She's best known for her role as Miranda in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire.
And on Wednesday, Lalaine Vergara-Paras, now 31, claimed on her Instagram that she had been 'forced to look as 'white' as possible' growing up.
The daughter of Filipino parents, she said that there are hardly any photos of her in which she looks true to her East Asian origins.

Spoke out: Lalaine Vergara-Paras, pictured in 2007, is the daughter of Filipino parents but claimed on her Instagram Wednesday she was 'forced to look as 'white' as possible growing up'
Lalaine shared a professional photo of herself holding red and green balloons and in the caption, she wrote: 'Most of my life growing up I was forced to look as "white" as possible.'
'These days I struggle to find photos where I look as ethnic as possible,' she went on. 'Like in this photo, the most East Asian I've ever looked.'
'In order to see, for most people, you have to zoom in on ma face. And in case you still don’t understand, I love my face in this photo.'
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ShareLizzie McGuire premiered in 2001 and Lalaine played the best friend of star Hilary Duff.
It ran for just two seasons, ending in 2004.

Child star: She's best known for her role as Miranda in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire opposite Hilary Duff, pictured. The show ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2004
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