“They called me the ugliest woman in the world… but I never let that define me.” 💔 Those were the words of Lizzie Velásquez, a woman whose strength turned cruelty into courage, and pain into purpose. 🌈✨

Born in 1989 in Texas with a rare congenital disease that prevents her from gaining weight or storing body fat, Lizzie has never weighed more than 29 kilograms. From childhood, she looked different — and children, and even adults, could be painfully unkind. 😢

But nothing prepared her for what came at 17. Late one night, Lizzie stumbled upon a video online titled “The Ugliest Woman in the World.” It was a video of her — viewed by millions, flooded with comments urging her to “end her life.” The cruelty was beyond words. 💔💻 For days, she hid, broken and numb. But then something remarkable happened. She decided the world would not write her story — she would. 💪🔥

Lizzie picked herself up and began to speak out. 🎤 She started posting her own videos, telling her truth with humor, grace, and unshakable confidence. She wrote books, gave TED Talks, and became a global motivational speaker, standing on stages around the world — the same world that once mocked her — teaching millions to choose kindness and self-worth. 🌍

Her viral TED Talk, “How Do You Define Yourself?”, touched hearts everywhere, proving that beauty has nothing to do with symmetry, skin, or size — and everything to do with the strength that lives within. 🌹🕊️

Today, Lizzie Velásquez is celebrated not for how she looks, but for who she is — a warrior of compassion, a voice for the bullied, and a living reminder that even when the world is cruel, you can turn pain into power and hate into hope. 💖🌈

Because true beauty isn’t what others see — it’s the light you refuse to let anyone dim. 💫💕