BBNaija star Victoria Adeleye popularly known as Vee has shared her view on self-acceptance, encouraging followers to love and appreciate themselves just the way they are.

Her message comes after fashion designer Veekee James’ viral response to a troll.

Vee emphasised that people who criticise others’ looks often struggle with self-acceptance themselves.

She stressed that true confidence and self-love cannot coexist with the desire to drastically change one’s appearance.

Vee also confessed that accepting her own unique features wasn’t easy but has brought her peace and self-awareness.

“A lot of people hate the way they look, and they want to project that feeling onto you. Please don’t let them. I saw a post that Vicky James made on her Instagram. I need you to understand that there is nothing wrong with the way you look”, she said.

Vee asserted that self-confidence and permanently changing one’s appearance do not go hand-in-hand.

“We are in an era where people want to change everything about themselves just because they don’t like it. And I genuinely feel like that is not normal. You are free to change your appearance, but I feel like we need to start being honest about that kind of lifestyle. You can’t say you are confident and then change everything about yourself. The reality of those things is that age will always defeat you. It’s his common knowledge.

“Now, one thing I’ve always said about myself is that I have no interest in changing the way I look. I am a straight-bodied girl. I don’t have hips. I don’t have curves. I don’t have a big bum. My top half is bigger than my bottom half. And it’s something I have Learned to accept over time. Was it difficult? Yes. But I always say your self awareness is something that nobody can take away from you.

“I feel like I’m perfect the way I am. And I hope and pray there is someone that’s watching this and they believe they’re perfect the way they are, too…You’re perfect the way you are. Go outside without makeup. Take that filter off. At the end of the day when you step outside, we all gonna see how you look in real life. Sorry. So if you like, put the face app down. Put the face app down. Thank you,” she said.