The internet can be a grueling place, especially when it comes to beauty.

Arianna Quan – also known as Miss Michigan – learned this the hard way when trolls online started calling her “ugly” for being an Asian-American Miss America contestant.

According to Cosmopolitan, the 23-year-old diva was born in Beijing, and became a naturalized American citizen at 14 years old after she moved to Detroit at the young age of 6.

Ever since she took home the medal for Miss Michigan in June, Quan’s been criticized in both America and China, by people who think she’s “unfit to represent the Chinese population” because she’s “ugly.”

Although the 23-year-old was at first hurt by the comments, she quickly overcame the shamers by rising above the insults.

Instead of taking the rude comments to heart, she started focusing more on her platform for the upcoming pageant. Her issue is “Being American: Immigration and Citizenship Education.”

In an interview with People, she talked about how she plans on taking the negativity she’s been plagued with and turning it into good:

My goal is to just drive the conversation in an important direction, because there are so many things we have to discuss about immigration and diversity in this country right now.

We admire your optimism, Quan. Never let the haters bring you down, and kick ass on Sunday at the Miss America pageant.

Source: http://elitedaily.com/news/haters-miss-america-arianna-quan-ugly/1605961/

But she's ugly .

Cadamlk:
But she's ugly.

no woman is ugly

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

Dis na exception o

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

Na so them dey deceive themselves... Smh

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

Eeeeh!!..... Okay! But she's not beautiful. Am i free to say that?

Hw she take win Miss Michigan pagent! With dis face!

she should be in her 40s.. are there no lesser ugly ladies in that Michigan? this one is very ugly.. with her slanted eyes and egg face..

She may be facially ugly, but i guess she was smarter than her co-contestants.

her face really scared me a bit there

Asian women re the most beautiful according to "statistics"

but she try o

Cadamlk:
Eeeeh!!..... Okay! But she's not beautiful. Am i free to say that?

yes

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

Who tell you?
Or should i say; Where do you get that impression from. My neighbour's wife ugly die.

my grandma fine pass am

the contest is"miss"not most beautiful they have different criteria they use in judging the contestants,but honestly I rarely see a woman this ugly when smiling

I think i like this woman.

Its the "sheep" standard of beauty. People only understand beauty based on what the media describes as beautiful

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

This one is very ugly.

Cadamlk:
But she's ugly .

Nobody is ugly.

AngelAhnie:
no woman is ugly

Babe, park one side, abeg.

Macmilla:

Bros, park one side, abeg.

E pain you?

AngelAhnie:
E pain you?

E pain me scatter o. With all these painted masquerade I see around, one is telling me no woman is ugly. Seriously? That is as good as saying no Nigerian politician likes money.

Macmilla:

E pain me scatter o. With all these painted masquerade I see around, one is telling me no woman is ugly. Seriously? That is as good as saying no Nigerian politician likes money.

You see my smiley right?