For ‘pretty’ Felicia Czochanski it seems that there are fair too many of us that look at her beauty and the 20-year-old has written an article for Cosmopolitan magazine.
“Imagine how it feels to have heads turn and all eyes on you when you are simply trying to get to where you need to be,” she writes. “It doesn’t make me feel beautiful or sexy. It makes me feel like there’s something wrong with me. The scrutiny is never ending.”Felicia says she is a “girlie girl” who is “5-foot-5 (168cm) with blonde hair, big hazel eyes, 34DDs, and toned calves”. She likes to wear heels with a dress or skirt.
She says that her “beauty” meant that “people seemed to forget or simply ignore my accomplishments. They disregarded the fact that I’m an athlete, I’m intelligent, and I’m incredibly ambitious. Others did not bother to look past my appearance and actually get to know me, satisfied with the kind of person I looked like I could be.”
The attention made Felicia wear sports jerseys and over-size T-shirts, and attempt to bring up and brag about her achievements. On arriving in New York City, she realised that it was not her that needed to change.
Today, Felicia writes that she ignores catcalls to discourage the behaviour from being repeated.
“It also shows that I demand to be respected, both my body and my mind, because believe it or not, there’s more to me than just my looks,” she said.
On her LinkedIn profile, Felicia describes herself as a “driven college junior who aspires to be a magazine editor”.
She is working as an editorial intern for Good Housekeeping magazine.
Her article drew a largely adverse response from 70 comments at time of publication.
“Is it just me or is she really not that pretty??” a commenter posted to ‘20 likes.’
“I think you’re severely over-estimating people’s high opinions of you … “ another said.
“The point is there, but the tonality is all wrong,” shared another.
One other wrote: “As a professional writer, she should have a better understanding of how not to portray herself as a total brat.”