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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.

Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.

It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.

Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.

It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

I think I was lucky in that I wasn't one of those girls who are told they are pretty the whole time. I never got that. Nor did I ever obsess about my looks as a teenager.

I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

I was never pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I was never quirky enough to be the quirky girl. Boys didn't look at me in high school and think I was the pretty girl.

I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking.