Beauty queen bullied for the colour of her skin crowned Miss Manchester 2024

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A woman who was bullied at school for the colour of her skin has been crowned Miss Manchester 2024. Vanessa Tendo Naddamba moved to Greater Manchester from Uganda when she was just nine-years-old with her mum and six siblings.

The 24-year-old, who lives in Droylsden, settled into UK life well and enjoyed mixing with other pupils at her primary school. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link But everything changed at secondary school where she was tormented for her ethnicity and colour of her skin by vile bullies. “My high school years have been a big part of my strong character today,” Vanessa told the MEN. “Being underestimated in terms of capability and being bullied for simply being different not only upset me, but definitely pushed me to work hard to get to where I am.

It made me reinforce my self-identity even more.” Vanessa was placed into the bottom sets for all her classes with ‘struggling students’ who needed extra support.

Knowing she belonged in the higher classes, Vanessa says it was hinted to her that she was there because of her background and where she had come from. “I did not really understand the significance of this until I got older,” Vanessa added. “Did it offend me at the time?