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Lizzie Velasquez        

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Lizzie Velasquez is a global motivational speaker, YouTube personality, anti-bullying activist and author. In December 2013, she took the stage at the inaugural TEDxAustinWomen event and gave a talk titled “How Do You Define Yourself?” that has garnered over 13 million views across the Web.

Her story has been featured on Katie Couric, The Today Show, The View, Huffington Post, Associated Press, MSN and Yahoo!, among many other national and international media.

She is an Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary based on her life, A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, which chronicles her journey from cyber-bullying victim to global anti-bullying activist. The film was released by Cinedigm in the U.S. in Fall 2015 and began its international release in 2016.

Her fourth book, "Dare To Be Kind," was released in June 2017.

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'World's ugliest woman' fights back and becomes one of world's inspirational leaders
Cyberbullies called her a monster and said she should have been aborted at birth...
'looking different.' Now she fights bullying in SXSW documentary.
A 26-year-old Texan, Lizzie Velasquez stands 5 feet 2 inches tall. She weighs a little more than 60 pounds. That's because she suffers from a rare syndrome that  ...
Overcoming bullying: Lizzie Velasquez with her Faith, Family and ...
LIsten to an inspirational message of Lizzie Velasquez. Lizzie was born with a disease which prohibits her from gaining weight. In an absolutely cruel move, ...
Lizzie Velasquez, Once Labeled World's Ugliest Woman, Using ...
A woman born with an extremely rare genetic ailment is using the Jesus' love to overcome the hate directed at her, while spreading an inspirational message of ...

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