#MissUniverse Egypt graduated with the highest honors from Ain Shams University. Learn more about her ➡️ https://t.co/v6tPB0k6p0 pic.twitter.com/f09kYW8Btl — Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) November 20, 2017 Miss Egypt Farah Sedky, 23, may win the title of Miss Universe tonight, but only a few years prior she was considered a “morbidly obese” teenager at almost 100 kg, and battling vicious bullying by her classmates. The promising pageant contestant and graduate of Ain Shams University says that students at her high school would incessantly taunt her about her weight. “Growing up in an all-girls school wasn’t the easiest. I was brutally bullied and to the point that I was once beaten by one of my peers,” Sedky said in an interview with PEOPLE. “To this day, I still remember her looking down at me on the ground and saying, ‘I’d love to wake up tomorrow and not see you at school, no one will miss you if you’ll be gone forever,’” she added. Her weight reached 99 kg by the age of 15, and her doctor informed her that if she were to continue her harmful eating habits, she would become diabetic within…
Miss Egypt Competes in Miss Universe, Opens Up About Being Bullied as a Teen
November 26, 2017
