Originally published: 24 July 2012
Annie hawkins Turner’s mammoth breasts turn heads wherever she goes and she’s earned more than £500,000 from charging men to gawp at her cleavage online and by doing personal appearances.
But despite the fame and riches, Annie, 53, is now so fed up of fans groping her massive boobs that she’s hired a £600-a-week bodyguard – who’s she’s dubbed her “boobyguard” – to stop them.
A Closer favourite, Annie has previously revealed how her record-breaking boobs propelled her to fame. She says: “I know I’m blessed to have 102ZZZ breasts, but I need protecting against people who think they can feel me up. I used to be able to cope by myself, but now I need a bodyguard.
"Some people take liberties, groping my boobs and thrusting their hands down my top."
“Fans chase me and, when I do appearances, I find myself surrounded by men and women. I realised I needed security after an appearance at a club about a year ago when I was mobbed. I was totally overwhelmed.
“There can be up to 300 people coming to my events and some of them take liberties, groping my boobs and thrusting their hands down my top.
“Even just walking to the supermarket in the evening had become a hazard, with people prodding my breasts to see if they’re real – it’s too much. So now my boobyguard comes to most places with me. Hiring him has cost me £25k so far.”
Annie’s boobs currently weigh a staggering 4st 4lbs each – the same as an average five year old – and are almost 4ft long.
Annie – who goes by the stage name Norma Stitz – started developing breasts at five and, by nine, she was a 36D. Classmates called her “whale boobs.” She recalls: “As a teen, I struggled with my breasts, which just kept growing.
“I was popular with boys, but worried they just wanted to say they’d slept with ‘whale boobs girl.’”
Finally, I was diagnosed with gigantomastia, a condition that involves slow, progressive growth of breast tissue.
“I was popular with boys, but worried they just wanted to say they’d slept with ‘whale boobs girl.’”
Annie – who has children Darius, 25, and Clara, 22, from a previous relationship – says: “It upset me I couldn’t breastfeed my children – I would have smothered them – and I could only have sex lying on my side.”
Annie, who’s 5ft 6 and weighs 24st, was 34 before she realised her enormous boobs could work for her, rather than be a hindrance.
She reveals: “When I met my husband [air force officer Alan Turner, then 53] in 1991, he told me I was beautiful and my breasts were magnificent. He encouraged me to send in some pictures to a specialist magazine a year after we met and I was inundated with requests.”
Annie’s career blossomed from there – she set up a website and made £40,000 in her first year, charging men to log on to her website to admire her breasts. Within months, she had over a million subscribers.
In 1999, she was certified by the Guinness World Records for having the world’s largest natural breasts and her earnings have since soared to over £500,000.
Alan sadly died from lung cancer in 2003. And with her fanbase widening recently, Annie realised she needed someone to protect her from the attention.
Just over a year ago, Annie, who lives in Arlington, USA, hired bodyguard Derrick Jeffries, 40, and, when he’s not available, her son Darius steps in. They also check letters or emails that cause Annie concern.
"People sometimes forget I’m a person, not just a huge pair of boobs!”
Annie – who’s now dating fan Gareth Brown, 44 – says: “I enjoy reading my fanmail, but I do have to be careful about possible stalkers, so Derrick and Darius make sure I’m safe.
“I wouldn’t have a reduction, though – I love my breasts, they’ve done me proud. Thanks to them I own my own home and I’ve put my kids through college. But people sometimes forget I’m a person, not just a huge pair of boobs!”
By Alley Einstein & Mel Fallowfield