It just so happened that 15-year-old Tampa girl also owns a mermaid tail. Soon the pair were splashing around in the bath with their tails while the little girl gleefully called herself "Mermaid ...

To her surprise they agreed, creating a prosthetic tail from wetsuit fabric and plastic moulds. Miss Vessey, from Auckland, New Zealand, said: "I never had a fantasy to be a mermaid. I am still ...

On land, with legs and without a tail ... annual California Mermaid Convention in May. “Around a community pool near Sacramento, flippers were being unpacked, glowing bubble crowns secured ...