\nThere are certain things that we can\u2019t change about our appearance, and our height is one of those things. Although you can make yourself taller by wearing heels, there\u2019s no way to make yourself taller or shorter permanently. You just have to live with it. However, one teenager found it hard to live with her height. She was taller than everyone else in her class, and her bullies wouldn\u2019t let her forget it. Now, those bullies will find it hard to forget her name and how far she has come in the last few years.
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\n[post_page_title]Out of your control[\/post_page_title]
\nWe live in a world where it\u2019s quite easy to change your appearance. You can dye your hair, you can buy certain clothes, and you can even have plastic surgery. Yet, one thing that\u2019s out of control is your height. You simply have to live with being tall, being short, or being somewhere in the middle.
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\nWhile one girl tried to live with her impressive height, she soon realized that it gave her bullies endless ammunition for torment. She has since clapped back in an incredible way and has quickly put her bullies to shame.
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\n[post_page_title]The teenager in question[\/post_page_title]
\nHowever, to truly understand this story, we need to learn a little more about the teenager in question. Aeva Andersson is 19 years old and lives in County Donegal, in Ireland. Standing at 6ft 2ins, or 6ft 7ins in heels, she has always been taller than those around her.
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\nAs a youngster, she tried to be proud of her height, but haters and trolls soon brought her back down to earth and pushed that pride out of her. After years of torment, she realized that she couldn\u2019t let them get away with it.
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\n[post_page_title]Childhood dreams[\/post_page_title]
\nWe all have childhood dreams that we hope will come true, and Aeva was no different. She had always dreamed of being a model, and she could think of nothing else. She wanted to walk some of the biggest runways in the world, and she wanted to show off her beauty and her height to those in the business.
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\nAfter showing her height at an early age, those around her knew that she was certainly tall enough to make it in the industry. She wanted to make that dream a reality, but she soon realized it wasn\u2019t going to be easy.
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\n[post_page_title]Always the tallest[\/post_page_title]
\nWe all grow at different rates throughout our lifetime, but Aeva\u2019s family knew from a young age that she was going to tower over the rest of the world. By the time she was just 13 years old, she was already taller than most of the people around her.
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\nHer friends and family knew that her growth spurt was not over, and they couldn\u2019t even imagine that she would one day stand at a staggering 6ft 2ins. However, when she was a young teen, Aeva didn\u2019t see this height as a disadvantage. She saw it as an asset.
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\n[post_page_title]Helping her career[\/post_page_title]
\nBecause she had always been obsessed with the idea of modeling, Aeva knew from a young age what she needed to make it big in the modeling world. Most importantly, she needed height.
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\nAeva thought that her height would stand in her favor – but she soon discovered that modeling agencies only really like their tall models to be fully-fledged adults. When she tried to break into the modeling world as a young teenager, she was constantly told that she was too tall. In fact, she was often called a \u2018plus-size model\u2019 because she towered over everyone else.
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\n[post_page_title]Shattered confidence[\/post_page_title]
\nBeing labeled as a \u2018plus-size model\u2019 shattered Aeva\u2019s confidence, because she didn\u2019t consider herself to be plus-size. She was tall, but she was also very thin. No matter how hard she tried to score herself modeling work with an agency, she just didn\u2019t have any luck.
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\nThe agency lost confidence in her ability to book jobs, and they began to question whether she really was right for a career in the modeling world. As she could see their confidence in her wane, she began to lose confidence in herself. Maybe she just wasn\u2019t cut out for being a model?
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\n[post_page_title]Life at school[\/post_page_title]
\nUnfortunately, her height was also an issue at school. While she could bear the burden of not booking any modeling jobs at such a young age, she struggled to ignore the harsh taunts of her schoolmates.
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\nBy the time she reached her early teens, Aeva was already taller than all of her classmates, and even some of the teachers. She already felt like an outsider, and this was not helped by the fact that the boys and girls in her classes didn\u2019t let her forget the fact that she was different.
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\n[post_page_title]A monster[\/post_page_title]
\nAs she walked down the school corridor, Aeva was called names and picked on. She was called a \u201cmonster,\u201d and she was taunted for her height. There was no way for her to hide just how tall she was, and she felt as though she had no other option.
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\nShe had to deal with the taunts because there was no other way out. Although she would tower over her classmates in school photos, she felt as though she was small enough to be stepped on when those in her school would belittle her. Her dreams of becoming a model seemed to be slipping away from her.
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\n[post_page_title]Always left out[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough Aeva did have a few friends she could count on, she always felt as though she was different. Because of her height, she just couldn\u2019t live like a normal child or teenager. While her friends were being asked to school dances, she would stand on the sidelines without a date to her name.
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\nThe boys in her school were scared and intimidated by her height, and they largely avoided her. This meant that she never had a real boyfriend or even just a boy who had a crush on her. Her confidence was waning every single month.
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\n[post_page_title]Trying to embrace it[\/post_page_title]
\nAeva knew that there was nothing she could do about her height. She was born that way, and there was absolutely no way to make herself smaller. She knew that she could either embrace her height, or she could allow it to rule her life.
