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Lessons from the 'World's Ugliest Woman'

By Yahoo | 13yrs ago

(Photo credit: James Ambler/Barcroft USA)

Adapted from: Shine-Yahoo

When she was in high school, Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed "The World's Ugliest Woman" in an 8-second-long YouTube video.

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