La valentía de la mujer más fea del mundo
Summary
TLDRLizzie, una mujer con un síndrome extremadamente raro que le impide ganar peso, comparte su historia de vida en una conferencia motivacional. A pesar de las dificultades y el bullying, ella encuentra beneficios en su condición y se enorgullece de su capacidad para influir positivamente en la vida de otros. Lizzie aborda temas como la definición de la identidad y cómo superar los desafíos, utilizando su experiencia para inspirar a otros a definirse por sus logros y no por sus desventajas.
Takeaways
- 😃 La oradora nació con un síndrome extremadamente raro que le impide ganar peso, lo que le permite comer lo que quiera sin preocuparse por el aumento de peso.
- 🌟 A pesar de sus desafíos, ella encuentra beneficios en su condición, como la facilidad para ser el ejemplo perfecto para programas de pérdida de peso.
- 👓 Ella también es visualmente impedida, lo que le permite ignorar a las personas molestas al colocarse a su derecha, aprovechando su visión limitada.
- 👨👩👧 La oradora agradece a sus padres por criarla al 100% de manera normal y por inculcarle la resiliencia y el amor propio.
- 🤸♀️ A pesar de las dificultades, ella se enorgullece de haber logrado sus metas, incluyendo ser oradora motivacional, escribir libros y graduarse de la universidad.
- 🏆 Ella aboga por definirse por sus logros y no por su apariencia o síndrome, utilizando el éxito como medio para superar el bullying y los comentarios negativos.
- 💪 La oradora utiliza la negatividad de los demás como motivación para trabajar duro y mejorar, demostrando que el esfuerzo puede superar los desafíos.
- 🎓 Ella destaca la importancia de la educación y cómo su título universitario en Comunicación y minor en Inglés ha contribuido a su carrera.
- 👪 Ella tiene metas a largo plazo, como tener una familia y una carrera exitosa, y está en el camino de lograrlas.
- 🌟 La oradora insta a la audiencia a reflexionar sobre lo que los define y a tomar las riendas de sus propias vidas, eligiendo lo que los hace únicos.
Q & A
¿Cuál es la condición médica rara que tiene Lizzie y qué efecto tiene en su peso?
-Lizzie tiene un síndrome muy raro que le impide ganar peso, lo que le permite comer lo que quiera y cuando quiera sin preocuparse por el aumento de peso.
¿Cuál fue la reacción de Lizzie al enfrentarse a la bullificación en la escuela?
-Inicialmente, Lizzie no entendió por qué la trataban de manera diferente, pero luego su familia le enseñó a ser ella misma y a no dejar que su apariencia la definiera.
¿Cómo describe Lizzie los beneficios de no poder ganar peso?
-Lizzie menciona que, aunque parece una paradoja, hay beneficios en no poder ganar peso, como no preocuparse por el aumento de peso y tener la libertad de comer lo que le apetece.
¿Qué consejo le dieron sus padres cuando Lizzie comenzó a hacer preguntas sobre por qué la trataban diferente?
-Sus padres le dijeron que la única diferencia era su tamaño y que su síndrome no la definiría, animándola a continuar siendo ella misma y a no dejar que su apariencia la limitara.
¿Cómo aborda Lizzie la idea de lo que la define como persona?
-Lizzie reflexiona sobre lo que la define y concluye que no debe dejar que su apariencia o su síndrome la definan, sino sus logros y su actitud positiva.
¿Qué impacto tuvo el video viral que llamaba a Lizzie la 'mujer más fea del mundo' en su vida?
-El video le causó mucho dolor y tristeza, pero también le dio la fuerza para no dejar que la negatividad la definiera y la motivó a trabajar aún más duro para lograr sus objetivos.
¿Cuáles son algunos de los logros que Lizzie menciona haber alcanzado?
-Lizzie ha logrado ser oradora motivacional, escribir varios libros, graduarse de la universidad y está trabajando en construir su propia carrera y familia.
¿Cómo utilizó Lizzie la negatividad de los demás para motivarse a seguir adelante?
-Lizzie tomó las palabras negativas y el trato despectivo de los demás como combustible para su determinación, usando esos comentarios para impulsar su camino hacia los éxitos que ha logrado.
¿Qué consejo le da Lizzie a la audiencia al final de su discurso?
-Lizzie les pide a la audiencia que se pregunte qué los define y que recuerden que tienen el control sobre su vida, y que pueden elegir ser felices y enfocarse en sus logros en lugar de en sus desafíos.
¿Cómo describe Lizzie su relación con su familia y cómo la ha influenciado en su vida?
-Lizzie describe a su familia como su apoyo incondicional, quienes la han apoyado en buenos y malos momentos, y que han sido fundamentales en su capacidad para enfrentar los desafíos y seguir adelante.
