A 50-year-old Japanese woman, who was mocked for being “ugly” as a child, has shunned cosmetic surgery and spent 13 years taking more than 30,000 selfies to study make-up, skincare and fashion.
The ridiculing left Kozue Sakurada with deep emotional scars, but her persistence has inspired countless people online.
A male classmate once stared at her and repeated the word “ugly” to her face 10 times.
Other boys even made up a parody of a children’s song to mock her large nose.
By her early…