was noticed, but not for the reasons she ever wanted. “[Where I grew up] in Florida, if you're not tan when you're young, you're [considered] not pretty, not hot, not attractive," she tells Glamour while doing press for season two of the hit Netflix series, Fate: The Winx Saga (), where she plays lead character, Bloom. "Luckily I had a mom that's also a redhead, so she kind of got me through that [time].
A fake tan was my best friend; still is.”Even so, Cowen was bullied for her appearance. And while it hasn't been that long since Cowen was in school, she's hopeful beauty standards have become much more accepting for everyone.
Regardless, “you find the silver lining,” she says. "I am thankful for knowing how it feels to be picked on for being different.
It sounds so dumb now, but I feel like I have a really strong sense of empathy."In many ways, it prepared her to play the role of Bloom, a fairy who must learn to manage her perilous magical powers, who in seven action-packed episodes in season two comes more into her own and feels more confident with her magic. “We have new threats to the school this season…a new headmistress…[and] a new regime.
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