What Makes “The Ugliest Woman in the World” Beautiful: Redefining Beauty Standards

Lizzie Velasquez on how she doesn't let neonatal progeroid syndrome define her. Beauty is the totality of who you are, and exists within all of us to discover for ourselves.

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[MrOneJuan]

That pause after she said “if that video crushed me” felt eternal; the silence still marking the spot where pain used to be. In the middle of immense humiliation, a 17 year old pulling her pain aside to think of her mom and to try to prevent her pain. Wow, this woman is amazingly strong and an awesome human being.

[lilly]

That is such an intense experience of cyber bullying that she DID NOT deserve to endure ever, but especially so young. Much love Beautiful lady, and if you make a new video titled "the most beautiful woman in the world" I would be one of the first (of many) to like it. You took your life back and that is beyond brilliant.

[markr]

You can tell she is a lovely person. She is extremely feminine and strong. Bullies are the weakest people around.

[MichaelPrew]

What inspiration. What emotional inteligence. What sensitivity. What empathy. What beauty.

[AB_nrmal]

The fact that she was more concerned with her mother's feelings just shows how amazingly strong her soul is 💖💖💖

[bigfest]

"If it would crush me, imagine what it would do to her"
Her selflessness is more beautiful than anything.

[thequeryqueen]

"I'm not gonna sit here and let their words become the definition of who I am." Such strong and empowering. She truly is inspiring.

[Zaira-eb]

Girl, you're not ugly. The people who are saying you're ugly. They're ugly. You are not ugly God believe you. your the best woman I know ❤❤ u are always the best person I know ❤❤ i❤u bestie😊😊😊😊.

[smartaMartini]

Seriously, she thought about her mother's feelings over hers. That's true beauty.

[Ashinokirso]

The Sadness in her voice made me cry. This is just sad😔

[eileenwright]

Her inner light cannot be contained. She radiates elegance and light.

[josealvarado]

She deserves the world, such a kind and inspiring soul.❤

[mariewhoshe]

Her experience is so heartbreaking. And they way she put the words together at the end really helped me out alone. She didn’t deserve this, she is a beautiful queen.

[jaydenskeeper]

I think the way she thought of her mother when she was in such pain herself, says what a beautiful person she is!

[emilygeralde]

To think of how your mother felt when you were feeling so crushed, makes you an incredibly beautiful human being. When I see you, I see beauty and strength.

[Icelandicdrawings]

I want to hug her, she seems so nice and is so pretty!

[barefootcontessa]

Her words clearly tell you it’s her inner soul that makes her beautiful.

[Emily-ckji]

She's a remarkable woman, very brave. A beautiful soul.

[garyezrin]

This woman has a beautiful spirit. People can be so incredibly cruel. No one deserves that

[strzsprkl]

The way she is just still smiling while saying all those sad stuff really breaks my heart ❤