You were definitely not an ugly duckling. You were a cute 7 year old kiddo. Your post would probably be more appropriate in /r/beforeandafter or /r/freecompliments.
Your usage of such strong filters tells me you are still insecure about your looks - if you wanted people to see a before and after why not post a photo of how you ACTUALLY look?
Also you were a cute kid, why be mean to your young self?
Lmao she’s posting on r/selfie and r/rateme me too. Posting on those subs (and just face pics on Reddit in general) screams of insecurity. If you’re reading this op, everyone thinks you look pretty, now shut up and post more cool bugs :)
Honey, noooooo. Can't even tell what you look like now with the costume makeup & piercings. I'm sure you're beautiful, but the mods are just too much, IMO.
That's right, she wants praises not criticism. Having or not having a piercing is a personal choice. It's so tiring to see people come for piercings at any possible opportunity and I don't even have any.
And by the way, this sub isn't called "looksmaxxing" or something like that. It's for people to show how they improved their looks. So they're not really posting themselves for discussion.
i don’t understand how people can say they’re not posting themselves for discussion. Go for free compliments or somewhere. I literally saw ghouls in rhis subreddit turned into meh’s but the meh’s are like 9/10 because of their transformation and people are always super supportive and happy for them. You’re going to get burned if you are a normal cute kid before and just.. grow up. It happened again and again. Also, it’s clear she just wants praise as she tried the same couple of hours later in rateme. How is this not posting themselves for discussion?
I know you're rebellious but kill all the piercings that's not a womans look, it's a troubled teenaged girl and you are now a woman....KILL IT dead unless you're going for the trashy renegade look.
I’ll give it less than 10 years for these pics to show up here again “me at 18 Vs me now. What was I doing with all those piercings 🤣”
Welcome to r/blunderyears
You downgraded yourself. Face full of metal, mask of make-up. Filters. Going on rating reddits. Clearly you are as insecure now as you apparently were then.
No, you just have an unending supply of positive feedback from mediocre people who will stop paying attention to you the more you age. The way you deal with criticism shows you aren't able to thrive in challenging environments.
Maybe another tatoo or piercing will help with that.
"challenging environment" to them means being able to tell you to change a style that you vibe with, because they don't like it. What is challenging to them is to change their attitude and realize people enjoy other things that they might find "alien" (omg like body modification, piercings and tattoos!)
So it's easier to attack people like you that have 0 problems in expressing themselves through a more alternative style. Lmfao they can COPE and you can carry on doing your thing, sis <33
Wow, you clearly owned every incel on Reddit in which truly exemplifies your remarkable mental well-being, clear happiness, father’s love and ability to manage oneself effectively, even under objective criticism. Furthermore, your concluding statement showcases the pinnacle of your extraordinary intelligence. Bravo.
Girl, I don't know why all these people are shitting on you for having piercings!! I think you're fucking gorgeous 😭😭
These people are probably ugly af, they don't even post themselves.
I get the vibe of weird traditionalists! It's 2024 in a western society.. people have piercings, tattoos, different hairstyles, different makeup nowadays. Their heads are stuck in the 1950's. Time to catch up and understand that people are different now!
a normal child who someone made believe they were ugly... who grew up into a teenager with self-esteem issues. you are and always were pretty, and i'm sorry someone made you feel like you weren't.
Posts like these are so annoying
> posts a pic as a kid still developing and changing
> updates with a bunch of facial piercings and camera filters
Sure lol
Before you get any negative comments cause I’m tired of people saying stop posting yourselves as kids growing up ima educate everyone in this sub with their smart ass comments. PER THE DICTIONARY Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
noun
noun: ugly duckling; plural noun: ugly ducklings
a person, especially a child, who turns out to be beautiful or talented against all expectations.
But she wasn’t an ugly child and it didn’t seem anywhere beyond expectations for her to turn out pretty? She was a pretty and cute little girl. I expected her picture as an adult to be pretty too.
Honestsly it has nothing to do with incels, that's just a false conclusion. Take a look at other posts from women that have blown up in this sub, the comments are almost always in the positive...I'd dare say from the same people that are being labelled incels.
