By far the best photo. You are beautiful and natural here. Those other photos are very off-putting. Just be yourself!
This! You look much prettier in the real photo. The filtered ones look silly and it’s impossible to even tell whether you look like. You don’t need the filters.
Agree
Def best pic yet
thanks :)
Yea all those filters and heavy make up aren’t doing you any favors. You look great natural.
thank you 🫶🏻
Now that’s beautiful! You look healthy which is very attractive
The best one out of the entire thread
thanks :)
This is why I don’t understand girls obsession with filters. The filtered pics look terrible. But here you can clearly tell you are gorgeous
girlyyyyyy you loook so good!! also, you soo pretty hair aaaah ✨✨
I think you look better in this one than most of the ones you posted :)
I like both.
thank you! i’m very fortunate to like both now, too. took a while, but i got there and have never been happier :)
Echoing everyone else, but you definitely don’t need filters and editing. You look fantastic!
no filter on the very last photo, don’t know if i can edit the post but i’ll reply with a no makeup pic asap for everyone assuming i have to still be ugly 😂
I don’t think you were ever ugly you just didn’t use makeup back then
I like this "after" picture the most. It shows your natural attractive features. All the other ones look so filtered and cakes on.
the filters make the makeup look cakey and i’m seeing that now, it’s like a double layer of everything and that’s unnecessary lol. thank you! i do love my natural face, just didn’t have any recent photos. i’ll be making an effort to take many more now, though!
Sometimes less is more, especially for make-up. You're naturally attractive so try it and see what many people here see in you.
You’re very pretty! The heavily filtered pics and weird angles don’t do you justice!
in all honesty from this pic you don't need makeup , look pretty good without it
I blame the glasses for the early photos
The prettiest photo is this one without the filters and without heavy makeup. Make up is good for going out don’t get me wrong. Just applied lightly. Also that photo of you in the green outfit in a kitchen or something is hot too.
You look really good in that picture the ones in the post all seem fake and generic. I would use less makeup, still a little bit, but not too crazy if I were you. It’s your body though that’s just my opinion on what would look best.
I think the ugly duckling stuff is mostly just the glasses and braces. And maybe awkward poses.
And filters
I dunno. She looks like she packed some weight( in a good healthy way)
im wearing makeup in all the pictures when i was young too, actually, but no eyeliner. i grew into my face a lot!
Why were you downvoted at all
Edit: you're getting hate everywhere for absolutely no reason lol, I don't get this sub
I know beyond that this sub is also massively transphobic so I think imma just gonna stop coming here.
do you feel like you still carry that from childhood? i was the ugly friend in my very early years and I feel like it’s altered me for life
sometimes, but i turn heads when i walk into a room now, and that’s not me being conceited, it’s a difference i’ve noticed as i went from awkward and covered in acne to clear skinned and growing into my features. i learned how to love myself back then, but it took a LOT of work, and sometimes it hurts my feelings when people tell me how pretty i am compared to growing up, or when they don’t recognize me, but i’ve learned to take it as a compliment and move on :)
Savage, most women do this. You’re supposed to pretend not to notice and tell them they’re gorgeous
😂💯
You certainly weren’t ugly, just a young goofy teenager like the rest of us were. I think we can all look back and say oh geez. 🤦🏻♀️You grew up to be a beautiful woman.
I totally agree! You turned out to be a stunning woman.
Not ugly, and you don’t need those heavy filters. Youre beautiful.
thanks :) i do need to lay off the filters, sometimes i just hate the lighting i’m in and those help. but it does change my face a lot and i like my face the way it is :)
No way you are lovely friend. You are very pretty.
I don’t think you have anything to worry about, With or without makeup you’re Gorgeous!
WOW very nice....all of the pics!!! Would love to see more...
You are an absolute bombshell. Wow
The pic next to the cow is awesome too!!!
Tennis court!!! Pic amazing
Take it easy with the makeup. You are pretty. Don’t need to go overboard with it.
You just took horrible photos back then your ok
We need a no make up pic. Y’all woman be cheating lol if we men are got we just ugly fam
Those glasses and braces certainly weren’t helping you in puberty
Yep you look much better natural! See everyone else agrees too :)
Make up and filters helped alot
You're prettier without the filters tbh
That's a lot of makeup
Less is more
Filters and makeup. Does wonders. She’s not ugly at all but the makeup will ensure the beauty is transient
You look lovely
Congrats on getting contacts and learning how to use way too much makeup. Lmao
Regardless of how you apply your make-up, you still have the same features. You have to train you mind to see yourself as pretty and not see yourself through a beauty standard.
i’ve done that :) i love my face now, but my nose did literally shrink from the medication i was on for my acne, Accutane, and getting rid of the acne did wonders for my self esteem, too. i’ve always loved my eyes, my one dimple, etc. and those things obviously never change. i appreciate that :)
Went from a fierce 43yo single mother, to jailbait seeking sugar daddy. Nice come up there, Benjamin Button
LMAO, this actually made me laugh. thanks
I know how u feel, I was ugly all my life too
Sexy
You were never ugly
The tennis court pic is wonderful!!!
YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS!!! you remind me of amanda from ugly betty, absolutely model level ♥️♥️♥️
Good for you! Watch out for them boys!!!
Madddd fine
🥵
Good 4 u hun
Was 14 - “I was always the ugly friend” change your self talk you looked like a 14 year old, 14 year olds aren’t supposed to be breathtakingly gorgeous.
You looked more authentic in your "ugly" days!
You were never ugly. Not even once. You’ve grown up to be a stunning lady.
This comment comes after seeing your makeup free pic and whilst you’re a mind-blower with or without, the free pic definitely shows your natural beauty so much better.
Be proud of yourself, now and then. It’s hard, but more people could be like you in learning to love themselves.
Great glow up!
Filter much?
I think you look amazing 😁 Seen both your pics here and the other one you've posted to doubters in several comments 😊 I can relate as I used to be the overly spotty faced one with the patchy sideburns, tall neck, over-gelled spiky hair and pornstache out my group of friends as a teen 😂 I was definitely not associated with the 'cool' kids. Didn't start getting compliments on my appearance until I started to fill out from my lanky frame, grew a beard and took moisturising more seriously to combat my dry skin as of my mid-20s. I think it's rare any of us looked our best back in our teens 😂 Should have seen my clash of fashion sense nevermind my weird loud personality and what else back then haha
Went from silly kid to a self-conscious adult.
… Apparently a really swole silly kid! Look at those shoulder muscles!
Never be mean to the ugly kid
And now look at you kapow grown up to be a beautiful lady.
life gave you a second chance🤣
You were never ugly, maybe a little awkward in your early teens. I hope you have let those feelings and don’t let them affect you now.
Ngl its always the narrow lens spectacles that make people look worse. I cant imagine someone looking better with those specs than without but you alr look great b4.
how is ur eyeliner so damn good
girl if you are ugly im a goblin
Sexy girl!!
being the ugly friend just means we never peaked in hs. which is a good thing hahah. you’re gorgeous <3
Don’t wanna bloom too early! You look beautiful, you were beautiful then too, just a child
You're not ugly. You were just a cute kid. You're beautiful now, with and without makeup!
Use filters much
Amazing
Not no more
Hmm you weren’t ugly before but you def got better looking
Not ugly at all All i see is a normal girl becoming a beautiful woman..
I noticed you had braces growing up, and now that you are older without them, you don’t smile? SMILE
so you got contacts and makeup lol
When my formerly "that fat girl?" Sister lost her weight after HS all the "cool boys" (to quote her) use to hit on her constantly.
I'm sure you enjoy the same fate
You were never ugly
You were never ugly you just didn’t know what to do with yourself. Now you’ve got confidence
Damn girl! What u doing Saturday? Lol
Not ugly. Just puberty doing exactly as its intended & turned out a beautiful young lady😇
You're definitely not an ugly duckling. I think you're sizzling hot
Wow
It’s crazy what makeup can do and filters
Jesus. Fair play.
Don’t need makeup. Look great natural.
You look amazing natural 😊
I actually like the goofy girl from the before pics
Benjamin button be like
you look exactly the same which isn’t a bad thing you were adorable just made weird faces in all of your young pics.
so you’re hot now and can probably take a joke/are funny
nice
99% you're really pretty right now, but these filters/makeup combo look really bad. Whatever it is, it's really odd and I think you're better off without!
Good lawd woman lmfao can you just imagine folks back in school and shit they would say and they probably look like a bucket o ass and you look like this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 fantastic lol
Instead of thinking of it like that. Think of it as You simply didn’t peak in high school that’s all. That’s a good thing IMO.
Not any more 🔥🔥🔥
Best glow up ever!!!!!!
Girl you don't need those filters you are stunning! Plus you seem like you have always been fun.
Less filters, all this filter stuff being added into every thing is so corny, I seen a pic a girl put up on social media that said “be yourself” In text on selfie that she heavily filtered to the extreme. Got a good laugh outta that lol
You just took off your glasses and put on makeup. You are pretty either way.
Whatever you do in this lifetime DO NOT get a buccal fat removal it will cause your face shape critical damage
Being ugly is a choice tell yourself your beautiful and belive it before you know it outhers will see you as the beautiful one and never let anyone make you belive your not beautiful self confidence is what makes you beautiful
Eh, I don't have a problem with the filters. I think you look really good in all of the pictures. That one of you with no filter is equally good. You're just an attractive person either way lol
You’re really pretty, I think you could dial down the makeup a little and imo you’d look even better. That’s up to you though, do what makes you feel good!
You look great!
Just make sure you don't become the "Fake Friend" Stay true to yourself and remember where you came from with respect and humility.
