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How many famous celebrity twins can you name? During the years of Super-Hair, our most famous probably have been Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen - so famous that we had them as a tag-team in Super-Hair Wars in 2002. We honestly had never heard of the McKnight twins, born one day before Y2K and two weeks after our site began. Yet they've become big on YouTube and other social media, gaining millions of followers perhaps due to their LDS background. Bailey's life has become more of a soap opera than Brooklyn's, primarily because she's had trouble becoming pregnant. But she finds happiness in other things - even haircuts. After letting it grow out for a couple of years, Bailey proclaimed on Instagram 5 July: "Oop the short hair is back". (She showed the transformation with music lyrics that we don't think the LDS church would like.)
Is Bailey better with shoulder-length waves? Our voters rejoiced over this change, giving it unanimous support in our week-long question (6-0). No one left a comment, but we wonder if the McKnights will try to monetize this as they have other things. They already have mascara and skincare lines. If Bailey can find a hairspray to keep her bouncy waves under control (the longest style seems messier), some champion Super-Hair styles may be in peril.
Thanks to all of you who take part in our polls! And we welcome any news tips you have on changing celebrity styles. Contact us at: SuperHair@Gmail.com - or via X/Twitter: @SuperHairNet.
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You've probably heard that line about the "rain in Spain." For a long time, the reigning mane of Spain has been maintained by actress Penelope Cruz. She's competed in four Super-Hair EuroCups, reaching the Championship Final in 2012. She's been a Crown Awards nominee as well, and often makes our ballots for outstanding hair at televised awards shows. Cruz has accomplished that largely with well-styled long hair. Yet at age 52, could her "mane brain" be changing? She appeared in June with a bob stopping slightly below her chin. Stylist Dimitris Giannetos explained to a magazine that her chin is a "luxury," and the overall cut is "fresh and effortless... with a lot of texture."
We asked Hair Fans about the cut, and they really liked it. The shorter style was preferred by everyone in our week-long question (6-0). "More stylish," one voter explained. But perhaps it was all a put-on, as Cruz attended Spain's FIFA quarterfinal match against Belgium with her hair long again. Giannetos did call it a "weekend bob," after all - but didn't Spain play on a Friday afternoon near Hollywood? For the moment for us, it's "Cruz" as in "confused."
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Before there was a National Women's Soccer League, Linda Cohn was on the SportsCenter anchor desk at ESPN. Even before there was a Women's National Basketball Association, she was there. While Cohn wasn't the channel's first female sports anchor (that was Gayle Gardner), she was a familiar face for 34 years as women's sports grew across North America. Cohn reached retirement age at the end of June, so she left ESPN - leaving a legacy that included a range of potentially Super hairstyles. A company news release showed two of them: A shoulder-length cut with bangs (presumably from her early years) and a long sidepart from 2026.
The shorter look made Cohn a Crown Awards nominee in 2010. But she apparently finished better, as 88% of our voters preferred her hair long (7-1). "Shorter is outdated," a commenter wrote. Well, yeah - because it's from around 30 years ago. Perhaps "historic" is a kinder word. But we think that's an overall stronger style, in terms of keeping the hair in place. We frankly were surprised Cohn grew her style out so much in recent years. Few women do that in their sixties - but she kept it in good shape. Hopefully that wasn't a Cohn con.
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Our Super-Hair World Cup is all about great hair. At the FIFA World Cup (as in football/soccer), great hair is where you find it. We certainly never expected to find hair news during the opening ceremony of a match. But some hair-watchers did when Trinity Rodman presented the ball at the USA-Australia contest in Seattle. The U.S. Women's National Team and Washington Spirit star came out with a chin-length bob. It was a big cut from the long curls she'd displayed for a long time, especially on her Instagram feed. But Rodman didn't stop there, as she went to a Seattle Mariners baseball game and threw the ceremonial first pitch.
