A soldier and beauty pageant winner has clapped back at those who claim her lip fillers are so big they will "endanger the entire platoon".
Georgie Goodey, from Billericay, Essex, won the Miss Essex beauty pageant in 2019 and went on to hold the title for three years. She now hopes to be crowned Miss Great Britain later on this year.
Unfortunately, 27-year-old Georgie claims that, for every complimentary comment she receives online, she has to deal with 10 critical ones about her physical appearance - with nasty strangers mocking her Botox and lip fillers.
Some have even gone as far as to suggest that her lip fillers should be classed a "national security threat", jeering that they make her "more visible to the enemy".
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Refusing to let the cruel remarks bring her down Georgie says such comments have taught her resilience and has now hit back at those who "hide behind pseudonyms and fake profiles".
Georgie said: "The biggest thing I had was the backlash against any of the work I've had done. I think for every one positive comment there were 10 negatives.
"Most of the time they were from people I don't know, a lot don't live in the UK and I imagine they have nothing better to do with their time.
"I had some really quite awful comments about the fact I'd ruined my face, that my dog is more attractive than me and that I shouldn't be in the military because of the work I'd had done on my face.
She continued: "I saw one comment that the enemy would see my lips before they saw me, so I would highlight the entire British military to the enemy because of the work I've had done to my face.
"They suggested I'd be more visible to the enemy because my lips are too big. They'd see my lips before they could see the rest of the platoon and I'd put everyone else in my platoon under threat. It's ridiculous".
Georgie attempts to rationalise the trolls' meanspirited behaviour by reminding herself "that most of the people making those comments have not chosen to put themselves out there", adding: "I've made a more conscious decision to put myself in a public space where I am going to be judged on how I look and behave".
She continued: "It's cowardly. I've not had anyone come up to me in the street and tell me they don't' like how I look or don't think I should do my job. If people hide behind pseudonyms or false profiles online, I think it says more about their character than it does about mine".
The beauty queen has previously had to contend with those who claim she shouldn't be able to compete because she'd had "too much work done". She also claims to have had her personal safety threatened after one person went as far as to reveal the military unit she was serving in.
"Some of the comments were more personal," she explained. "There were comments on there that spoke specifically about the military unit I was with at the time. I was so careful with my personal security that not only was it backlash, but it felt really unfair that somebody else could compromise my security because they wanted to be nasty.
"A lot of the backlash I had wasn't just superficial, it was against me being in beauty pageants and against me even doing my job as a soldier. It was hard not to take that personally, it's hurtful."
She added: "I've worked with many therapists over the last few years - both through the military and privately. My current sponsor for Miss Great Britain is also a psychotherapist and deals with a lot of women who have body dysmorphia or eating disorders.
"It takes a lot of time to learn to accept yourself and not just be comfortable with yourself, but with other people challenging that. I do get insecure and I do worry that I could be thinner, or prettier, but I think that's really normal. It's recognising that it's okay to feel like that and it doesn't take away from your worth as a human being".
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