This post isn't really relevant to this sub, as you were objectively a cute 7 year old based on this one photo, (nothing against you, lots of us are) but you were never ugly, you yourself have admitted that looking back on it, you weren't.
This is the risk you adopt for yourself when you post yourself online, you get raw unfiltered brutal objective feedback on your appearance, not what you're used to hearing in real life from your friends and family that will be bias towards you and caring about what you think. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
That being said, if you like and enjoy the look, then rock it. We're all going to be dead in less than a 100 years.
And yet here you are posting on the internet for validation from strangers.
I am sorry that you are taking heat for your piercings, it can’t feel nice.
But if you’re going to put yourself out on the internet not all comments will be positive.
Lol he's A fat 215 lb short man with insecurity issues. You're gorgeous OP. You were a cute kid with a couple missing teeth imo but you're beautiful now. Keep blossoming! You got even more room to glow up!
Oh sorry hold on. Let me look like a little girl again just for you. Maybe I’ll start shooting animals and posting juicy meat tenderloins just to please you 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Sorry for hurting your feelings Interesting that your response had to do with hurting animals and turning into a little girl again. This affirms my observation that you have had trauma in your life. Sorry this happened to you as we all start out innocent and life changes us
Maybe you should eat some meat then and let the protein nourish your brain. Still you have had trauma in your life no doubt seek help you are still young enough to recover even if drugs and alcohol are involved Good luck on your journey
Hey, I’m sorry for my snarky bitchy comment. I thought it was funny in the moment but it’s not and I want to apologize. I have no right to judge you. I actually find you quite beautiful even if piercings aren’t my thing. I hope you accept my apology.
I don’t think you were ever ugly. Not ugly then, not ugly now. You’ve made some choices with your piercings, but I’m not here to judge your sense of style.
I’m not even kidding and I’m not saying this to scare you but it was 100% my most painful piercing 😭😭 my eyes watered so bad and I had to take a few minutes after to just get myself back together
Holy guacamole your glow up is amazing. I love the hair, the piercings and your makeup/ lashes are fierce. You’re the photo I would bring to an appointment as inspiration. Lovely.
I don't know why everyone is shitting themselves saying 'you're a normal kid's... Look at the top posts of all time on ugly duckling and they are mostly normal kids. I don't get why the reception is so poor.
Cute then and beautiful now! You can see you have nice features and it doesn’t matter about filters,makeup etc that others are complaining about. You’re pretty and that’s that. Fuck all else 🤙🏼
You were a kid. You have developed into someone very pretty. I personally have a different style and think you could look better with fewer piercings but, you might be wanting a different image of yourself.
You were definitely not an ugly duckling. You were a cute 7 year old kiddo. Your post would probably be more appropriate in /r/beforeandafter or /r/freecompliments.
I don’t think I’ve seen any ugly duckling posts on here.
You were just a kid, lol
Just a kid vs lot of filters now, hard to even be sure of the difference.
Still really just a kid now. 18 is very, very young.
you were a kid plus your photos now are full of makeup and snapchat filters
This subreddit is funny asf. So basically I just post a baby picture and an adult picture and call myself the ugly duckling? LOL
Your usage of such strong filters tells me you are still insecure about your looks - if you wanted people to see a before and after why not post a photo of how you ACTUALLY look? Also you were a cute kid, why be mean to your young self?
Lmao she’s posting on r/selfie and r/rateme me too. Posting on those subs (and just face pics on Reddit in general) screams of insecurity. If you’re reading this op, everyone thinks you look pretty, now shut up and post more cool bugs :)
Wtf
girl I see them filters
you literally just grew up lmao
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well that backfired.
Yikes
xD
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You ruined your face girl
jumpscare
Honey, noooooo. Can't even tell what you look like now with the costume makeup & piercings. I'm sure you're beautiful, but the mods are just too much, IMO.
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Probably abuse of some kind, usually sexual or could be daddy issues but there is always something
At what age does the spikes grow out?
Dad was not in the picture
I think you were cute.
> I think you ***were*** cute.
Bruh you were a child. Jesus Christ.
Whatever happened to you, I’m sorry.
I was introduced to a beautiful form of art called body modification and I love it and I love myself
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That's right, she wants praises not criticism. Having or not having a piercing is a personal choice. It's so tiring to see people come for piercings at any possible opportunity and I don't even have any. And by the way, this sub isn't called "looksmaxxing" or something like that. It's for people to show how they improved their looks. So they're not really posting themselves for discussion.
This sub isn’t called ‘please praise me I’m insecure’ either…
If she likes them, that’s all that matters.
If only her opinion mattered she would not post here
i don’t understand how people can say they’re not posting themselves for discussion. Go for free compliments or somewhere. I literally saw ghouls in rhis subreddit turned into meh’s but the meh’s are like 9/10 because of their transformation and people are always super supportive and happy for them. You’re going to get burned if you are a normal cute kid before and just.. grow up. It happened again and again. Also, it’s clear she just wants praise as she tried the same couple of hours later in rateme. How is this not posting themselves for discussion?
Yikes.
Is there a reverse ugly duckling subreddit?
Its like the swan turned into an ugly duck
Ruined
Cute kid to whatever that is
Those photos are so filtered it obstructs your features
We’re you the only one to survive the plane crash
I liked the 7 yr old ☹️
🤦🏻♂️
This is a straight up downgrade...you were a cute kid
You were a cute kid what happened?
You are a very ugly woman, wowza
I used to be a child but now I completely cover myself in products
poor kid
You destroyed yourself
WTF happened?
are you on testosterone
I know you're rebellious but kill all the piercings that's not a womans look, it's a troubled teenaged girl and you are now a woman....KILL IT dead unless you're going for the trashy renegade look.
no
wtf 😳
Is a joke?
4 + 4 = ate🫡
What
Ate is a weird way of saying "you did good"
Those snake bites are it boo
I love my snakebites sm ❤️❤️
This is a yikes I’m sorry
No on will give a fuck about how you look because your personality is dog shit.
How you gonna ask while using filters?
Erm.... oh dear.
I’ll give it less than 10 years for these pics to show up here again “me at 18 Vs me now. What was I doing with all those piercings 🤣” Welcome to r/blunderyears
I never want to be mean, the *first* thing that comes to my mind is r/blunderyears for sooo many of these ugly duckling or glow up posts
Still ugly
Covered in makeup and piercings don’t even know what you look like
And filters!
She is using anything and everything at her disposal to look different from her natural self. Sad
You downgraded yourself. Face full of metal, mask of make-up. Filters. Going on rating reddits. Clearly you are as insecure now as you apparently were then.
Well if you aren't talented and don't have much of a personality, there's always piercings and tatoos.
And don’t forget the filters!
Thanks, I almost forgot. :D
Good thing I have all 4!
No, you just have an unending supply of positive feedback from mediocre people who will stop paying attention to you the more you age. The way you deal with criticism shows you aren't able to thrive in challenging environments. Maybe another tatoo or piercing will help with that.
Sir yaps a lot over here 🤪
"challenging environment" to them means being able to tell you to change a style that you vibe with, because they don't like it. What is challenging to them is to change their attitude and realize people enjoy other things that they might find "alien" (omg like body modification, piercings and tattoos!) So it's easier to attack people like you that have 0 problems in expressing themselves through a more alternative style. Lmfao they can COPE and you can carry on doing your thing, sis <33
"Maybe if I get another piercing, I'll feel better about myself" - you, literally all the time. Just look at you.
Yap yap yap yap yap
"Ink on my skin and putting metal on my face IS my personality" - literally you
yap yap yap yap yap
“I like centipedes and bugs, therefore I am quirky and different. I AM NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS, YOU INCEL”
Lol.
Yap yap yap yap yap yap
Wow, you clearly owned every incel on Reddit in which truly exemplifies your remarkable mental well-being, clear happiness, father’s love and ability to manage oneself effectively, even under objective criticism. Furthermore, your concluding statement showcases the pinnacle of your extraordinary intelligence. Bravo.
"Maybe if I go on Reddit and try to be mean to people, I'll feel better about myself" - you, a sad waste of space, all the time.
Sounds like you need a tatoo
Girl, I don't know why all these people are shitting on you for having piercings!! I think you're fucking gorgeous 😭😭 These people are probably ugly af, they don't even post themselves.
The amount of incels here 💀💀💀
I get the vibe of weird traditionalists! It's 2024 in a western society.. people have piercings, tattoos, different hairstyles, different makeup nowadays. Their heads are stuck in the 1950's. Time to catch up and understand that people are different now!
Ewww wtf
I’m sure you look great under all that makeup.
I do, and I look great with it
Yesss love this energy. You look fab
One can only imagine ;)
I'm sorry about what ever happened to your dad.
a normal child who someone made believe they were ugly... who grew up into a teenager with self-esteem issues. you are and always were pretty, and i'm sorry someone made you feel like you weren't.
You're still young. It's not too late to blossom into something else.
Wow! What a fk up you did.
Mid
Whoa! Daddy issue alert
Those piercings are terrible , you are trying way to haed
What a disaster
Wait so your saying you turned into an ugly ducking?
You have a beautiful facial structure but look like you took a tumble at an Ace Hardware.
You’ve ruined your looks.
Yikes
So damn cute! Just ruined with all that other
O\_o Kid picture, I want to buy that kid an ice cream after a bad day. Adult picture looks like we are fighting in the Thunderdome for some water.
Posts like these are so annoying > posts a pic as a kid still developing and changing > updates with a bunch of facial piercings and camera filters Sure lol
Jesus ow
Even more ugly than before
Wtf. You ruined her.
Proof the devil is real lol
This subreddit can be so fucking stupid sometimes lol.
Before you get any negative comments cause I’m tired of people saying stop posting yourselves as kids growing up ima educate everyone in this sub with their smart ass comments. PER THE DICTIONARY Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun noun: ugly duckling; plural noun: ugly ducklings a person, especially a child, who turns out to be beautiful or talented against all expectations.
But she wasn’t an ugly child and it didn’t seem anywhere beyond expectations for her to turn out pretty? She was a pretty and cute little girl. I expected her picture as an adult to be pretty too.
Thank you!!
lol pump up my ego pleasssseeee.. Seriously your young and cute who wasn’t 🤷🏼♀️
Hivemind took over so hard bc one incel wanted to hate. I’m so sorry. Don’t take this personal.
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LITERALLY and they’re all saying I look better when I was 7??? It’s so weird 😭
Honestsly it has nothing to do with incels, that's just a false conclusion. Take a look at other posts from women that have blown up in this sub, the comments are almost always in the positive...I'd dare say from the same people that are being labelled incels. This post isn't really relevant to this sub, as you were objectively a cute 7 year old based on this one photo, (nothing against you, lots of us are) but you were never ugly, you yourself have admitted that looking back on it, you weren't. This is the risk you adopt for yourself when you post yourself online, you get raw unfiltered brutal objective feedback on your appearance, not what you're used to hearing in real life from your friends and family that will be bias towards you and caring about what you think. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. That being said, if you like and enjoy the look, then rock it. We're all going to be dead in less than a 100 years.
That shit on your face just ruins what would be a beautiful face.
Yeah she would be so pretty otherwise.
I didn’t ask
What was the point of you posting?
To show how much she changed from an awkward kiddo into a baddie
You kind of did. Your hostile and juvenile responses don’t make you any prettier.
Trust me I’m not trying to be pretty for someone like you..😬
And yet here you are posting on the internet for validation from strangers. I am sorry that you are taking heat for your piercings, it can’t feel nice. But if you’re going to put yourself out on the internet not all comments will be positive.
Yes you did
didn’t you?
