A young woman from Bremen, Germany, was born covered in birthmarks due to a rare skin condition. She was bullied relentlessly as a child, but she didn’t let cruelty bring her down. Instead, she focused on working on her confidence and on building a successful modeling career.
As she grew older, not only did the number of moles on her skin became more visible, but she started experiencing cruelty from her peers. “People called me names like ‘‘dalmatian,’ ‘ugly,’ ‘dirty,’ not ‘worthy,’” she explains in an interview with Barcroft TV. “I had to deal with bullying. I didn’t have many friends,” the young woman adds.
“Growing up with my condition was very hard. I had to just try and deal with the bullying and the depression that would come from that.”
The single mom describes her son, Milan, as “bubbly, cheeky, and a very happy baby,” per Barcroft. However, she did admit her pregnancy was a stressful time. While doctors assured her she couldn’t pass on the same skin condition to her son, she remained worried up until the day she gave birth. Marynevus recalls that as soon as her son was born, she “checked him over” to make sure he didn’t have the same birthmarks as she. And she was relieved that wasn’t the case.
During the interview, her father said that both he and his wife are “very proud” of all her achievements so far.
“I think beauty means diversity and beauty doesn’t come in one size, one color, one shape,” Marynevus says at the end of her awe-inspiring interview per Barcroft TV. “It comes in a variety of others. And I’m actually quite proud of the way that I look. I’m trying to show the real me, to be authentic. And I think that’s actually my own little personal key to success.”
