Fifteen-year-old August Lamm posted a picture of herself on the r/amiugly subreddit with the following caption:
15/f and curious what people think. I’ve never been a popular girl and I don’t get much attention from guys. My teeth are kind of wonky but I’m getting Invisalign tomorrow.
“I would make another post the following year, then again at eighteen, to see if I’d gotten any prettier,” she would write in 2024, reflecting on the experience. “I sought feedback in other ways too, on other platforms. I posted photos, drawings, collages, songs, videos. I wanted so badly for something to take off, go viral, launch me into notoriety.”
Lamm would soon find what she’d been seeking. In her early twenties, people took notice of her artistic talent. As fans responded to her intricate pen-and-ink drawings, her Instagram account exploded, gaining more than 175,000 followers.
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