A beauty influence has been told to kill herself and was accused of lying about her looks after sharing selfies which show her with and without make-up.
Victoria Katei, 19, who has 52,000 followers on Instagram, shared the two photographs last week after someone else posted one of her make-up free selfies online.
Katei, who is also a chemistry student and lives in Houston, Texas, reposted it along with one of her signature made-up looks to address the trolls.
‘Accounts have been posting pictures of me with make-up versus no make-up telling me I’m a catfish and that I’m hideous.
Victoria Katei, 19, says trolls told her to kill herself and accused her of lying about her looks after she posted these photographs showing her with and without make-up
‘People in the comments telling me to kill myself because I’m lying about my looks. Telling me that no one will love me because I’m so ugly and have to cover my “real face,”‘ she said.
Katei hit back at claims from trolls that she was trying to ‘catfish’ her followers by posing as someone she was not, saying: ‘I love the way I look in makeup and out of makeup.
‘I don’t wear makeup to hide or to “catfish” people because I don’t give a s**t what any guy or girl has to say about what I look.
‘Makeup is a passion of mine and this is the platform I choose to express that and if you don’t feel like that feel free to unfollow because I’m never going to apologize for being me.’
Trolls posted Katei’s two photographs online along with cruel comments about the difference
Another Twitter user asked others to comment on the different looks. They said ‘I see why some men are turned away from makeup’
Trolls feasted on the two photographs and some reposted it again.
One Instagram user who shared the contrasting images wrote alongside it: ‘This is what make-up can do. Scary,’ along with a vomiting emoji.
‘This the reason I got trust issues…for now on y’all females first date gonna be with me at a pool so I can see the real you,’ they added.
Another said: ‘Make-up is one thing. This b**** created a mask.’
Katei, who is a chemistry student, was also accused of using make-up to lighten her skin
Katei hit back at the trolls, saying her different look was down to green eye contact lenses, lighting and clever make-up
The 19-year-old dismissed the insults and said she looked and felt ‘great both ways’
‘Has a guy ever gotten mad when he saw you without it?’ asked another.
In earlier posts, the woman was accused of trying to lighten her skin with pale foundation.
Critics claimed it did not match her natural skin color and admonished her for it.
Katei addressed those insults too and insisted the change in appearance was down to lighting.
She also added green contact lenses.