Jessica targeted by racist bullies Jessica Gomes poses for STM. THE same luscious dark curls, creamy olive skin and entrancing almond eyes that made Jessica Gomes the target of bullies at school have just landed her the biggest role of her career - being the face of David Jones. Despite winning one of the most coveted contracts in the modelling business, and replacing Miranda Kerr in the process, Gomes said she never felt pretty as a child. The 27-year-old Perth model, who has a mother from Hong Kong and a father from Portugal, said she suffered racial abuse at school that brought her to tears. "I was discriminated against and teased because of my looks," she said. In grade 4 one kid said to me, 'Go back to your own country', and I was so young I just didn't get it. My mum complained to the headmaster, saying, 'This is ridiculous. You have to control these kids', because it would really hurt me. See today's STM magazine in The Sunday Times for more on the WA girl turned international supermodel.