‘Basically, I’ve been bullied about my brows pretty much my whole life’: Here’s why we should listen

Australian influencer Sophia Begg has sparked a heated discussion online, but not for the reason she expected. A recent video of her hair transformation quickly turned attention to her eyebrows. Viewers immediately focused on the shape, size, and style of her brows rather than her fresh blonde highlights.

Begg, who goes by Sopha Dopha online, addressed the backlash in a follow-up clip, saying: ‘It has come to my attention just a little bit that some of you guys don’t love my brows.’

‘The other day I posted a hair transition … it was supposed to be about the hair … but you guys made your opinions very clear about the brows,’ she added.

The 21-year-old said she noticed the eyebrow discussion almost immediately and while she and her boyfriend found it ‘funny’, the comments still struck a nerve.

Childhood bullying shaped her insecurities

Begg revealed her insecurities about her eyebrows started from playground bullying.

‘I remember when I was in primary school I had like a raging monobrow – or a unibrow – and they just grew at such a rapid rate.’

Natural brows, not dyed

Her eyebrows are naturally much darker than her blonde hair, leading some to assume she dyes them.

By high school, the teasing became so relentless that she decided to shave her brows off and draw them in daily.

Professional help didn’t work

Begg described her brows as her ‘biggest insecurity’ and said they look like ‘huge slugs’ when styled upwards.

She explained she had previously gone to a professional to fix her brows after social media criticism, but she didn’t like the results.

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Online reactions and edited images

A follower once even edited a version of her face with thinner brows to show her how they ‘should’ look, but Begg said she didn’t like them.

She finished by saying she might one day regret how she styles her brows, but for now, she was happy with them.

Continued critique from fans

Despite her explanation, many fans continued to critique her brows.

‘Please see what we see,’ one commented.

Others questioned whether her eyebrow style was deliberate ‘rage bait’ for engagement, while some said they looked ‘crazy’ and ‘took over her whole face’.

Many were confused by her insistence that her brows were her biggest insecurity, yet she purposely brushed them up to appear larger.

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