So just as a heads up I'm in high school (senior) and I'm still drifting on the foundation of all of the stuff on here. I'm just wondering how to deal with the occasion where, at least in my situation, girls talk shit/insult you. What's the best way of handling it/come out on top?

I've really rebuilt myself in high school, I went from a pathetic gaming addict with no hygiene and overweight to relatively fit social kid who everyone knows and a lot of people like (now I party, socialize as much as possible, etc.)

A girl I knew and thought I had no problems with (she seems really nice all the time) and I've known with elementary school for some reason decided to talk shit about me. For context, in elementary school, there was a term going around about me called "bozongle germs". Basically, since I was so unhygienic (I had dandruff, smelled like shit, a lot of bad stuff) I was basically seen as a repulsive disease. Now I don't blame people for it because I truly was disgusting.

But, considering I've rebuilt myself and become a completely different person (for the better), I've moved past it. But, this girl (who was one of the ones who started it back in the day) was talking to another girl I knew saying "You know this school is bad when "bozongle germs" is on top of the social pyramid". I found out about this because the girl she told it to brought it up to my best friend and he told me. We laughed it off at first, but on the inside that killed me. For two reasons, 1. it's coming from a girl with a lot of social value (she's really attractive) and 2. it's insulting something I've worked on for years and moved past, why does my elementary school days have to be related to my current social situation?

Beyond the insult though, what hurt me more is the fact of the social circle concept and the idea of people talking shit about me to others and rumors and general perceptions being formed about me. The girl she told it to is pretty close friends with her and also possibly a girl I wanted to start talking to once I upped my game and seduction skills. But, now thanks to that kind of discussion she has a more negative perception of me thanks to what her friend said. Similarly, I feel that people have said shit in the past about my attractiveness (e.g. saying I'm ugly) and negatively altered people's views.

For example, someone who might've thought I was attractive may "go with the flow" or think their perceptions are wrong if someone else mentions it to them or they've heard multiple people mention otherwise.

My question is, how do you go about handling this? First off, how should you go about dealing with the immediate negative feelings of being insulted? And how should you deal with other people having negative perceptions because of the shit people said? How am I supposed to succeed in social circle game if people have misconstrued views of me in that social circle?

Thanks for any help