Chloe revealed: “If I'm honest I'd never even seen a circus before I joined, but I'd always wanted to be a dancer/performer, I put a lot of time and energy into it as a child.”

Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter Read More Related Articles She said: “I do get a lot of comments from people concerned it may cause alopecia or a receding hairline. The Chinese hair hangers from the 1916 Barnum & Bailey Circus were likely among the first to share their scalp-stretching act with the world. The basic elements of the hair hanging act have changed very little over the past century, except that most (but not all) modern hair hangers are women.

Columbia Artist Management Inc. "History of the Chinese Circus" (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.cami.com/worddocs/worddocs2109/HISTORY-OF-THE-CHINESE-CIRCUS.PDF Millat, Caitlin. "Couple finds love in a three-ring circus." New York Daily News. March 9, 2008 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/couple-finds-love-three-ring-circus-article-1.287665 Cawley, Laurence. "Anastasia IV: How do you make hair strong enough to hang from?" BBC News. April 5, 2014 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26712995 I can only speak for myself and other hair hangers I know personally, when I say it has not affected me this way.

Having her hair hold up her weight when she performs may make you question if Chloe struggles with hair loss - but she has claimed that her hair is perfectly healthy. Murray, Rheana. "What It Takes to Be a Professional Hair-Hanger in the Circus." ABC News. May 5, 2015 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://abcnews.go.com/US/takes-professional-hair-hanger-circus/story?id=23593385Krieger, Elizabeth B. "Top 10 Foods for Healthy Hair." WebMD. Oct. 20, 2012 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.webmd.com/beauty/hair-styling/top-10-foods-for-healthy-hair Now speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, Chloe has revealed what life is like as a hair hanger for the circus. If the tension on the scalp is uneven, chunks of hair can be literally ripped from the performer's head. Yikes! Rarely does a circus school teach hair hanging. One of the few that does, Simply Circus in Massachusetts, limits its students to just 10 minutes in the air after five years of training [source: Caligiuiri]. Most people learn the act from a family member.

Barr, Meghan. "'Hair hanging' a rare, painful circus act." The Boston Globe. May 5, 2014 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/05/hair-hanging-rare-painful-circus-act/AHkuk1EUK00ooz6tOH7KyH/story.htmlA hair hanger might have 3 feet (1 meter) of hair. But it's not the length or even the conditioning that is the real secret to performing this feat. Fieldstadt, Elisha. "Ringling Bros. at Fault for 'Hair Hanging' Stunt Malfunction: OSHA." NBC News. Nov. 4, 2014 (Feb. 26, 2015) http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ringling-bros-fault-hair-hanging-stunt-malfunction-osha-n240991