Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria who has told how she was nicknamed the ugly duckling as a child. Gorgeous Longoria told a UK TV show she was bullied for her dark Mexican looks growing up in Texas but admits they have helped her find fame.

Eva Longoria at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film “Over Her Dead Body” yesterday

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“I was the darkest one of my family. I was the only one with black hair and the only one with dark skin.”All my sisters were light blondes with hazel eyes. They used to call me ugly duckling.”I grew up without being beautiful so I kind of relied on my personality and my character.”I kind of developed a skill not to depend on anything superficial because I didn’t have anything superficial to depend on,”

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Well, the ugly duckling days long behind Longoria now! I love her as Gabrielle Sollis in Desperate Housewives. Sexy!