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Most Ugly Woman Reply Her Critics!!! by marvelous007(m): 3:53pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
An anonymous person posted a video of Lizzie Velasquez
and titled it, “The World’s Ugliest Woman.” It went viral. This
is her response.
There is one question I’ve been asked many times: “If you
could talk to the person who posted that awful video about
you, what would you say?” My answers have ranged from
wanting to scream “WHY ME?!” all the way to saying I would
give you the biggest hug and thank you for one of the biggest
blessings in my life. To have to process what I would say
after that is leaving me at a loss for words.
I believe with every fiber in my being that you and I were
meant to be in each other’s lives. Mind you, I don’t know
your sex, I don’t know your age and I don’t know where
you’re from. At the end of the day, those are just facts. What
I do know is that you have changed my life and the lives of
people around the world.
I don’t know what caused you to post the video of my 13-
year-old self or what prompted you to type in such a strong
title. I don’t know what was going on in your life or if you
had the encouragement of a group of friends while you were
posting it. I want to tell you what was happening in my life
when I accidentally found the video.
I was a 17-year-old high school student who desperately
wanted one single thing: to fit in. Being a teenager in high
school isn’t easy. Add on looking totally different from your
peers and you have me. There have been many ups and
downs in my life, and I won’t sugarcoat it when I say finding
your video absolutely didn’t crush me.
Every time I thought I might be pretty, or that I’d finally fit in,
or that maybe having this syndrome isn’t so bad — all of
that was demolished as soon as I found your post. I read
through the thousands of comments under the video in
desperation of finding just one comment that stood up for
me. Did I find one? No. I’m not telling you this to make you
feel guilty; I’m telling you this as a reminder that on the day
you uploaded that video, you probably didn’t think I would
find it.
Please believe me when I say finding that video felt like a
curse at the time, but little did I know it was one of the
biggest blessings in disguises I’ve ever had in my life.
Let’s switch roles for a second. Let’s say you have no idea
who I am or where I’m from. Let’s say you’re struggling with
self-confidence while you’re a teen and one day you find a
video that I posted about you. I just posted the video with
an offensive title about you, but I didn’t make any of the bad
comments. Would you forgive me and just be mad at the
people who said the world would be a better place without
you?
I can keep going on about the tidal effect that happened
after I found the video and all of the people it truly hurt
besides me, but it’s just not worth our time. Instead, I would
like to let you know that I have forgiven you and all of the
people who gave me tips on how to kill myself. I know, it
feels harsh even typing those words.
With the help of my faith, my family and my friends, I’ve
been able to get back up from feeling like I was dirt to
somehow turning our first encounter into something that
can help give hope to anyone who has been a victim of
online bullying. It’s hard for me to even say “victim” because
that is not what I am. I am a person who had another
person enter her journey in life in not the easiest of ways.
I’ve found that often people hurt other people not because
they want to harm them but because they are coming from a
place of hurt themselves. If that was the case for you, I hope
you’ve found a way to express your own pain in a way that
doesn’t hurt someone else.
Let’s fast forward nine years since you and I “met.” This is
the part where I say thank you. I look at all of the things I do
and all of the people I come across as pieces to my bigger
puzzle. Our piece was one of the stubborn ones; I couldn’t
find where it went, but I knew it belonged. Your piece fit
perfectly into place when I realized the video you posted
was the fuel to my fire.
Your video took me to the lowest of lows, but over time, it
made me stronger than I ever could have imagined.
Your actions are what led me to learn how to pick myself
back up again. This all brings me back to the original
question. “If you could talk to the person who posted that
awful video about you, what would you say?” My answer
now would be simple. You are what started this life change
for me. I guess it’s true what they say — we all have a leader
in us. As crazy as it sounds, thank you for being the leader I
never knew I needed.
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Re: Most Ugly Woman Reply Her Critics!!! by Nobody: 4:20pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Wow wonderful piece....May God bless her....you are beautiful just the way you are 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Most Ugly Woman Reply Her Critics!!! by marvelous007(m): 4:23pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
#Encouraging_Huh |
Re: Most Ugly Woman Reply Her Critics!!! by Nobody: 4:24pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
but shez got a nice set of teeth 1 Like |
Re: Most Ugly Woman Reply Her Critics!!! by mofy1(f): 5:27pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Hmmm. I wonder the kind of joy some people derived from making other pple feel less or worse,forgetting that u can just wake up tomorrow and ur handsome/beautiful face or good life style that makes u think u better than others can just transform to worse,either by accident or something else. #Give people reason 2 laugh and not cry or feel bad# 2 Likes |
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