A Ukrainian woman who hasn’t cut her hair since the age of 5 has become a real-life Princess Rapunzel, with flowing blonde locks that now exceed her height. Alena Kravchenko, 36, is a lawyer by training and lives in the town of Odesa. According to Alena, her inspiration to grow her hair came from her mother, who believed that a woman’s hair is her crowning glory. “It was her words that long hair for a woman is ‘pride, individuality, and decoration’ [that] I will remember for the rest of my life,” Alena told The Epoch Times via email. “I grew up with love for hair … this is a manifestation of my inner world.” Alena maintains that her hair is a great power from which she draws “self-realization” and “strength.” At the time of writing, Alena’s hair measures 1.95 meters in length (approx. 6 feet 5 inches), exceeding her height …