The Ugly Duckling........................was it u.

Butterfly B · (#1 (**permalink**))

We all know the story aboutthe ugly ducking and how it turned itself into a beautiful swan.So I was just wondering do we have anyreal life swans out there now. What’s your story and how did u achieved it.

Whether it is a different image or even a new career. Sumthing thatmade you proud to be who u r today.clp)

Butterfly B · (#2 (**permalink**))

That True............but if it happened to u, would u say?

The Watcher · (#3 (**permalink**))

Efenjee you're right lol...

uncle always warned me about being horrible to ugly girls at school becuase they would grow up nice...

he didnt tell me that the pretty ones would go downhill LOL!!

When I see a few I used to like way back in the day, now.... Smoking, drink, stress, mistakes all taken its toll. What used to be a pretty face is now mean and hagard and shabby looking.... It's all to common.

dimoke · (#4 (**permalink**))

Well i have been told to wait another TEN years to get rid of my baby face

In the mean time, i will have to settle being chated to by 17 years old Gap weekend part timers....with all their Faisbury Market chavs blings...:P:P

Do i qualify as an ugly duckling?

Life sucksblkcry

chi · (#5 (**permalink**))

Yup....I think I wasthe ugly duckling.......well not ugly but not "the pretty girl".........

I grew up to be a swan though.........................................I took those younger years to work on the inside and develop my characterthat's the part of me I'm most proud of anyway.............

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Butterfly B · (#6 (**permalink**))

Ahhhhhhhhhh, thats a nice story and I hope that u have more happy endingsclp).

dimoke · (#7 (**permalink**))

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It did happen to me. In my baby pictures I am a STAR, I don't consider myself very photogenic now. As a baby/child people used to stop my mother (or whoever had me) all the time and exclaim on how beautiful I was, er... that doesn't happen to me so much now. As a child, people always used to want to touch my hair and tell me how beautiful it was. Other little girls always used to want to comb it and my mom had to tell me firmly I was not allowed to let anyone play with my hair.

As a teenager it happened a few times that people who hadn't seen me for years would say, "you were such a beautiful baby/child". Then there was this awkward silence, where I figured they didn't think I'd grown into such a beautiful woman.

I swear this used to happen to me....sometimes i used to get a spank from my mom cause my hair would played with so much that i would go home most days looking like an electryfied Monkey....but now

Even my scalp is fugly...lol...

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My skin used to glow in the sun like a dark diamond....now, i can't even recognise meself...heeheee....

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PS: Why are people creating this kinds of threads when i am hving a bad day??blktoungueblktoungue

chi · (#8 (**permalink**))

Butterfly B wrote:

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Ahhhhhhhhhh, thats a nice story and I hope that u have more happy endingsclp).

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Thanks butterfly B........

angel-i- · (#9 (**permalink**))

I used to be an ugly duckling...I have a twin sister (non-identical) and people would always call me the ugly one, or maddy maddy, cos i was always runnin in road...

By about 13, Ihad little hair, so i used to scrape it back within an inch of its life just to get a bobble...I got bullied abit.I had braces cos i had a mutant tooth growing in my upper gum:P.Then i had to wear glasses, so my dad decided to get me NHS glasses...Thick,mishapen,funny coloured,milk bottle lensed monstrosities!!!...

I decided he didnt love me so moved to my mums house...there i experimented with tight barrelled curls on the top of my head,i shaved the back and relaxed the front myself,red lipstick with black lipliner,then i pierced my nose and ears, by myself (and alot of ice!),lots of costume jewellery confused3,cos icouldnt afford the designers i saw my friends wearing, i started making my own clothes by hand....The result was not pretty...i was not kissed til i was 16...

Looking back now, i cant belive i looked like that,but im glad i went thru it.The experiments with hair, led me to setting up my own freelance hairdressing buisness in uni, then i used to make clothes for my friends as well as myself on my grans old sewing machine.People would stop me in the street asking what designer i was wearing, or who did my hair.Then i got asked to model in London and Manchester and I had alot more male attention too.I ended up dating the finest man in uni for 4 years....

Put it this way, I hated my childhood/adolescent years....to the point of contemplating suicide...i think all that time i spent alone helped me to get to know myself and love me for me, i wouldnt change me for the world...

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Butterfly B · (#10 (**permalink**))

angel-i, I'm so happy that you value and love urself now, its so true what u wrote. I can related to your story, when I wasinmy teensI was a walking t-shirt u, know the one fat girl with glasses and braces but now the weight off and soare the braces.

I love me for me cause as my mum tells me if youdon't luvurself how can others-luv u.blkclap

p.l.c · (#11 (**permalink**))

I was never ugly just had a rather long teenage akward phase ,went in a bit,but beventually grew into my long body,filled up my top with 36DDs,a nice arse,long legs to my armpits,my old male school mates still drop jaws when we meet up,growth has definately been good to me.

Butterfly B · (#12 (**permalink**))

oops.........I thought I only press it onceblkbuttkick

wifeable · (#13 (**permalink**))

LUCKILY TIME IS A HEALER
I WAS NO HOT GAL IN SCHOOL
UNFORTUNATELY UNLESS U WERE MIXED RACE, HAD HAIR TO UR KNEES OR WERE EXTRA FEISTY U WEREN'T POPULAR
BUT AS SOON AS I LEFT SCHOOL AND CHOSE MY OWN CLOTHES THINGS CHANGED! (MY MOMS BOYED ME WITH SOME OF THOSE CLOTHES SHE MADE ME WEAR)
BUT I WOULD SAY I WAS AN UGLY DUCKLING COMPARED TO NOW, I USED TO GET TEASED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE LONG FLOWING HAIR AND I WAS ALWAYS TALL IN MY CLASS AND MY HEAD WAS OUT OF PROPORTION TO MY BODY AND I HAD BAD SKIN AND NON ENGLISH SOUNDING NAME!! I HAD IT HARD DUDE
BUT HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED AS I HAVE BLOSSOMED TEN FOLD AND IM PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE KNOW ONE CAN PUT ME DOWN NOW AND I KNOW IM FLY!! AND I HAVE THE PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER TO MATCH, THOSE BULLIES DIDNT HOLD ME DOWN THEY MADE ME MORE PROUD AND DETERMINED TO LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF
I'VE GROWN INTO MY MASSIVE HEAD! GOT MY OWN SYTLE, FIXED MY HAIR AND GOT SOME ANTI-BAC FACE WASH!!!
AND ALL THOSE GIRLS THAT DISSED ME IN SCHOOL ARE PISSED AS HELL NOW!

Lucas... · (#14 (**permalink**))

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