Because of a strange disease, eating 60 meals a day is still skinny. Although she is now in her twenties, she looks like an old woman with wrinkled skin. She is slim and a little deformed and is often discriminated against and laughed at by others.

/kloc-When she was 0/7 years old, Lizzie Velazquez happened to see a video called "The Ugliest Woman in the World" on the video website. Unexpectedly, after clicking the video, she found that the character inside was herself. Only 8 seconds, but the number of hits is as high as 4 million.

"I was shocked," Liz recalled. "When I saw the comments written by netizens, my stomach began to churn with pain." Some netizens wrote, "Why do parents want to have her?" "Burn her!" The comment that "she should kill herself" made Liz very sad.

"I cried for several nights. As a teenage girl, I thought my life was over, "Liz said. "I can't talk to anyone about it. I didn't tell any friends. I'm just shocked that this happened. "

Liz decided to make some changes. She began to set up her own online video channel to let people know the real life of "the ugliest woman in the world" and teach people to have confidence in their appearance. Her channel has more than 300,000 subscribers.

In addition, she devoted herself to expanding anti-bullying work with her own experience, not only inspiring others by giving speeches everywhere, but also lobbying US congressmen to pass the first anti-bullying bill.

She even finished the 80-minute documentary Braveheart, which premiered in Texas and let more people know her story. Sarah Jose Bordeaux, the director of the film, said that this is not just the story of Liz, it is a common experience of many bullied people in the world, and told people that "I will not be a victim, I will make some changes."

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Liz's documentary Braveheart: The Story of Lizzie Velasquez has a total length of 78 minutes. On March 14, the documentary premiered at the South-by-Southwest Film Festival held in Austin, Texas, and Liz himself appeared at the film festival.

"In order to let more people know my story, I decided to shoot this documentary to encourage other bullied people online and teach them to regain their confidence." Liz said, "I hope my experience can influence more people, and I hope that after they leave the cinema, they can really feel themselves and speak for themselves."

She asked the audience to think about what defines themselves. Is it their background, friends or family? She reminds people to find true happiness and happiness in their hearts and make themselves a guide to life. Bullies will eventually feel ashamed.

"My life used to be hard, but it doesn't matter," she said. "I will let my goals, my success and my achievements define me, not my appearance."

"The best revenge is to use your compilation". Since we are lucky, why not work hard?

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