I Was Bullied And Called Ugly Growing Up… Actress Beverly Naya (Video)

Beverly Naya, a well-known Nollywood actress, has talked about being bullied as a young girl for not meeting social expectations for beauty.

In an interview with media personality Chude Jidenowo, the thespian claimed that bullying had a significant impact on her as a young student.

She claimed that she was mocked by her peers because of the skin issues she had as a child and because she also had crooked teeth.

When Naya was little, she was teased for being both gorgeous and the “ugly duckling,” which had a significant negative impact on her mental health.

“In my formative years, I was always getting bullied for one thing or the other.”

“No no matter what school I was in, I always felt like there was always going to be something that I was going to get attacked for.”

“So, when I was younger, I was an ugly duckling. I wasn’t cute. I don’t care what my mom says.”

“I was not a cute kid. I had crooked teeth and eczema. I just didn’t look good as far as I was concerned. And as far as people around me were concerned.”

“I used to get called ‘snakeskin, buck teeth, light bulb head, football legs’. Just different kinds of stuff and then I just blossomed. My skin cleared, I got braces, and I just kind of blossomed.”

“And I started to kind of feel beautiful for the first time in my life around 16. I think I probably was owning it a bit too much for some people in my school. I got bullied for that and it really broke me.”

“I was like ‘look, I can’t win’. When I was younger, I was getting bullied for being ugly and unattractive.”

“And now I finally feel like I’m beautiful and I’m trying to own it, that’s now the problem. I’m now getting bullied for that. So, I got ganged up on and ended up with a black eye, and a chipped tooth, on the same day.”