--- title: Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles description: Find out why Carrie Underwood says that she was teased for her freckles while growing up. canonical: https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T15:09:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:06.267Z og:title: Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles og:description: She says the scrutiny made her 'pretty insecure' og:url: https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641c4e71d6bbed0b/6988bd862dce0157749ec8fc/carrie-underwood-freckles-teased.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles twitter:description: She says the scrutiny made her 'pretty insecure' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641c4e71d6bbed0b/6988bd862dce0157749ec8fc/carrie-underwood-freckles-teased.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Phil McCarten/CBS via Getty Images) CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [Jackie Fields / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jackie Fields / People Contributor Mar 8, 2017 3:09 PM UTC Eleven years after [Carrie Underwood](http://people.com/tag/carrie-underwood/) won [season four](http://people.com/celebrity/carrie-underwood-wins-american-idol/) of [_American Idol_](http://people.com/tag/american-idol/), she’s become a staple in the spotlight. And all the while Underwood, 33, always seems at ease [on stage](http://people.com/country/grammys-2017-keith-urban-carrie-underwood-perform/) and [on the red carpet](http://people.com/country/grammys-2017-carrie-underwood-dress-twitter/), the star is also up front about moments when [she’s not feeling as confident about her appearance](http://people.com/style/carrie-underwood-doesnt-love-her-squishy-tummy-we-know-what/). And that includes some gentle teasing at teenage Carrie’s expense. “\[My\] worst hair moment ever would probably be me in the sixth grade when I decided that my bangs should have crazy amounts of gel … \[and\] I had a perm at some point, when I was like 14\. That was a bad idea,” admits Underwood, who’s also had her fair share of early makeup blunders. “Growing up in the ’90s I feel like the thin eyebrow was definitely a thing and I, like so many others, overdid it,” the singer tells PEOPLE. Although her hair might have recovered from perms and product overload, the [Almay spokeswoman](http://people.com/style/carrie-underwood-is-the-new-face-of-almay-get-an-exclusive-sneak-peek-at-her-campaign/) is still mending her [traumatized arches](http://people.com/style/carrie-underwood-admits-she-always-wears-makeup-even-when-shes-hanging-at-home/). “They never really grew back the way they were supposed to so now I am very happy that they do have [eyebrow pencils,](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&subid=0&offerid=436138.1&type=10&tmpid=19903&RD%5FPARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fp%2Falmay-brow-pencil%2F-%2FA-51241471&u1=PoBeaP1CUJFMAR) so I can fix what I did to myself when I was young.” [RELATED PHOTOS: The Best Brow Products to Buy!](http://people.com/style/the-best-new-brow-products) Underwood’s beauty curiosity [stems from her sisters](http://people.com/style/get-a-look-behind-the-scenes-at-carrie-underwoods-latest-almay-commercial/), who treated her like a “human Barbie doll,” she says. And while the [mom to son Isaiah](http://people.com/babies/carrie-underwoods-son-isaiah-makes-her-laugh/), 2, makes light of her years of “trial and error,” she reveals it was the aspects of herself that she had no control over which were the most emotionally trying. “I had freckles on my face and they were in the exact same spot on both of my cheeks, so I felt like I got teased at school. I remember asking my mom if we could get rid of them. Well, I did get rid of them,” Underwood says. “I had bad teeth, too,” she continues. “I had to get braces \[more than once\]. I actually had them on the bottom for like three months while I was doing red carpets, but no one knew – so I felt like I had a secret.” Naturally, Underwood was “pretty insecure” about the scrutiny she faced early on. But today, she says she’d be far less fazed by a stranger’s perception of her. “Now, I would be better at embracing that uniqueness. We’re all human.” **What are your most regrettable beauty moments?** _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/style/carrie-underwood-got-teased-for-having-freckles/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/"},"headline":"Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles","datePublished":"2017-03-08T15:09:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:06.267Z","description":"She says the scrutiny made her 'pretty insecure'","url":"https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641c4e71d6bbed0b/6988bd862dce0157749ec8fc/carrie-underwood-freckles-teased.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jackie Fields / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641c4e71d6bbed0b/6988bd862dce0157749ec8fc/carrie-underwood-freckles-teased.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","caption":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4695019/carrie-underwood-teased-freckles-skin/","name":"Carrie Underwood Was Teased for Having Freckles"}}]}] ```