best friend who might have egged her on? With the husband who denies responsibility? Or with the victim’s family whose lives were changed forever? And then there’s the story of the vengeful redhead herself, but she’s probably the least likely to know what really happened.

In this gripping adventure, the world is turned upside down in a disastrous and comic sequence of events. As the intrigue unfolds, seven different characters give a fresh twist of perspective – all played by one multifaceted performer.

While I have not seen the play yet, the name has negative connotations about ‘the vengeful redhead’ invoking a stereotype many hold about redheads–that we are violent and irrational–particularly in love. I am curious to read what our readers think, particularly if you happen to have seen the play as well.

Did anyone else notice how the man giving the interview was trying to ‘play it down’, minimize it? He was inferring that it cannot be that bad now as an adult. He glided over the story the woman told about how a group of boys pinned her down to try to check if her pubic hair matched the hair on her head. That is horrendous! No one should have to go through such an experience. And certainly if she is willing to share this story to bring light to the subject, the man giving the interview shouldn’t try to downplay it. Obviously this woman and that family were not referring to the jabs or jokes made in friendly jest by friends or family. They were referring to real harassment, real discrimination, real offensive behavior towards them because of the color of their hair. This is unacceptable.

Would the interviewer have been so easily dismissive if this was a case of race discrimination? I think not.

There is another video on this debate in the UK.

What do you think? Should there be laws against bullying? Offensive comments? Harassment? What is a harmless joke and when does that go too far?

Shocked, offended, slightly embarrassed and then agitated. If you have to ask, you will probably never find out.

Do not despair! DNA WILL SAVE THE DAY!

Source: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/dynamicImages/chromomap/mc1r.jpeg

The RedTracer DNA Test can spare you both the heartbreak. You can still remain true to your crimson beauties with this DNA test specifically targeting the MC1R gene responsible for red hair. You can order it for her, for him or for the both of you. According to the Alpha BioLaboratory, Inc. which offers this imposter-proof test,

There are at least 5 SNP’s (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) in the MC1R gene that result in red hair color. It is estimated that as many as 1 in 4 European descendants might be red hair carriers. The RedTracer DNA test can tell you whether you carry any of the most common changes resulting in red hair.

Now you can avoid the tacky questions without leaving it to chance.