Mikayla Nogeuira is responding to viral claims that she uses filters and effects on her videos.
The 27-year-old TikTok beauty influencer and POV Beauty founder spoke out amid viral videos claiming that she looked drastically different on the red carpet of the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special premiere earlier this month.
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In a candid video posted on Monday (March 30), Mikayla addressed speculation online that she uses beauty filters or edits her content in a certain way to alter her appearance in order to deceive her viewers.
“This is the last time I am ever going to speak on this because it is a dead end conversation. We’ve talked about it for the last six years and I’m just ready to put it to bed. But quite frankly, the real reason I’m making this video is because I’m tired of my name constantly being lied on and I can never defend myself,” she began.
“And I’m just done with that. Obviously, this video is about my looks, my appearance, what I present online versus what is seen in public out in the wild. Now, I have said so many times that I do not film my videos with filters, and I will f–king die on that hill,” she went on to say.
“I am filming in the TikTok app as we speak. There is zero filter on my face right now. Nothing. No beauty mode, no face altering filter. I don’t even have lights on. I’m just sitting in front of a window on a cloudy day and this is what I look like. Okay?”
“And I am aware that many people watching this are not gonna believe a f–king word I just said. And I don’t give a f–k. I do not give a f–k if you don’t believe what I just said, because it has nothing to f–king do with me, and it’s none of my f–king business what you think about me, okay? I have filmed front camera on the TikTok app for six f–king years, and this is what I Look like. And there is nothing I can do about the fact that you think I look different in person,” Mikayla continued.
“I am filming on an iPhone camera with a front camera lens, which has somewhat of a fish eye, somewhat of a slimming angle to the face, okay?” she continued.
“Now, when I was on the Hannah Montana carpet. I look f–king hideous in that Entertainment Tonight video. That’s just a fact, okay? I look terrible in that f–king video. But any other videos you see of me at the event that were filmed by influencers or with influencers, I don’t f–king look like that video. Like, I don’t know what happened there, but people took that video and just ran with it. That that’s what I really look like. I look f–king terrible in that video,” she said.
“I don’t even recognize myself in that video. Anyone who’s met me in person knows that this is what I look like. This is what I look like. And again, I cannot do anything about the fact that you saw a hideous video of me on the internet and you have come to the conclusion that I am lying about the way I look and that I use filters and that there’s a face altering whatever on my video,” Mikayla said in response to the reactions online.
“The problem I have with all of this is this lie that I’m filtering and altering my face and therefore deceiving my audience. Like, f–k off, okay? There is nothing I can do about what I look like on a front camera iPhone versus out in the wild on a sh–y f–king camera lens with no lighting and no control of how I look. Okay? This is what I look like when I film my videos. And that’s it. Again, I don’t have any lighting on. I just have my phone sitting on a tripod and this is what I look like.”
She also went on to address allegations of being deceptive.
“And I’m being deceptive because every f–king beauty influencer under the sun films their videos on their iPhone on the front camera. Am I not allowed to do that? Like, I don’t understand what you want me to do. You want me to make sure I look f–king horrible in all my videos? Like, I don’t know what you’re saying. Why is it such a problem that I film on my front camera with lights like every other f–king influencer? Is it just because you don’t think I’m pretty and you want me to f–king fail? You want to see my downfall? I don’t understand. I am not deceiving my audience at all. This is what I look like. Zero filter, zero beauty mode, zero face altering, edit, editing, anything. I don’t post my videos privately and then delete it and upload it to a face altering app and then reupload it. Like, none of that f–king bulls–t that everyone keeps saying, okay?”
Mikayla then spoke about why the conversation made her so angry.
“I’m going off because I’m angry. I’m angry of this conversation continuously happening. And I just have to f–king put up with it and sit and act like everything is normal when. No, I’m tired of people saying bulls–t about me, okay?”
“I understand that I am not the most beautiful person. I understand that I’m not conventionally attractive. I understand that I have a horrific side profile. You guys love to remind me. Okay? Actually, let me show you something. People kept putting this picture in my comments, right? Making fun of my side profile. I have a very prominent chin and a very unique nose, okay? And they’re putting this in my comments, trying to insult me about my side profile again,” she said, referring to a photo in her video.
“Just to show you, on this video, this is my side profile, okay? I’ve had it my whole f–king life. What would you like me to do? Because if I go get a chin reduction or whatever the f–k you tell me to do and a nose job, then you’re gonna say I’m no longer authentic and the internet got to me and all these other things, okay? But I stay true to myself and I have not touched my f–king face, aside from my lips,” she noted.
“I have to work extra hard to look beautiful because if I don’t, you guys treat me like this. You treat me like f–king s–t when I’ve done nothing wrong. There is no filters on my f–king videos. And I’m just tired. I’m f–king tired of people saying it. And that’s why I shut my comments off, because I’m done hearing it. I don’t have to listen to it. And like I said, yeah, people talk about me all the time. Any press is good, press bad, whatever. But I can still choose to protect my f–king peace. And that’s why I shut my comments off. And I will block any motherf–ker who has a think piece about my appearance, about whether I’m using filters or not. I will block anyone who f–king says I’m deceiving my audience with face altering filters or I use filters because I’m insecure. I’m not. I think I am beautiful, okay?”
“I like my unique f–king nose and my chin and my green eyes and my smile. But y’all love to tell me how f–king ugly I am, especially when I’m caught in a bad photo. And I will continue to defend myself on this because it’s f–king bulls–t at this point. Okay? Now, I’ve said a lot in seven minutes, and people aren’t even gonna watch this whole video, right? They’re gonna take bits and pieces of it and make their little commentaries. But this is like I said the last time, I’m f–king speaking on this.”
She also called out anyone making videos about her appearance.
“I have never made fun of someone’s looks on this fucking app, and I never will. And I hope you’re f–king proud of Yourself. I hope your family is f–king proud of you for the way you treat me. And I can imagine how you treat others as well. Um. And just f–k you to anyone who’s being an a–hole to me, okay? I’m in my I don’t give a f–k era, and I meant that. So if you don’t like me, I don’t care, okay? Like, I literally, like, please, why are you watching this video if you don’t like me? Why are you so obsessed with me? Like, I don’t know. But anyways, for those who have defended me and just been kind, thank you. I appreciate you. I love you. And absolutely no one is gonna stop me from continuing to pursue my dreams, but you can sure as hell f–king try.” Watch the full video above.
Just a few weeks ago, she addressed allegations that her thick Boston accent is fake.
