Woman's Selfie Receives Thousands of Comments About Her Appearance, but She Refuses to Delete the Photo (Exclusive)

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Naomie Pilula is just like you. She works five days a week, goes to church on Sundays and enjoys getting her nails done. She loves fashion, her friends and her family, too. Like most, these everyday moments are reflected on her Instagram page, where she posts a few times a week. So imagine her surprise when a simple video about one of her favorite face masks drew comments like “is this AI?” and “is she using a filter?" After a while, Pilula realized they were talking about her physical appearance, but it wasn’t until the 37-year-old posted a selfie in June that she would be exposed to the depths of the internet’s nastiness.

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00:00because we always talk about love yourself love yourself but i don't think a lot of people like

00:04themselves and then there's a difference you can love yourself but then you sit down and you're

00:09like i don't really like me but also coming to a point where i can look in the mirror and say

00:15hmm i actually like me like dang like this is why i would put a selfie on because i'm like

00:23i look at myself and i'm like wow i look so good let me post this and so because of that um

00:32again because of where it's flowing from if it's flowing from my relationship with god and

00:36understanding who he is understanding who he's created me to be then what can people say

00:43there's nothing you can tell me right yeah so that that is that is the healing journey

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