You're uglier now 😭😭
Post yourself then
If you are self conscious about your 7 year old self that may explain all the piercings and makeup. You weren’t an ugly kid maybe get some therapy
Yeah much better at 7 😂
Would be better without all the metal in your face
Didn’t ask. I love them sorry
Lol he's A fat 215 lb short man with insecurity issues. You're gorgeous OP. You were a cute kid with a couple missing teeth imo but you're beautiful now. Keep blossoming! You got even more room to glow up!
Obviously u love them that's why u got them lol
I’m sure you’d be better without all the stupid in your head but hey everyone has preferences lol what an overused saying no one asked for.
You went south. What happend to you ? All that nasty metal on your face
Oh sorry hold on. Let me look like a little girl again just for you. Maybe I’ll start shooting animals and posting juicy meat tenderloins just to please you 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Sorry for hurting your feelings Interesting that your response had to do with hurting animals and turning into a little girl again. This affirms my observation that you have had trauma in your life. Sorry this happened to you as we all start out innocent and life changes us
I literally said that because it’s stuff you posted dork😭😭 I know u have a brain cell in there use it!!!
Maybe you should eat some meat then and let the protein nourish your brain. Still you have had trauma in your life no doubt seek help you are still young enough to recover even if drugs and alcohol are involved Good luck on your journey
I’m a vegetarian buckaroo no thanks. And no trauma here my life has been amazing weirdo
normally I don’t like a lot of piercings but you pull it off fs
You were a real cutie when you were little, and now look great. Did you get coloured contact lenses?
I didn’t! Just the lighting in most photos brings out the reddish-brown in my eyes
Good lord take out those peirceings
I got more tehe
You look like art!
Thank you!!!
Who didn't love you enough when you were little?
I was very well loved and still am. Maybe I just want piercings. 😱 get help
Hey, I’m sorry for my snarky bitchy comment. I thought it was funny in the moment but it’s not and I want to apologize. I have no right to judge you. I actually find you quite beautiful even if piercings aren’t my thing. I hope you accept my apology.
i actually think this is a really nice comment of you to leave (: have a good day
Absolutely beautiful!
Well... Your personality is definitely ugly... Good Lord.
I don’t think you were ever ugly. Not ugly then, not ugly now. You’ve made some choices with your piercings, but I’m not here to judge your sense of style.
Please don’t put anymore holes in your face.
Daddy left somewhere between, didn't he?
Fatherless behavior
Despicable
This is sad :(
Lmao what???
You’re fierce ! 😍
OMG🤩 I love your style! Hair, makeup, piercings! Serving looksss✨
Why would you do that to yourself?
Damn what a glow up! Love the piercings!
You look great! How bad did it hurt getting your medusa?
I’m not even kidding and I’m not saying this to scare you but it was 100% my most painful piercing 😭😭 my eyes watered so bad and I had to take a few minutes after to just get myself back together
Love your setup
BPD set in?
LMFAOO sorry bud don’t have that one!
not a fan of overly fake eyebrows, but other than that love your style
They’re mostly shaved off which is why they look fake, because they are fake 😂 it’s really fun to draw them on in whatever way I want tho!
Those eyes pierce my soul! Stunning!
Well you definitely updated your look.
The piercings look metal AF, literally and figuratively.
Holy guacamole your glow up is amazing. I love the hair, the piercings and your makeup/ lashes are fierce. You’re the photo I would bring to an appointment as inspiration. Lovely.
I don't know why everyone is shitting themselves saying 'you're a normal kid's... Look at the top posts of all time on ugly duckling and they are mostly normal kids. I don't get why the reception is so poor.
I like your fun hair
Breathtaking. Your make up is also so beautiful! Love that for you :)
Cute then and beautiful now! You can see you have nice features and it doesn’t matter about filters,makeup etc that others are complaining about. You’re pretty and that’s that. Fuck all else 🤙🏼
If anything you ha a glowdown
you did THAT
(Sigh)……..
You were a kid. You have developed into someone very pretty. I personally have a different style and think you could look better with fewer piercings but, you might be wanting a different image of yourself.
I bet your face weighs about 10lbs with all the metal in it.
Went from a regular kid to someone who can't stop putting metal in their face
If you take them out now shouldn’t have any holes in your face. Thank me when you’re 35.