I’ve got a massive unibrow – trolls turn on me and tell me to die but I don’t care… I think it looks amazing
A MODEL challenging society’s perception of beauty by sporting a thick unibrow has opened up on the cruel comments she receives on a daily basis.
Sophie Hadjipanteli, who is the founder of the #UnibrowMovement, uses her social media platform to preach being body positive.
Instead of going with the grain, Sophie encourages her half a million followers on Instagram to embrace their beauty in whatever shape and form it comes in.
The Greek Cypriot American, 26, is a model and has worked with the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier, Louboutin, Hugo Boss and Valentino.
But many have shared their dislike over her unibrow and the message she’s trying to spread, with some even telling her to die.
Sophie explained that she pays no attention to the awful messages she receives “every single” day as she’s become “desensitised”.
This is, in part, because she was bullied in school as she explained how that experience hurt her more than words on a screen.
Speaking to the Daily Star, the beauty said she doesn’t keep track of them any more either and rejects their opinions.
“I think for many trolls, it bothers them to see me do something they could never do because of how conditioned they are to one form of beauty,” she told the publication.
“People tell me to die so many times online, which is sad…”
Explaining that she loves the way her unibrow looks and believes it’s beautiful, she continued: “I don’t do this for attention; I do this because I like how it looks.
“I don’t think it is anyone else’s place to try to disrespect me into changing.”
And while trolls think they’re getting her down with their comments, it’s actually achieving the opposite as Sophia said she wants to be “more out there” in a bid to give the haters “something to be annoyed about”.
Sophia has her parents to thank for her ability to accept beauty outside of the norm and having carved out a successful career from her movement.
And now that it has grown to such an extent, she doesn’t plan on stopping, either.
“I could never give up,” she explained. “I owe it to little me to keep trying to show the world you don’t have to fit in to be cool.”