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Description: By Hailie | Subscribe: bit.ly/sub2storybooth Ever since Hailie was little, she came from a family with big lips. She comes from a Black family, and it was totally normal for her relatives to have bigger lips, so she didn't see anything weird or wrong with it. However, when she went to middle school, everything changed. The majority of the kids she went to school with were white, and they treated her differently for the way she looked. They would say horrible things to her every day at school - they would call her a monkey, say she was from the jungle and yell that she belonged in a zoo. All the mean comments started to bother Hailie, and the mean kids made her insecure about her lips. At lunch, they would scream that she should have plastic surgery. When she went home, all Hailie could do was cry. One time, Hailie told her mom that she wanted plastic surgery because she didn't like her lips. Hailie's mom told her that she was beautiful and that she should be proud of her lips, but it wasn't easy for her to take her mom's advice. She went on YouTube and looked up a beauty tutorial on how to make your lips look smaller. She learned how to line her lips, and she went to school with a new outlook. She proudly walked down the hall with her smaller lips, and she wanted everyone to see. But one of the mean kids pointed out that she put makeup on her lips, and people started laughing. She ran to the bathroom and started crying. During recess, the mean kids had big jugs of water and started throwing it at Hailie. All of a sudden, her makeup started smudging and coming off. She was so embarrassed and sad. Hailie ran to the principal's office, called her mom and got picked up. For the next week, the mean kids stopped bothering Hailie. During that time, she started to look at all the beautiful Black women on social media. She started to identify with them and realize that she should be confident. She started to believe what her mom said - her lips made her beautiful. When the mean kids at school eventually started teasing her again, Hailie had a totally different outlook. She responded to their mean comments by telling them that she loved who she was. They were left speechless! Before Hailie's newfound confidence, she used to say to herself, "Why do they make fun of my big lips?" Now, she is proud of who she is, and she hopes that anyone else that is going through a similar situation knows how special and unique they are. Record your story @ storybooth.com or our iPhone app for a chance to get animated. ______ What's your true story? storybooth wants to hear it! LINKS: Website: storybooth.com Instagram: @thestorybooth instagram.com/thestorybooth If you liked this storybooth storytime (story time storybook story booth) animation watch our themed parity playlist collections full of true stories: Being Yourself: goo.gl/89enEN Love and Heartbreak: goo.gl/mfaoKw Embarrassing and Funny: goo.gl/5GjxrW Bullies and Mean People: goo.gl/THS3LB Overcoming Challenges: goo.gl/pbxRa9 #storybooth #noscripts #novoiceactors