Evangeline Lilly Hated Herself Because She Was Beautiful

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Saturday, April 15, 2006

Evangeline Lilly had a traumatic teenage period because she was just too damned pretty and all the boys wanted her.

Lost star Evangeline Lilly was so uncomfortable with her beauty when she was a teenager she would plead with God to make her ugly. The Canadian actress had been a tomboy for most of her childhood but when she turned 16, she suddenly blossomed into a stunning young woman. She explains, “I spent many nights crying myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because of the way men leered and disrespected me, because they assumed things about my mental capacity or my physical willingness based on the way I looked.”

The star become so uneasy with the unwanted attention that it drove her to quit her job as a waitress, which helped her pay for her college education. She adds, “I felt like a whore. You feel like they’re paying to stare at your a*s when you’re walking away from the table.”

She thinks no one is looking at her ass now? There are plenty of photos of her ass all over the Web. For example: