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'World's Ugliest Woman' Empowers Self (Photos)

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For Lizzie Velasquez, life has been so unfair. From being labelled the ‘ugliest woman in the world’ to combating cyber-bullying, Lizzie has been through a lot as a young lady.  Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Lizzie Velasquez (Photo credit: Getty Images) The 26-year-old was born with a rare disease that makes her blind in one eye and prevents her from gaining weight. Lizzie told Fox News how her life was transformed at age 17 when she came across a video of  ‘the world’s ugliest woman.’ When Lizzie watched the clip, she was frightened to find out that the said ugliest woman in the video was her. The video has overtime become popular on Youtube and it has been watched four million times and still counting. Going through the comments under the video, Lizzie was dejected as quite a number of these comments were directed at her being killed at birth. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Lizzy, however, decided not to be bothered. The Americ...