"I'm ugly and no makeup helps": how unattractive appearance has ruined a woman's life

Although the saying goes: "Don't be born beautiful, but be born happy," in life everything is often completely different. 46-year—old Shona Sibary is a journalist and blogger. She openly talks about how unattractive appearance has affected her life. And although the woman has a family and three children, she still suffers from an inferiority complex and dreams of waking up beautiful one day. Read the heartfelt story of the heroine, who does not shine with beauty, further in our material.

Until the age of five, Shona Sibari did not think about how appearance could affect her life. Everything changed when the girl went to school. Shona was born with a large mole that covered her right eye. This formation was removed, but it took several years for the eye to start opening normally. In addition, the girl's two front teeth protruded strongly, which is why her classmates constantly teased her. Unfortunately, for 40 years, little has changed in the attitude of society towards women.

Now the British woman is 46 years old, but she still looks at her reflection in the mirror with pain. The woman is sure that it was an ugly face that spoiled her fate. Shona agrees with the results of a study by American scientists who claim that beauty gives a higher chance of moving up the career ladder, helps to easily make friends, study better and is even able to cause mitigation of the defendant's punishment during court proceedings. The woman is sure that she would have been much happier if she had been born prettier.

Shona was born to beautiful parents. Her father worked as a model in the 60s, and her mother was like Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh. As a child, my grandmother used to say: even if the granddaughter did not inherit her mother's bright appearance, she might have a strong character. Such words hurt the girl. It was hard for her to find friends. Shona dreamed that one day she would turn from an "ugly duckling" into a beautiful swan, but this, unfortunately, did not happen.

Even as a child, the British woman felt that her mother was dissatisfied with her appearance. She probably expected her daughter to look like her. As a teenager, Shona suffered from a lack of attention from guys. Therefore, the girl decided to communicate with older men.

As a result, she lost her virginity with her father's friend, who was over 50, and then began living with a 42-year-old farmer. Despite the fact that she had to milk the cow every morning, Shona was glad that she was finally not alone.

The woman tried to convince herself that she looked extravagant, but, studying her features, she did not find anything interesting in her appearance. Makeup and fashionable clothes also did not help to correct the situation. Shona often feels invisible: passersby seem to be looking through her. Nevertheless, she finds advantages in this. An ugly face makes you work more on your personality and compensate for the lack of external attractiveness with intelligence, benevolence and a sense of humor.

Now the Briton is married to a 54-year-old Whale, who loves and appreciates her, no matter what. The woman has three daughters, who, to her surprise, were born real beauties. They are the complete opposite of it.

Shona admits that sometimes she doesn't know how to raise her daughters. She can't give them advice on how to behave with men, because she had no experience with the opposite sex in her youth. Despite the fact that the years are passing, and it would have been necessary to accept herself a long time ago, the British woman is still thinking about how her life would have turned out if she had been born with a beautiful face.

Unlike Shona, many "ugly ducklings" manage to transform. Here are amazing examples of how people change over time.