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When she was 17, Velasquez faced an onslaught of cyber-bullying, as strangers on YouTube labeled her the "Ugliest Woman in the World.". Comments were cruel: "Why did your parents keep you.
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It was when she was just 17 years old and saw a cruel YouTube video naming her "the ugliest woman in the world.". It was mean enough to propel her into the national spotlight, but it turned.
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You have your values. You have the things that mean the most to you. You have your dreams. Those things are what make you beautiful. That's what the standard of beauty, to me, is. The person that.
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Lizzie Velásquez. Elizabeth Anne Velásquez ( / ˈlɪzi vəˈlæskɛz /; born March 13, 1989) is an American motivational speaker, activist, writer, and YouTuber. She was born with an extremely rare congenital disease called Marfanoid-progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome that, among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat and.
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Velasquez has neonatal progeroid syndrome, a rare disease that affects her eyes, heart and bones and prevents her from adding weight to her 63-lb. frame. At just 17 years old, she found herself.
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Bestowed with the unfortunate title of the "world's ugliest woman," Bevan's existence transcended this cruel epithet. Her life's path, marked by significant obstacles and harsh judgments from.
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Oct. 17, 2016, 2:18 PM PDT / Source: TODAY. By Alexandra Zaslow. When Lizzie Velasquez came across a hurtful YouTube video at age 17 that mocked her as "The World's Ugliest Woman," she was.
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A. R. Coster/Getty Images Mary Ann Bevan, known as the "Ugliest Woman in the World," regularly appeared in sideshows to support her children. Mary Ann Bevan wasn't always "ugly.". Born on the then-outskirts of London in the late-19th century, she looked much the same as any other young woman of the time, and was even considered.
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BBC News, Ouch. A woman who was bullied for the way she looks is the focus of a new film that premieres at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Saturday. What started as a search.
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Mary Ann Bevan. Ringling Brothers Circus and was employed as a nurse. Mary Ann Bevan ( née Webster; 20 December 1874 - 26 December 1933) was an English nurse, who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world". [1]
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Velasquez is so positive, in fact, that if she met the person who originally posted that YouTube video labeling her the world's ugliest woman, the one that went viral and inspired hundreds of.
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It was an eight-second video clip of her interview and was titled "The World's Ugliest Woman.". people can still donate by the May 31st deadline to help with all of the post-production costs.
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October 1, 2015. She Was Once Called the World's Ugliest Woman—Now She's Living Your Dreams. Nearly two years ago, during a TEDxWomen talk in Austin, Texas, Lizzie Velasquez told a room full of strangers all the things she wanted to accomplish in her lifetime: become a motivational speaker, write a book, graduate from college, start a.
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Velasquez's stage presence is remarkable. She is a natural -- at ease, funny, self-deprecating and relatable. She told The Huffington Post that she feels most at home on stage, which, given her early life experiences, comes as a surprise, even to her. Growing up in Texas, Velasquez was teased, gawked at or sometimes downright ignored.
She Was Named World’s Ugliest Dog, but ‘She’s Just Darling’ The New York Times
In the latest video from our Dispelling Beauty Myths series, watch Lizzie Velasquez share her story on how awful those comments made her feel and the moment she realized beauty was more than hair.
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Once called 'World's Ugliest Woman,' Lizzie Velasquez fights bullying with her new doc. BY Dinah Eng. September 26, 2015, 7:00 AM PDT. Courtesy of Lizzie Velasquez. Lizzie Velasquez was 17.