Adwoa Aboah Quotes

I know I was not the hottest chick at school!

I'm not that good looking.

I get kinda self-conscious. I don't want to know about my eyebrows. I'm born with them.

I hate myself because I am not beautiful.

I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse.

I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.

Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time when so many of life's little horrors begin.

If you are ever wondering, 'If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair will I be happier?' you just need to meet a group of models because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes and they're the most physically insecure women on the planet.

I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough.

I don't feel body confident at all! Anything but, actually.

High school was hard for me. I tried really hard to fit in and said the things I thought people wanted to hear. But I was unsure of myself. I was self-conscious, and I didn't really know my place or where I fit in.

I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.

I guess my friends probably think I'm one of the lamest when it comes to doing stuff.

Everyone is insecure, especially in high school.

From childhood, I grew up with a lot of apprehensions about my body and appearance. I was skinny, had acne on my face and suffered from an inferiority complex; I thought I was the ugly duckling in my school and college.

I wouldn't get asked to dances because I wasn't as petite and cute as the other girls.

Miss India actually made me feel small.

I feel like, especially being around other girls, it's really easy to start picking yourself apart and being like, 'Wow, she looks better than me.'

I was really self conscious as a kid, I felt terrible - like a prisoner in my own body.

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

I was fortunate to have had a lively, happy childhood, but somewhere along the way I convinced myself I wasn't wanted anywhere or by anyone if I wasn't thin.

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.