Not even “the ugly friend glowing up”, but it’s 100% just science. While some people hit puberty in high school (the better parts of it) some of us get it all after hs or later in life. I don’t think glow ups exist, we just forget how science works.
Not ugly. You just looked like a normal kid. You are very beautiful.
You are beautiful without the filters
You definitely weren’t ugly as a teen just had a teen phase like most do now I was an ugly kid and now I’m an ugly adult but you’re gorgeous
You weren't the ugly friend you just had bad friends 😂
You got so pretty when you got older…..
That second picture had me rolling 😂😂😂😂😂
Smash
Incredible, not even the same person. Don’t mean anything bad by that like dam dude
A goddess
I wouldnt say you were ugly. You were always pretty , 🤩 feel like as you get older you realize how much your features have changed
Quite an upgrade. Great job! ❤️
U are gorgeous and cute, and when looks fade u will still be cute !!
I think you were a cute kid.
I wish the people around you were kinder when you were growing up. Like you seemed inspired and fun even if you were figuring things out, and even the cow liked (and licked lol) you which probably means you have a good heart too! I would have thought you looked nice and would have been glad to be your friend assuming you're a kind person based on what I can gather from this. In any case you deserve to have good friends and a loving outlook on both your past and present self.
You ain’t anymore!
you are so beautiful!
May not be the ugly friend but you’re still the crazy friend (choker).
Yyyaaasss hunny. You look great
You did it right! I’d rather be hot a bit later than as a lil kid. Kudos!
Your gorgeous now
Dorks >>>
I think you could’ve been a little prettier when you were younger had you not been taking silly photos.. I think
Never thought you were ugly I'm that guy
Dang! Good for you! I really think I'm better off as a person for being the chunky awkward kid and not becoming attractive until I was a late teen. You look beautiful.
THE GLOW UP IS REAL. Girl you are beautiful!!
Just be yourself no need to slather yourself with makeup and shit. Prefer the natural beauty.
You definitely do not need all the filters.
If your friends told ypu that you were the ugly one, they are fucking horrible and ugly people, get away from them and get new friends
Holy crap. Good for you kid. 👍
You arent ugly in any of these pictures. Some of them may not be the most flattering face or angle but you certainly arent ugly. The natural picture you posted in one of the comments is one of your best. You dont need filters, just have some confidence and keep smiling!
Use the real photo. You’re a very cute girl. Don’t try to be “TikTok pretty”. Be natural.
Hottie now
My God ! You were a Diamond in the rough, congratulations 👏
👍
🥵🥵😍😍🔥🔥 that glow up
You look thick 🥵
Impressive ! Most impressive ! Things are not always as they seem when you are young. But when you get into your 20s ..wow !
Well the “ugly duckling” turned into a beautiful princess now didn’t she. You are gorgeous!!
I thought i was looking at Sydney sweeny for a second.
It’s the weight. You were really skinny before, but as an adult you have a fuller face it looks good on you. You look fresh and youthful.
I've given my nefus the best advice. Go for the slightly ugly ones in school. They always turn out hot
More of a glow up than anything
You were pretty the whole time you just learned how to put a lot of effort into beautification. Nothing wrong with that! Your natural pics are better to me.
To have true beauty is to truly love yourself so you can love others for who they really are
Glow up!!!
I’m gonna be honest, I don’t think there is such a thing as a beautiful 13/14 year old. Everyone at that age is drastically changing and is gonna come out looking WEIRD during the process.
I think a lot of Beaty is highly subjective (shocker) and many people are innately more attractive then they are led to believe. I think proper self-care and a healthy lifestyle can make a 6-7/10 into an easy 9-10
you are not ugly at all at any of those stages
No longer the ugly friend id say. Your hot af.
Good for you young girls do let nonsense get to them
well you showed em
True ugly ducking. However, your younger self was very cute and I know my younger self would have loved looking at you. I was too shy to approach girls when I was a young teen. Haha
You were never ugly. Awkward would be a better word. I saw your no-makeup pics, and, yes, big time glow up. But the photos you posted here look overly filtered. If not, I recommend a reduction in makeup because all you're doing is hiding your natural beauty. At least, that's my opinion. You know what they say about opinions.
You're actually really beautiful.
You are NoT ugly at all… any person would be lucky to have you
giving actress Zoe Levin
I was the victim of the same cruel evolution
you're beautiful!!! with the filters and without, i'm glad to see your confidence shining through!!!
more like glowing up. damn
Donnie Darko fan by chance?
Are you able to share any of your “glow-up” tips?
You look a lot better without a pound of makeup on your face.. referring to the more accurate picture you put in the comments.
i don't think you were ugly, you learned how to pose/smile naturally and let your beauty show.
Fucking hell. What a turn around.
You were my type when you were younger i liked girls with braces
You were never ugly
I think maybe some filters there. Best to just post legit pics and be proud if that's what you're attempting here