At the age of 19, she already has an incredible career that includes the TV show Shake It Up as well as new music with Chris Brown.

But Zendaya has had her fair share of being hated on, as she tells the upcoming issue of New You.

The Disney star revealed that she was picked on in school. ‘I was made fun of but it didn’t bother me very much because I was very comfortable in who I was,’ she said, pointing out that it is just too tiring to fake it.

‘It’s so much harder and more draining and so much more exhausting to be constantly pretending to be something that you’re not,’ she continued. ‘It’s very freeing when you’re just like, “Yo, I’m just going to do me!” It’s so important.’

Although she admitted at the time she was hurt by Giuliana Rancic’s infamous dreadlock comments – when the Fashion Police officer snarked that she ‘smelled of weed’ during an Oscar red carpet episode – Zendaya insisted she doesn’t care what people think of her appearance. 

‘You can tell that when I go out on the red that I am not trying to look like I’m dressing for the reviews the next day,’ she said. ‘I mean, it’s nice for people to be like, “oh, we liked your outfit; that’s cool”, but that’s not why I’m going out.

‘I’m going out and dressing in this because it’s awesome and I love it. I really just don’t care if somebody doesn’t like my hair or my wig or my makeup that day or what I choose to wear or put on my feet. Everyone has opinions.’

She also spoke about the recent controversy in which she forced her November cover issue of Modeliste to be pulled when she publicly called them out for retouching her pH๏τos.

‘There is no such thing as ugly. That’s a word that doesn’t really enter my vocabulary. If there’s any definition to being perfect, you’re perfect at being yourself, she said. ‘Whether it is through my social media or whatever, I want anyone who looks up to me to know that I go through the same problems. I have to be confident in who I am.

Without naming names in the very positivity-themed interview, the singer/actress revealed she isn’t a fan of artists who use NSFW lyrics to sell their records, or those who use their platforms just for sales.

She praised Michael Jackson for his ability ‘to make music without cursing or being profane’, while insisting that when modern artists release material, ‘you have to do something more than just promote your new single or your next pH๏τo shoot.’