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\nAeva made a conscious decision to try and embrace the 6ft-plus that she had been gifted and tried to live a life that was as normal as possible. So, when she was old enough to go on a night out with her friends, she would don a pair of heels so she could be just like them.
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\n[post_page_title]Breaking her heart[\/post_page_title]
\nThe youngster knew that she would tower over everyone else in the club when she wore her heels, but she wanted to prove that she was not so different from her friends. She hoped that people would let her simply go about her night without calling her names, but she was not lucky enough for that to happen.
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\nAs she walked through the dance floor, she could hear the hushed tones of those who would comment on her height, or call her names. They were nothing she hadn\u2019t heard before, but they still hurt.
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\n[post_page_title]Big dreams[\/post_page_title]
\nAeva knew that she was a little taller than the average person, but she wondered why this gave people the right to be so mean to her. She was just like anyone else, and she had hopes and dreams like anyone else.
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\nAlthough she developed a thick skin to ward off the haters, she still struggled to remember where she wanted to go with her life. She had wanted to be a model, but did she still want to enter that world? Would she be tormented in this field, too? Would she even find any work? She was about to find out…
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\n[post_page_title]The call of a lifetime[\/post_page_title]
\nDespite all of the hate that she had received over the course of her lifetime, Aeva knew for a fact that she still wanted to be a model. She would give it one more go, and she hoped that a few years\u2019 experience would allow her the chance to show off her talent.
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\nHer hard work and her determination paid off when she was offered the chance to sign a modeling contract with the Models of Diversity agency. Her height was the exact reason why they wanted her on their books, and she was finally being celebrated for her height.
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\n[post_page_title]She doesn\u2019t care[\/post_page_title]
\nNow that she knows her modeling agency are proud and intrigued by her height, Aeva\u2019s confidence has soared. She has learned to forget all of the negative comments that have been thrown her way, and she has learned to embrace what she has been gifted with.
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\nShe now doesn\u2019t care if she scares people away or they call her names because she is proud of the fact that she has her height. It\u2019s what makes her different, and it\u2019s what makes her stand out of the crowd. That\u2019s something she is going to see as a positive.
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\n[post_page_title]Wearing her heels[\/post_page_title]
\nIn fact, Aeva now wears her heels every time she goes out. After receiving so many negative comments from those around her when she went out in these shoes, she felt as though she couldn\u2019t wear them any longer.
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\nHowever, she now knows that she shouldn\u2019t stop wearing things that she wants to because she is worried about what other people will think about her. She has noted that she \u201cdoesn\u2019t care\u201d if she scares people with her height any longer because she knows that her height is not scary. To her, it\u2019s normal.
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\n[post_page_title]A real model[\/post_page_title]
\nAeva is glad that she has ignored the taunts from those around her because it\u2019s this strength that has allowed her to become a real model and achieve her dream.
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\nShe is now signed to an agency, she is being celebrated for something that she once thought was a disadvantage, and she is working with some of the biggest brands in the world. She has participated in countless modeling campaigns, and she\u2019s even had her chance to walk down the runway. It\u2019s everything she could have ever dreamed of.
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\n[post_page_title]A social media following[\/post_page_title]
\nThe teenager is now incredibly proud of how far she has come, and she can\u2019t help but show off this success on social media. With nearly 2,000 Instagram followers to her name, Aeva has been able to rack up a huge number of fans who are interested to watch her career grow.
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\nShe posts professional modeling shots on her feed, and they are all absolutely stunning. However, she also wants to show her fans that she is just an ordinary teenager with a normal life and normal friends.
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\n[post_page_title]Young love[\/post_page_title]
\nAs if her new career move wasn\u2019t impressive enough, Aeva has also managed to secure her first boyfriend. Although the boys that she used to go to school with were once afraid of her height, it seems as though her confidence has shone through.
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\nNow that she is not afraid to show off her height, those around her are not afraid to embrace it. She has found a man who loves her for who she is, and it just so happens that he\u2019s taller than her! With him standing at 6ft 4ins, they are the perfect match.
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\n[post_page_title]Forever thankful[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough she is now well on the way to becoming a successful model, Aeva is still incredibly humble. She does not hide her past from the world, and she is incredibly open about her struggles as a youngster.
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\nWhile height is not something that you can control, she once wished that she could make herself smaller so she could fit in with the rest of the world. Now, she thanks her height every single day, because she would not be the person she is today without it. It\u2019s made her who she is.
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\n[post_page_title]Patience is a virtue[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring an interview with The Daily Mail, Aeva noted that she will always be proud of herself for not giving up on her dreams. She had always wanted to be a model, and although she had a few blips along the way, she eventually realized that she did have what it takes to make that dream a reality.
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\nShe confessed that \u201cpatience is a virtue,\u201d because if she didn\u2019t have patience, she would have given up a long time ago. She would have also given in to the bullies and let them win.
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\n[post_page_title]An amazing story[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s no secret that Aeva\u2019s story is an amazing one. After being bullied and cast aside for her height, she has since made it her strength. She has been able to create an impressive career for herself, and she has been able to prove to her bullies that she is more than the names that they used to call her.
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\nShe is a strong and independent woman who is now praised for being taller than most, and her beauty is going to get her incredibly far in life. Now, those bullies are probably jealous of the girl they used to bully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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