She’s living a life of porpoise. Nikky Wegloop, 19, loves the water — and has turned her passion into a profession as a mermaid and qualified scuba diver. Wegloop, who lives in Mijas Costa, Spain, ...
Being a professional mermaid is about so much more than just flipping your fins. Although ordinarily the stuff of fantasy — and blockbuster Disney movies — being a real-life mermaid or merman is ...
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Growing up surrounded by the world’s most beautiful beaches may have had some people dreaming of one day becoming a mermaid. That dream is a reality for two local ...
A real-life Princess Ariel who swims with sharks and turtles has learned to hold her breath for four minutes to amaze kids in her shows as a mermaid. A strong swimmer since childhood, she still trains ...
Long before movies like “The Little Mermaid” or Netflix’s “MerPeople”, Florida’s Weeki Wachee Springs State Park was already famous for its real-life mermaids performing underwater shows. The park ...
“He found it amazing he was rescued by mermaids,” says professional mermaid Elle Jimenez Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years as a reporter for PEOPLE. She ...
In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Take, for example, Disney’s 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the 2023 Netflix documentary “MerPeople” and Fairgrounds St. Pete, an ...