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19-year-old Nova went viral for her cosmetology classmates' wild reactions to her getting a Brazilian wax in a class demo

The student tells PEOPLE that the experience was "completely normal."

"Their faces were priceless: shocked, scared, confused … all the emotions," she explains

Not many people would be brave enough to get a Brazilian wax in front of their classmates, but for 19-year-old Nova, it's no big deal.

Nova, who is a cosmetology student at the Paul Mitchell School in Louisville, Ky., didn't think much about volunteering for the in-class demonstration of the waxing technique, which involves removing all of the hair from the pubic area.

"In this school, this is completely normal," she tells PEOPLE. "I’m training to be a licensed esthetician specializing in facial

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