FASHION Magazine

  • Olympic beauty secrets: Why Mary Spencer’s tough-as-nails hairstyle works both in and out of the boxing ring

    Photography by Malina Corpadean

    Let’s just view Canadian boxer Mary Spencer’s defeat yesterday at the gloves of China’s Li Jinzi as another character building experience. Her career might have its share of near-misses (a wildcard invite secured Spencer a place on the Canadian Olympic team and a bye into the quarter-finals almost guaranteed her a bronze medal) but this loss has certainly left Spencer hungrier than ever for competition—she has already stated plans to try again for the gold in 2016. To ease the pressures of training Spencer has been known to visit hairstylist Tony Gereige of Saci Salon in her hometown of Windsor, Ontario, an experience she describes as “my getaway from my everyday boxing in the gym.” According to Gereige himself, “Mary’s hair is as tough as she is.”