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Georgina Condon
Head-to-toe in black, her neck splattered with blood, she prowls a Brisbane supermarket - smiling at gawking customers to reveal her pointed fangs.
It’s pretty clear Georgina Condon, 38, is no ordinary girl. In fact, she believes she’s a real, blood-drinking vampire.
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'I need blood every week or so - any longer than that and it affects my mood,' she says.
Like Count Dracula, Georgina also burns in any strong sunlight.
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‘I have solar dermatitis, which means I blister in strong UV light. I’m literally allergic to the sun!’ she laughs.
From the age of 12, she began to emulate the ghoulish characters she saw on TV, dressing in black and using talcum powder on her face to appear more pale.
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‘I started drinking my own blood from cuts, but things changed when I was 17 and I met my first donor,’ she recalls.
‘I started going to Goth clubs looking for blood... I’d get chatting to a guy and nine times out of 10, they’d joke about me drinking blood and how hot it would be. Then I'd turn around and say: "Well, funny you should mention that..." And it went from there,'
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