Upi ups ante in close shave

Uthpala Adikari and her former locks. (Supplied)

Cutting almost 60 centimetres of her magnificent mane has made a Hillside woman one of the state’s greatest shavers, both in length lost and money earned.

Uthpala ‘Upi’ Adikari set herself the goal of raising $6000 for the Leukaemia Foundation as part of the World’s Greatest Shave.

But she upped it to $10,000 after the wild success of her fundraising put her in the state’s top 20 fundraisers.

“I’m three-quarters there,” she said, with the latest count at $7910.

The 25-year-old software analyst lost her long locks last weekend.

Her tresses will be donated to Variety and made into wigs for patients who have lost their locks.

Donate to Upi’s cause at www.worldsgreatestshave.com