<P> An intelligent, witty teenager with feminist ideals, Donna is outwardly confident and strong, at times to the point of coming across as arrogant, self - righteous, and overconfident . She calls upon these personal qualities to deal with her personal issues, such as her parents' shaky relationship and the revelation that they conceived her while in high school . She believes that she's had it the hardest out of the group until Hyde is revealed to have faced most of these problems and not once complained . The characteristics and physical appearance of Donna Pinciotti were actually based on a girl who grew up in the same neighborhood as Mark Brazil in Dunkirk, NY . Donna actually dated Hyde and never was with Eric, AKA Mark Brazil . </P> <P> Though despite her overly confident attitude, she herself has her own insecurities such as her big feet, her parents' screwed up marriage and her trust in her relationship with Eric . A prime example of this is in the episode "Eric's Panties". Eric has an attractive girl as his lab partner who has a reputation of being a slut . At first, Donna doesn't really care but she finds panties in his car and genuinely believes that Eric cheated on her . She shows a completely insecure side of herself and is more than prepared to hurt him . They are later revealed to be Midge's panties from when she and Bob had sex in Eric's car . </P> <P> She has some difficulty expressing her feminine side, because she views traditional feminine traits as restraining and outdated . She dislikes skirts, makeup, and dresses, and insists on wearing jeans at all times, but she will dress nice for special occasions and tried "being pretty" for her prom and for a trip to a nightclub, where the bouncer judged her "foxy". As another exception, after her wedding with Eric was called off, she decides to change her looks and dyes her hair blonde . Jackie Burkhart repeatedly calls Donna a "lumberjack" and a "giant", due to her penchant for plaid shirts and her tall stature . She even described Donna by saying "She's nice and all, but she kinda dresses like a trucker". She also teases Donna for her gargantuan feet, calling her "bigfoot" and saying things like Donna's shoes are big enough for Jackie to fit her own shoes into . </P> <P> Nonetheless, Donna still considers herself feminine, at times becoming insulted when people overlook it . When Kitty Forman needed two people with a "feminine touch" to decorate for Hyde's birthday party, she chose Jackie and Fez . An angry Donna wanted to "kick her ass" for that, insisting "What the hell? I'm feminine! Damn it, why can't anybody freakin' see that?!" This suggests that while Donna takes pride in her feminist beliefs, she still considers herself feminine, and simply doesn't want to restrict herself to "girly" activities . In several episodes, she is flattered at being perceived as an object of desire, especially when she becomes "Hot Donna" at a radio station . </P>

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