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A Michigan teen is making the most of a homecoming prank that she says left her feeling suicidal.

Whitney Kropp, a self-described outcast with just a handful of close friends at Ogemaw Heights High School, was picked to be the female representative of the sophomore class royalty. It certainly came as a shock.

But hours later, the 16-year-old learned classmates voted for her as a joke. She spent the night in tears.

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But thanks to a push from her family and friends, she decided to embrace what happened and turn the tables.

"I can just prove all these kids wrong ... I'm not the joke everyone thinks I am."

Story at CNN