A Waiopehu College student blessed with beautiful long hair had it all chopped to raise money for cancer research.
Elli Guilford raised more than $1600 in sponsorship by having her head shaved last week, with almost half the school watching on as her long locks were lopped off.
![Waiopehu College student Elli Guilford.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GMXRCG56BXGE6TXBPMQWQ6YQAM.jpg?auth=c2ed4d268d5d0970ddb0baae22867e61a861f3ec47bb3db43f4c0384fc7b2779&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
First, her pigtails were cut off one by one, falling onto her lap, before hairdresser Deborah Thomas brought out the the clippers to finish the job.
Guilford had a purpose, and that was the memory of her late Nana who died last year with cancer.