Step right up, New York—because Coney Island is about to get even weirder (in the best possible way). This Sunday, sideshow star Arrie Fae Bronson-Davidson—better known as the Pirate Queen or by her stage name Faux Pas le Fae —will attempt to smash a Guinness World Record by lifting a 17-pound weight. With her face.

Yes, really. Specifically, with hooks pierced into her cheeks.

The record currently belongs to Sweet Pepper Klopek, who hoisted a 15-pound sledgehammer back in 2015 . Bronson-Davidson’s attempt will involve a kettlebell rigged with custom hooks of her own design, plus the steady nerves of someone who once learned “human blockhead” as her very first trick (the one where you hammer a nail into your nose). Since then, she’s upped the ante with fire-eating and power-dri

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