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Thesaurus: ugly duckling syndrome

Beautiful people who didn't get pretty until high school or later, and were nice because they were ugly. The niceness carries over through life. > She's got ugly ducking syndrome.

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  1. Beautiful people who didn't get pretty until high school or later, and were nice because they were ugly. The niceness carries over through life. > She's got ugly ducking syndrome.