Photos from Las Vegas’s first long-hair beauty contest

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Earlier this year, 26 women from around the world journeyed to Las Vegas’s Sahara Hotel casino for the inaugural “Miss Rapunzel” hair contest. Inside, participants were seen draping their thigh-length tresses over the back of leather-lined banquettes and twisting strands around their wrists as they waited to impress the judges. British photographer Francesca Allen travelled tohellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (13 images)nbsp;