Outlines
😀 Vida con síndrome rara y superación
El orador comparte su entusiasmo por estar allí y revela que nació con un síndrome extremadamente raro que le impide ganar peso. A pesar de sus desafíos, encuentra beneficios en su condición, como no preocuparse por el peso y usar su apariencia para inspirar a otros. A pesar de las dificultades, como la visibilidad limitada y el bullying, su familia la ha apoyado y motivado a enfrentar los desafíos con valentía y afrontar la vida con una actitud positiva.
😢 Experiencias de bullying y autoaceptación
El orador narra su experiencia de bullying desde los cinco años, cuando fue vista como diferente por sus compañeros. A pesar de sentirse rechazada y confundida, su familia la animó a ser ella misma y a no dejar que su apariencia la definiera. Ella reflexiona sobre lo que define a una persona y cómo, con el tiempo, aprendió a no dejar que su síndrome o su apariencia la definieran, sino que optó por enfocarse en sus logros y en lo que tiene, en lugar de lo que le falta.
💪 Uso de la negatividad para motivarse y lograr objetivos
El orador describe cómo decidió usar la negatividad y los comentarios despectivos como un motor para mejorar y alcanzar sus metas. A pesar de haber sido llamada 'la mujer más fea del mundo', tomó una decisión consciente de no dejar que esos comentarios la definieran y, en cambio, trabajó arduamente para convertirse en oradora motivacional, graduarse de la universidad y escribir libros. Su historia es un llamado a la acción para que cada uno use la negatividad en su vida para superarse y alcanzar sus objetivos.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡síndrome
💡beneficios
💡resiliencia
💡motivacional
💡aparición
💡bullicio
💡definirse a sí mismo
💡negatividades
💡logros
💡familia
Highlights
Speaker expresses extreme excitement about their presence and hints at a rare condition.
Describes a unique syndrome that affects weight gain, shared by only two other known individuals.
Details the benefits of the syndrome, such as the freedom to eat without gaining weight.
Shares a personal anecdote of eating a large quantity of junk food without weight gain.
Discusses the advantages of being visually impaired, such as ignoring rude people.
Volunteers to be a poster child for weight loss programs due to the syndrome's effects.
Recalls the challenges faced growing up, including doctors' grim predictions at birth.
Praises parents for their decision to raise her normally despite medical predictions.
Talks about overcoming bullying by focusing on personal strengths rather than physical differences.
Questions the audience about what defines them as individuals.
Shares her journey of self-discovery and the realization that her syndrome does not define her.
Reveals the impact of cyberbullying and the public's cruel comments about her appearance.
Emphasizes the importance of not letting negativity define one's life and turning it into motivation.
Lists her accomplishments, including becoming a motivational speaker and writing books, as a response to bullying.
Encourages the audience to use their life experiences to define themselves, not external negativity.
Concludes with a call to action for the audience to reflect on their own definitions of self.
Transcripts
really really really excited to be here
I kind of want to tell you a little bit
more of the I don't want to say big six
because we don't really know anything
about my syndrome I was born with this
very very very syndrome that only two
other people in the world including
myself that we know of have basically
what the syndrome causes that I cannot
gain weight yes it does to help as good
as it is
I could eat absolutely whatever I want
whenever I want and I won't really gain
any weight I'm gonna be 25 in March and
I've never weighed over about 64 pounds
of my entire life
what this is in college I hit why did
high it was everyone who was there but
it was a giant tub of Twinkies doughnuts
chips skittles and my roommate would say
I could hear you at 12:30 reaching under
your bed
to get food but I'm like you know what
it's all right I could do these things
because there are benefits to this
syndrome there are benefits to not being
able to gain weight there are benefits
to being visually impaired there are
benefits to being kind of really small a
lot of people think Lizzie how in the
world are you saying there's benefits
when you can only see out of one eye let
me tell you what the benefits are cuz
they're great I wear contacts contact
half-off contacts
when I wear my reading glasses hat off
prescription if somebody is annoying me
being rude stand on my right side it's
like you're not even there I don't even
know you're standing there right now if
I stand like this I have no clue but
there's this whole side of the room also
being small I am very willing to
volunteer myself to go to Weight
Watchers go to some gym and say hi I'm
Lizzie I will be your poster child put
my face on whatever you need and I will
say hi I use this program look how well
it worked even though there are really
amazing things that have come from this
syndrome there are also things that have
been very very difficult as you can
imagine growing up I was raised 150
percent normally when I was my parents
first child and when I was born the
doctors told my mom your daughter has no
amniotic fluid around her at all so when
I was born it was a miracle that I came
out screaming the doctors told my
parents we just want to warn you expect
your daughter to never be able to talk
walk crawl think or do anything by
herself now as first parents you could
first-time parents you could think that
my parents would say oh no why why why
are we getting our first child to have
all these unknown problems that's not
what they did
the first thing they told the doctor was
we want to see her and we are going to
take her home and love her and raise her
to the best of our abilities and that's
what they did
I credit pretty much everything that
I've done in my life to my parents my
dad has he repeated
a and my mom is at home watching she's
recovering from a surgery and she has
been the glue that held our family
together and giving me the strength to
see that she's going through so much but
she has this fighting spirit that she's
