Lizzie Velasquez
She wants you to think twice before posting memes like this.
And how her Latino roots shaped who she is today.
"It took me many years to be able to say 'I'm confident in myself. I like who I am.'"
"The only way I could show those people that they weren’t going to become my definition and my truth was to somehow make myself better."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Once called the "world's ugliest woman," Velasquez says the online trolls motivate her.
After being labeled the "world's ugliest woman," she's learned to reconsider traditional beauty standards.
When she was a teen, Velasquez saw a commenter online labeled her "World's Ugliest Woman."