We wondered if Rodman's cut was a good one, and most of our Hair Fans thought so. They prefer the shorter look by a 75% margin (3-1). While no one left a comment, we wonder how Rodman will keep the short style under control once the World Cup break is over and the NWSL remains play. Clearly a ponytail won't work. A headband with hair pulled back probably would. One thing we do not expect Rodman to do is go on a color-changing spree. Her father, Dennis Rodman, has done that for decades - but she says he's not part of her life anymore. And in 2024, Trinity declared online: "Pink hair, your work here is done."
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Right photo courtesy Elle
Selena Gomez has grown up in front of Hair Fans' eyes - from a Crown Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2007 (the only one she's won) to singing star, entrepreneur and style icon. Her "official shop" online sells everything from music to slippers and pajamas. Curiously, she does not offer her "Rare Beauty" perfume and makeup there. And Gomez currently sells nothing when it comes to hair care - even though her styles have made news often. The latest surprise came in early June, when the star of Only Murders in the Building changed her brunette shade to copper-red. Gomez's only explanation on Instagram was that "wild things [are] happening" while filming the series in London.
Is Gomez going too wild with this color shift? Our voters clearly aren't sure, as a week-long vote ended in a 50-50 divide (2-2). No one left a comment about the change - but we think the copper gives her hair a more energetic look. And we can be thankful Gomez didn't do what her husband did with his hair during our poll. If Benny Blanco is trying to compete with Gomez... sorry, but no. Not even close.
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She seemed to be introduced as Celine Dion - and for a few minutes, we thought she really was. But then we wondered: would Dion really perform at the Tony Awards? Especially early in the show? That woman turned out to be a Dion lookalike named Maria Mindelle, who co-wrote a New York musical called Titanique placing Dion on the doomed ocean liner Titanic. Mindelle's mid-length blonde hair (why do we suspect she wore a wig?) stayed unsinkable during a production number, and that earned her your vote for the top style of the evening.
Since the Tonys are all about Broadway, perhaps it was no surprise that our ballot had five woman who have never been on the site before. Mindelle wound up with two-thirds of the votes. The only other person to gain votes was Bess Wohl, who won a Tony for her self-written play Liberation.
********** Many people of both genders like to make cuts in their hair for summer - perhaps to have something more manageable in heat and humidity. That may have been what BBC America anchor Sumi Somaskanda did in early May. The long hair that placed her on our Top Ten Tresses list for about six months went from bustline to shoulder-length. Yet we're convinced that Somaskanda's bangs have become longer - a revelation that led us to take her off the list. Is a "summer Sumi" a superior style? Our Hair Fans don't think so; three-fourths of them preferred the longer look in our week-long question (3-1). No one left a comment on this - and we're admittedly unsure about which we prefer. Somaskanda clearly depends on the bangs to make her hair impressive. Without them, any length is in trouble - especially if covers news outside. She'd better hope for no repeat of a Russian-U.S. summit in Alaska for a while. ********** The biggest news from the 2026 American Music Awards probably was that Taylor Swift finally met her match (and we don't mean future husband). The K-pop group BTS had more fans voting for it, as it swept all its categories while "Swifties" struck out. But shows like this are also a place for lesser-known celebrities to make national splashes, even if they don't sing. That's what Hannah Berner did - as a comedian with long red hair (perhaps the only comic to pose for a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue) presented an award alongside short hair icon Lisa Rinna. Berner not only looked much more impressive, but she won your vote for the outstanding style of the show. On a night mixing newcomers with "old-timers," Berner burned up the field by gaining 75% of the votes in our six-day contest. Tying for second at 12% were he marvelously-styled Tracey "Fergie" Ferguson of the Black-Eyed Peas (a Top Ten Tresses member way back in 2004) and the thick curls of Sza. Usual contender Nikki Glaser struck out this time, as did K-pop movie singer Ren Ami. But the biggest strikeout of the night for us was Rinna, who's grown out her style so much that she couldn't keep it from falling in her right eye. "Reality" truly can bite. ********** Review
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But we wondered on X if we posted our ballot too early, given the great hair Caissie Levy displayed in winning one of the night's final awards. No one wrote her name in, so we'll leave it at that - but that will teach us not to judge a production until the final curtain falls.
