Everyone told her she was the ugliest woman in the world. But she turned the mockery into this

Lizzy Velasquez: an unforgettable example of self-improvement.

Lizzy Velasquez is an American woman who suffers from a rare disease that only two other people in the world have. that only two other people in the world suffer from besides her. She is a cheerful, charming woman with a big Heart and a great capacity to love, but she has had to suffer all kinds of ridicule for not being physically graceful due to her illness.

Today she is known worldwide for exposing to the world what she has had to suffer, and has become popular for telling one of those motivational stories that touches the depths of the soul.

Who is Lizzy Velasquez

Lizzy Velasquez was born in Austin, Texas to a family of three sisters, of which she is the oldest. She was born prematurely at 8 months gestation. At the age of 23, her illness was recognized, just as she was about to graduate with a degree in Communications..

Lizzy has used her knowledge in this area to let the world know what she considers lucky: her illness. With an ironic tone, she gives conferences exposing her problem and telling how people have laughed at her.

To learn a little more about her, you can watch the video below.

Her disease

Lizzy suffers from a rare disease, which only three people in the world suffer from (including herself). This pathology does not allow her to gain weight, and her body fat level remains at 0%. In fact, she has never weighed more than 30 kg. She is blind in her right eye and has limited vision in the other eye..

As for her physical appearance, it is similar to that of a person with progeria and gives her the image of an aging woman. According to her story, doctors told her mother that she would not live long, but her state of mind is such that she is still alive and kicking. Researchers at the University of Texas Southeastern Medical Center think her condition is similar to progeria but without attacking her bones, organs or teeth, and is not hereditary.

An example for many

The curious thing about Lizzy's case is how she has been able to turn around the situation that has befallen her.. Not only because of the consequences that this disease has for her at an organism level, but also because of how human beings can be so cruel and harmful with our comments and our attitude of rejection.

In one of her lectures, Lizze said that one day, while surfing the internet, she came across a youtube video in which she was named as "the ugliest woman in the world". She, instead of bursting into tears as she tells the story, recognizes that she is not an attractive woman and that many are unaware that her ugliness is part of her illness.

Her noble heart does not allow her to hold a grudge against those people who have used easy laughter to make fun of her, and in fact, she uses all her energy to encourage people with problems to accept the situation and enjoy this life that, although we often forget, we can only enjoy once.

She takes her illness with humor

Lizzy, as a good communicator, knows that a sense of humor captures the audience, and in her lectures she keeps the audience amused. You may feel sorry for her the first time you see her (if you don't know her yet), but the reality is that she recognizes that it is a blessing to suffer from her disease.

"With my disease I can eat whatever I want (fries, hamburgers, chocolate) and I never get fat," she says. She also jokes that gyms should hire her as their image, as she can be used as a model to prove that her weight loss workouts work.

We humans have a lot to learn from her, especially those who have made fun of her physical appearance.

The discrimination that ugly people have to endure....

Unfortunately, we live in a world where people who are unattractive or unsuccessful are often forgotten and even mistreated. Being ugly can cause a person to experience a series of obstacles in life and can make them suffer a series of discriminatory attitudes that they have to endure, as in Lizzy's case.

In fact, there are different types of discrimination, as you can see in our article "The 16 types of discrimination (and their causes)", and one of them is discrimination based on physical appearance.

But, what discriminatory attitudes do ugly people suffer from? In general, people who are considered ugly?

• They earn less money than the good-looking ones, as a research carried out by the University of California states. According to the results, they earn 12% less on average than good-looking individuals...
• They have fewer job opportunities. This is what a study conducted by Ze'ev Shtudiner and Bradley J. Ruffle from Ariel University in Israel and the University of Ontario in Canada respectively concludes.
• They are more prone to bullying and mobbing. This was proven by researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Notre Dame (USA).
• They are less remembered, says Michael Baker of East Carolina University (USA) in his research published in the scientific journal Evolutionary Psychology.
• They are seen as conversationalists and not as objects of desire, so they have fewer opportunities to flirt.
• They receive less help, as shown by much research, including one published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
• They go unnoticed at social events and are often left in the background.

You can learn more about these discriminatory actions in our article: "Ugly people have to put up with these 8 discriminatory attitudes".