When she was in high school , Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed “ The World’s Ugliest Woman ” in an 8 second long YouTube video . Born with a medical condition so rare that just two other people in the world are thought to have it , Velasquez has no adipose tissue and cannot create muscle , store energy , or gain weight . She has zero percent body fat and weighs just 60 pounds.
In the comments on YouTube , viewers called her “ it ” and “ monster ” and encouraged her to kill herself. Instead , Velasquez set four goals : To become a motivational speaker , to publish a book , to graduate college, and to build a family and a career for herself .
Now 23 years old , she’s been a motivational speaker for seven years and has given more than 200 workshops on embracing uniqueness , dealing with bullies , and overcoming obstacles . She’s a senior majoring in Communications at Texas State University in San Marcos , where she lives with her best friend. Her first book, “Lizzie Beautiful,” came out in 2010 and her second, “Be Beautiful, Be You , ” was published earlier this month .
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