How can I feel pretty?

Question

I go to college with my two friends, and they are absolutely beautiful. I feel like the ugly duckling when I walk with them to places. I just want to hide! They were popular in high school, and I was not a loser, but I wasn't popular! It seems that everyone is always staring at them, and when they look at me they seem to think "Ugh, what is that ugly girl doing with THEM?" Help!

Answer 1

I had a similar feeling for a while. Then I figured out who I was and what I wanted to be. I also came to terms with what I cannot change and the good people of the world will like me regardless of how I feel next to other people. Its all in your head and I blame the media and stereotypes for how you feel. Try to see that you are just as beautiful as them, and its true, you are. I know that and I've never met or seen you. People might stare at them more because of what they wear or what other people have said behind their back. You worry too much about what others think and not enough about what you think.

Popularity and looks have little to do with beauty. I am happy in my skin, so I am gorgeous and anyone telling me otherwise hasn't opened their third eye. I've got modeling pictures to prove it too!

Answer 2

First off, don't compare yourself to them! Every person has different tastes - some people think certain types are great while others think the opposite!
Know your body and face type and stick with it!
If you were a princess, you wouldn't care about how other people were compared to you. You ARE a princess!
If you need a pick-me-up, go buy a cute outfit, do-up your hair, and go for a drive or a walk somewhere! Be feminine! Be yourself!

Answer 3

Even though they might be prettier it doesnt matter when you find the right man then he will love you for your personality and feel more confident i uset to feel like that but then i looked at my self in a different way and well i am sure there is someone in your college that is more ugly than you and when you feel down just look at them :D:D

i like mufukins answers answer haha

Answer 4

go tanning, get your hair done, get your nails done (fingers and especially toes), put on makeup that excenuates your features...get clothes that down plays your bad assest and up plays your good assests...if your overweight go to the gym and run...it gives you endorphans and makes your feel better just like that.....

But all in all...im sure that you are a beautiful girl, and just because you think these other girls are prettier than you who cares...guys that are initally attracted to girls that are beautiful like them only because they look good and they want to have sex with them...they never take the time to listen to them the way they would if they wanted to be friends....and once they get what they want they dont talk to the girl anymore....if you are beautiful in other ways guys will eventually see that and thats what they will love you for...and you will know that you arent getting used and that the guy really does care for you....

Take it from me...when guys look at me for the first time i dont think they're brain ever even gets to look at me...the only thing that see is their penis.

as long as your a cool chick, guys will love you! and probably pay more attention to you than the boreing pretty girl with nothing to say.

Answer 5

judging from your avatar, you are beautiful, so i hope dat you stop feeling that way real soon...and dont frown, you never know who may be falling in love with your smile. you may think they are prettier than you, but other people think you are the most gorgeous person in the world

a good fact to know is this: The root of feeling beautiful is self confidence, because even if you are big fat and ugly, if you have confidence, you are gonna get a lot of attention. Try it, CONFIDENCE works!!

good luck, beautiful!!

Answer 6

I really think it's the way you are carrying yourself. If people can see that you think you look good then things will change..Example- If you walk around with your friends thinkin "I bet they don't want to be seen with me" then you prob. have a frown on your face and look uncomfortable. If you walk around with those girls thinkin " Look at us fellas, don't we look pretty today" then you will have a smile on your face and you look happy. It's all about the way you carry yourself. I have a friend that is larger, and I'm no stick but she always says to me, " You have confidence in yourself, and I want that." Just try it, the next time you are all walking, just think to yourself that you look GOOD AS HELL today! You feel it
good luck

Answer 7

You might view your friends as absolutely gorgeous, and maybe they are.
But they must see something in you, too.
You must be awesome and cool friend and I am sure there is much more to you than looks.
Quit feeling awful.
Buy a new outfit.
Wear a new shade of eyeshadow.
Paint your nails a wild color.
Get your hair did.
Pampering yourself will make you FEEL pretty.

Answer 8

You're probably much prettier than you think you are, but the best advice is to "fake it til you make it."

Keep telling yourself that you're pretty, and keep acting like you are, and eventually you will actually come to believe it yourself. Confidence is one of the prettiest things on a girl. It actually changes the way people see you.

Answer 9

Concentrate on self-esteem. It is hard to feel the ugly one, but would like that kind of atention for your looks?

If yes, try the obvious: make-up, cloths and avoid flats. It should change something.

Answer 10

You have to gain a lot more confidence in yourself....if you don't see yourself as beautiful who else will. You need to carry yourself in a manner that makes you stand out....Stop hiding in your friend's shadow because I'm sure you're just as beautiful!