When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was the tallest guy in the school, and I was very conscious of being larger than anybody - classmates and teachers.
I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl.
I was always shouted at by my teacher because I would draw straight on the table in the school.
Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'
I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: 'You look really tired.' This was when I was being a bad kid and she knew that something was wrong.
People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something.
If people recognize me from 'The Vampire Diaries,' they just give me that look that's like, 'I think I know you. I think I saw you boxing in 1912, but I'm not sure,' because it was such a short-lived run.
I was bullied at school.
I was always the tallest girl in my class, and it made me have really bad posture because I wanted to seem shorter than I really was. It really reflected how I felt about myself. I spent most of my youth in school feeling really insecure about the way I looked because I was different.
My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.
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