A lady who was known as a "lanky beanpole" throughout her faculty days has triumphed over her bullies and is now making a fortune along with her social media empire. Lizzy Groombridge, from Camborne in Cornwall, who was bullied in school for her 6ft 3in tall stature is now extra assured than ever and even wears heels. She is now a TikTok sensation with over 700,000 devoted followers after gaining on-line fame for posting Q&As about her top.

Over time, she has realized to ignore merciless feedback, together with these about her 10cm-shorter accomplice Nick.

Rather than dwelling on the negativity, Ms Groombridge says she focuses on constructing her social media profession, the place she's incomes a substantial earnings.

As a baby, Ms Groombridge felt self-conscious about her top, notably when she surpassed her 6ft tall father on the age of 13.

She recalled: "By 13 years old I was a lot taller than most of the boys in my class at school as well as all of the girls and my family members.

"From 16 years outdated upwards I've at all times been observed for my top as a result of you aren't getting numerous girls as tall as me, particularly the place I stay.

"Getting clothes that fit properly has always been a nightmare - I'm a size ten on the waist but even tall jeans don't come close to the length of my legs.

"Loads of locations do not even inventory their tallest sizes in retailer, which I believe could be very unfair.

"I live in skirts most of the time because they're easier to get but even they are quite short on me."

Ms Groombridge continued: "When you're so tall you stand out all the time and sometimes I can't even fit through doors without ducking.

"In faculty individuals would name me beanpole or lanky and it made me actually embarrassed and shy.

"I used to avoid wearing heels because a lot of my friends are only around 5ft 3in and with my boyfriend the height difference was a bit uncomfortable at first too.

"He had by no means had a taller girlfriend earlier than and stereotypically the person is meant to be the taller one so it used to make me really feel fairly embarrassed and foolish.”

After the delivery of her third youngster, Skyla, Ms Groombridge, a mother-of-three, took a break from her earlier job within the care sector to commit extra time to her youngsters.

She utilised this time to put up Q&As about her top on-line, which gained thousands and thousands of views, boosting her confidence.

Ms Groombridge mentioned: "TikTok has helped me embrace my top - I've received 127,000 followers on there who name me 'queen' and 'goddess' and worship me due to my top, so now I like being tall.

"I've made my very own hashtag of my nickname 'Lizzy lengthy legs' and that is received almost ten million views.”

This has helped the couple’s relationship too, with Lizzy explaining: “We don't mind the height difference anymore and he likes when I wear heels - people will comment about how much taller I am but it doesn't bother us.”

Lizzy is delighted that she has remodeled her earlier insecurity into revenue.

She mentioned: "I make good cash via social media because of my top - I receives a commission for my Instagram posts and TikTok movies and even get video requests like standing in a doorway.

"I even have an OnlyFans account which took off actually shortly as soon as I set it up and I've been within the prime two p.c of earners within the final six months.

"In that time I've earned tens of thousands plus been sent around £3,000 worth of gifts from fans, like heels to wear in my posts.

"In my outdated job in care, working half time due to my youngsters, I used to earn £600 a month (£3,600 in six months) - so I'm incomes nearly ten instances as a lot now from dwelling.

"It's crazy but there's a massive market for really tall girls.

"I need to flip my nickname and hashtag right into a model title and a enterprise promoting merchandise and ultimately girls's clothes for tall women like me."