Peter Weberisn’t the only person thatHannah Brownhas a history with on this season ofThe Bachelor.
And during the episode, Hightower, 24, opened up to Weber, 28,on their one-on-one dateabout her high school experience, claiming that she was severely bullied.
Numerous photos of Brown and the retail marketing manager from their high school yearbook were shared on Reddit,Twitter, andImagr.com. One shot depicted both girls standing right beside each other while posing for a group picture, while a video on Twitter showed their senior year photos just a few pages apart.
Sydney Hightower and Hannah Brown.Randy Holmes/ABC; Ed Herrera/ABC
The photos also showed that, like Brown, Hightower competed in pageants as a teen, which led some fans to question the authenticity of her story about being bullied in high school.
“Ate lunch in the bathroom everyday of highschool” #bachelornation I’m selling my yearbooks for $200 a pop, who wants the tea,” one Twitter user wrote, with four photos of Hightower from her pageant competitions.
When addressing the resurfaced photos on Twitter, Hightower said that while she did indeed participate in pageants, she was still a victim of “racial bullying.”
In her next tweet, Hightower elaborated on the bullying she faced as a teenager.
“Anyone from my highschool want to pull out the videos of girls stuffing my locker with Oreo cookies, vandalizing my home, shoving me in the hallways?” she wrote. “Teachers literally referring to me as a halfbreed? Calling my mother the worst names I’ve ever heard in my life? I doubt that.”
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“I actually know a bunch of people on this season, which is kind of weird, in some form or fashion,” she said after Weber sent home Alayah Benavidez. “And I think maybe it’s just her personality, and sometimes personalities rub people the wrong way. But I can’t tell just yet.”
Hannah Brown and Peter Weber.John Fleenor/ABC
However, neither Brown nor Hightower mentioned knowing each other when Brownbriefly appeared during the season premiere to potentially rekindle things with her ex.
Hightower is among the ten final contestants left this season, as are standoutsHannah Ann Sluss,Kelley Flanagan,Madison Prewett, andVictoria Fuller.
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The Bachelorcontinues with a new two-hour episode on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
