Disturbing trend as schoolkids post videos asking strangers: 'Am I ugly?'
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In the YouTube videos, 11, 12, 13 and 14-year-olds reveal their anxieties about their looks and ask viewers for reassurance.
But instead of being comforted, the youngsters are attacked by notoriously cruel online commentators.
The worrying trend has mushroomed of late, though the videos first started appearing two to three years ago.
One video, uploaded by sgal901, sees a pretty young blonde asking whether she is ugly and posing in a selection of photographs.
Her film has been watched more than 3...
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