Over eight years, Brandee Anthony has built an aquatic empire around mermaiding Brandee Anthony Media; Vero Beach Mermaid/TikTok Brandee Anthony decided to try mermaiding for content on her Periscope, ...

If you once dreamt of being Ariel in The Little Mermaid, or spent half your childhood messing about underwater, you're not alone. But these two performers have made the fantasy a reality, traveling ...

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 ...

Mermaid Elle — a.k.a. Elle Jimenez — opens up to PEOPLE about what it really takes to be a real-life mermaid Jimenez says that working as a mermaid for 10 years has been physically draining on her ...

Professional mermaids risk hypothermia, seasickness and the cling of skin-tight silicone, but the reward is becoming an ‘ocean ambassador’ – and a bit more colour in the world ...

MerPeople is the newest docuseries released on Netflix about a small group of individuals who aim to become professional mermaids. Directed by Cynthia Wade, the four episodes splish and splash through ...

Haley the mermaid performs at Pirate’s Table Calabash Seafood Buffet. In addition to working as a professional performer at the restaurant and children’s events, she makes tails and other mermaid ...

A woman swimming in a mermaid costume had a narrow escape from drowning after her tail became stuck at the bottom of a massive aquarium tank in a shopping mall, with the terrifying moment captured on ...

NORFOLK — Some people actually do grow up to be mermaids and pirates. Both brought a little magic and fantasy to Hampton Roads over the weekend at the 47th annual Harborfest. Nicole Mangune and ...

A woman who struggled to work full-time because of invisible disabilities has dived into the perfect job - as a professional mermaid. Jasmine Seales, 33, said she was "really unreliable" and "kept ...

Elle Jimenez is a professional mermaid performer who swims alongside sharks and stingrays. Jimenez started her career as a dancer and starred in a music video with Kanye West. Jimenez goes by Mermaid ...