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Girl gave up hiding acne face with thick makeup to show real self

Girl gave up hiding acne face with thick makeup to show real self

Girl gave up hiding acne face with thick makeup to show real self

2018-01-04 13:29 Last Updated At:16:48

When girls try desperately to cover any tiny blemish on their faces, this brave teenager shows her face full of acne, without makeup! 

'It doesn't mean you can't be successful, it doesn't mean you can't be glamorous. Beauty is so much more than your face.'

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She used makeup to hide her acne.

She used makeup to hide her acne.

A US teenage girl said when she talked about cystic acne on her face. Hailey Wait, 17, has been plagued by skin problems since 11.

Hailey used to apply a thick layer of makeup to hide the red blemishes unless she would feel unconfident and insecure.

'I had a lot of people at school... give me dirty looks. They'd call me "pizza face" - you know, those generic acne terms.' She said.

Hailey also described the painful experience with her acne: 'Every time you bump into it or barely touch it or something it feels like your face is on fire.It was too painful. I remember one night crying in my bed because I was just in so much pain.'

She used makeup to hide her acne.

She used makeup to hide her acne.

The acne also hurt her mentally, she said: 'When my acne was at its worst I just felt like I was gross. It was red and splotchy and I just felt like a garbage can. I felt disgusting.'

But in recent months, Hailey decided to let her face breathe and stopped wearing makeup.

'I stopped wearing it because I just noticed it wasn't doing anything for me. It was only hiding me and I felt like every time I walked out of the door I wasn't being myself.

'I feel like I have embraced my acne by not hiding it anymore, and [now I] just kind of be real with myself and real with other people.'

Hailey even shared her bare-face selfies and her stories on social media, causing negative comments at first.

'I would get a lot of comments telling me to clean my face - as if I wasn't already doing that - and I would get loads and loads of acne advice, even though I never asked.

But as time goes by, Hailey's act prompted positive effects: 'I feel like I have influenced a lot of people that have insecurities in general by setting an example and showing that it's not the end of the world if you don't have the perfect skin.'

The acne blogger says she plans to keep daily bare face without cover up, and will only apply one on special occasions.

'I hope my story regarding acne really helps people to realise that just because you have these imperfections doesn't mean you are not amazing.'

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas announced Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl after they had entered the U.S. illegally.

The death of Jocelyn Nungaray was among several cases this year that became flashpoints in the debate over the nation’s immigration policies. Nungaray’s mother campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump, calling for better control of the border in the wake of her daughter’s death.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said her office would file an official court notice later Friday that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26. Each man has been charged with capital murder for Nungaray’s June 16 death. Martinez-Rangel and Peña each remained jailed on $10 million bonds.

“Jocelyn’s murder was as vile, brutal and senseless as any case in my tenure as district attorney,” Ogg said in a statement. “And it was made worse by knowing that these two men were here illegally and, had they been held after being captured at the border, they would never have had the opportunity to murder Jocelyn and destroy her family’s future.”

A new district attorney, Sean Teare, will take over prosecuting the case as Ogg lost her reelection bid in November and is set to leave office at the end of the month.

Daniel Werlinger, one of Peña's attorneys, said in an email that prosecutors had already notified defense lawyers last month about the decision to seek the death penalty.

“Today’s announcement by the outgoing District Attorney is old news,” Werlinger said.

Emails were sent seeking comment from attorneys for Martinez-Rangel.

Prosecutors allege the two men kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled the girl before leaving her body in shallow water below a bridge. Her body was found in a creek on June 17. A medical examiner concluded she had been strangled.

Martinez-Rangel and Peña had been arrested near El Paso by the U.S. Border Patrol after entering the country without documentation. Both were released and given notices to appear in court at a later date. Martinez-Rangel was apprehended by Border Patrol in March and Peña in May.

Republicans used Nungaray’s death and other cases in which immigrants who entered the country illegally were accused of committing violent crimes to criticize how President Joe Biden managed the U.S.-Mexico border during his administration. In another case, Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.

Trump has alleged that migrants have caused skyrocketing crime rate. Multiple studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.

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FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump comforts Alexis Nungaray and Joamel Guevara, mother and uncle of Jocelyn Nungaray, during an event along the southern border with Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump comforts Alexis Nungaray and Joamel Guevara, mother and uncle of Jocelyn Nungaray, during an event along the southern border with Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - Franklin Pena, one of the two men accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led out of the courtroom after bail was set for $10 million, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

FILE - Franklin Pena, one of the two men accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led out of the courtroom after bail was set for $10 million, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

FILE - Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, one of the two men accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led from the courtroom by deputies on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

FILE - Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, one of the two men accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led from the courtroom by deputies on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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