"I grew up hearing black is not beautiful, your mouth is too big" - Noah Lyles' girlfriend Junelle Bromfield claims getting cyberbullied over color

By Soumik Bhattacharya

Modified Aug 23, 2024 16:11 GMT

Jamaican track and field athlete and Noah Lyles' girlfriend Junelle Bromfield recently opened up about the racist comments she has had to face across various social media handles. This came just a few days after Bromfield ended her 2024 Olympics campaign at the French capital.

Following the conclusion of the Paris event, Bromfield took to her official Instagram handle to share a heartfelt post in which she remarked about the racist and derogatory comments she has had to face regularly through social media.

Through her post, Bromfield claimed she has been cyberbullied regularly over the past few weeks and also shed light on body positivity.

"I grew up hearing black is not beautiful , Your hair is dry , your mouth is too big , your forehead too high and when you throw all those insults behind you and start walking with confidence the best compliment you get is your pretty for a black girl."

Bromfield further penned a message to boost the confidence of her female followers. She wrote:

"I’m just here to tell all the girls/women on my profile that you’re beautiful no matter your shade ,shape or size and for the little black girls don’t wait on anybody to tell you that your beautiful to believe it."

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Junelle Bromfield ends her 2024 Paris Olympics run without a medal

Bromfield at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (Image via Getty)

Competing in the second Olympics of her career in Paris, Junelle Bromfield was part of two events, Women's 400m and 4x400m relays. However, the Jamaican athlete failed to clinch a single medal in the quadrennial event. It turned out be a disappointing outing for her when compared to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she finished with a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay event.

In the Women's 400m event, Bromfield failed to qualify for the finals and crashed out in the semifinal stage of the event that saw Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino clinch the gold medal. The 26-year-old was running in the first semifinal of the event and managed a run time of just 51.93 seconds. Owing to this, the 26-year-old finished last in the race.

Junelle Bromfield was also a part of the Jamaican 4x400m relay pool that competed in the event finals. However, the Jamaican quartet of Stacey-Ann Williams, Andrenette Knight, Shiann Salmon, and Stephenie-Ann McPherson was disqualified in the final race after Knight dropped the baton midway through her lap.