Tori Spelling On Daughter Stella Overcoming 'Painful' Bullying Experience, First Modeling Gig

Tori Spelling is a proud mom to her 13-year-old daughter Stella.

On Saturday, Spelling shared on Instagram a series of pictures from Stella's photoshoot with Petite 'n Pretty for the beauty brand's back-to-school campaign. In her caption, she explained how the modeling gig helped her daughter learn to love herself after suffering bullying, which began in the fifth grade in her Encino, California, school.

"How Stella got her groove back… thx to @petitenpretty," the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star wrote. "Her 1st modeling shoot as a teen girl."

She continued, "Stella is an amazing human. Heart of gold & always leads w/kindness. She’s innovative &creative and full of fire. Which is why as a mom it was so painful to see a young woman’s fire dimmed bc of bullying."

Spelling, who shares five children including Stella with husband Dean McDermott, went on to say that the boy who bullied her daughter, along with other girls in their grade, "wasn’t stopped." Instead, she recalled getting pushed out of the school because she stood up for Stella.

Spelling claimed that the bully's parents were on the board and gave the school a lot of money, which "won out over the emotional care of the kids."

The "Troop Beverly Hills" actress said that the bullying eventually affected Stella's health, causing her to develop headaches, stomaches and panic attacks and resulting in "increased" asthma attacks. Despite this, Spelling said her daughter's drive and passion for baking, cooking, and crafting remained, noting that Stella hopes to open her own bakery someday.

Spelling went on to claim that Stella’s dream of competing on "Master Chef" was almost ruined because of her school principal at the time, who denied her request to miss class for the taping. And while Stella did end up competing, she wasn’t allowed to graduate with her longtime classmates.

"I agreed in tears so Stella could do Master Chef. Well, Stella WON!! I had never seen her confidence like I did that day! Her [fire emoji] was back. That’s the lesson we should be teaching! To encourage our kids to find their individual passions & thrive!" Spelling wrote.

She continued, "Sadly, principal followed thru. Stella would never graduate with her class. I wish I’d had the strength to challenge them! Taken a note from 90210 'Stella McDermott Graduates!'. But, I didn’t [crying emoji]. Power and $ won."

Tori ended her post by thanking Petite ‘n Pretty for having Stella. She also praised her daughter for her strength.

“You are a fierce female. So proud of U Buggy!” she concluded.

Last year, Spelling also opened up about the bullying her two eldest children, Stella and Liam, suffered.

In a February 2020 post on Instagram, she claimed that Stella was accused of playing the victim and that her bully got away with his actions because his parents give a lot of money to the school. The traumatic experience resulted in Stella associating her education with boys who were "so horrific to her."

"She wanted to empower others girls and be a business leader. She now has panic attacks and doesn’t want to return to school. This girl, 2 years ago told me she wanted to be President or work to empower women daily," she wrote about Stella at the time.