4. Rihanna: "I Was Bullied, But Now I'm In A Much Bigger World"

Speaking to Allure in 2008, RiRi revealed that she was bullied at school because some of her fellow pupils thought she was too "white". She said that she was cursed by her so-called friends, but had managed to overcome the bullies to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She said: "I didn't understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades and I was light. Now I’m in a much bigger world."