instilled in me that I have so proudly
been able to stand in front of people
and say you know what I've had a really
difficult life but that's okay that's
okay
things have been scary things have been
tough one of the biggest things that I
had to deal with growing up was
something that I'm pretty sure every
single one of us in this room has dealt
with before can you guess what that is
start to the beat can you guys guess it
boys bully
I know y'all are thinking I should have
comes like I sit here with them I had to
deal with bullying a lot but as I said I
was raised very normally so when I
started kindergarten I had absolutely no
idea that I look different no clue I
couldn't see that I look different from
other kids I think of it kind of as a
big slap of reality for a five-year-old
because I went into school first day
decked out in Pocahontas gear I was
ready I went in with my backpack that
looked like a turtle shell because it
was bigger than me and I walked up to a
little girl I smiled at her she looked
up at me like I was a monster like I was
the scariest thing she'd ever seen in
her life my first reaction was she is
really rude I am a fun kid and she's the
one missing out so I'll just go over
here and play with blocks or boys I
thought the day was gonna get better and
unfortunately didn't the day kind of got
worse and worse and a lot of people just
wanted to have absolutely nothing to do
with me and I couldn't understand why
why what did I do
I'd do anything to them a my mind I was
still a really cool kid so I had to go
home and ask my parents what's wrong
with me what did I do
why don't they like me and they sat me
down and they said Lizzie the only thing
that's different about you is that
you're smaller than the other kids you
have this syndrome but it's not going to
define who you are they said go to
school pick your head up smile continue
to be yourself and people will see that
you're just like them and so that's what
I did I want you to think and ask
yourself this in your head right now
what defines you who are you is it where
you come from is it your background is
it your friends what is it what defines
who you are as a person
it's taken me a very long time to figure
out what defines me for so long I
thought what define me was my outer
appearance I thought that
my little tiny legs and my little arms
in my little face was ugly I thought it
was disgusting I hated when I would wake
up in the morning I was going to middle
school and looking in the mirror getting
ready in the game can I just rub the
syndrome off it would make my life so
much easier if I could just scrub it off
I could look like the other kids I
wouldn't have to buy clothes that had
dora the explorer' on it I wouldn't have
to buy stuff that was bedazzled when I
was trying to be like the cool kids I
would wish and pray and hope and do
whatever I could to pray that I would
wake up in the morning and I would be
different and I wouldn't have to deal
with these struggles it's what I wanted
every single day and every single day I
was disappointed I have an amazing
amazing support system around me who
never pity me who are there to pick me
up if I'm sad who are there to laugh
with me during the good times and they
taught me that even though even though I
have a syndrome even though things are
hard I can't let that define me my life
was put into my hands just like your
lives are put into yours you are the
person in the front seat of your car you
are the one who decides whether your car
goes down a bad path or a good path you
are the one that decides what defines
you let me tell you it could be really
easy to I mean really hard to figure out
what what defines you because there are
times where I would just get so annoyed
and frustrated I don't care what defines
me when I was in high school I found the
video unfortunately that somebody posted
of me labeling me the world's ugliest
woman there were 4 million views to this
video 8 seconds long no sound thousands
of comments people saying Lizzie please
please just do a world a favor put a gun
to your head and kill yourself think
think about that if people did it people
told you that strangers told you this
I cried my eyes out of course and I was
ready to kind of fight back and
something kind of clicked in my head and
I thought I'm just going to leave it
alone I kind of started realizing that
my life is in my hands I could either
choose to make this really good or I can
choose to make this really bad I could
either be grateful and open my eyes and
realize the things that I do have and
make those the things that define me I
can't see out of one eye but I can see
out of the other I might get sick a lot
but I have really nice hair Thanks you
guys are like the best little section
right here is my train of thought okay
where was I uh-huh hair hair okay okay
thank you thank you thank you okay so I
can either choose to be happy or I could
choose to kind of be upset with what I
have and still kind of complain about it
but then I started realizing am I going
to let the people who call me a monster
define me am I gonna let the people who
said kill it with fire define me no I'm
gonna let my goals and my success and my
accomplishments be the things that
define me not my outer appearance not
the fact that I'm visually impaired not
the fact that I have this syndrome that
nobody knows what it is so I told myself
I'm gonna work my butt off and do
whatever I could to make myself better
because in my mind the best way that I
could get back at all those people who
made fun of me who teased me who called
me ugly and called me a monster was to
make myself better and to show them you
know what tell me those negative things
I'm going to turn them around and I'm
going to use them as a ladder to climb
up to my goals that's what I did I told
myself I wanted to be a motivational
speaker I want to write a book graduate
college have my own
my old career eight years later I'm
standing in front of you is still doing
motivational speaking first thing I
accomplished it I wanted to write a book
in a couple weeks I will be submitting
the manuscript for my third book I
wanted to graduate college and I just
finished college I'm getting a degree
I'm getting a degree in Communication
Studies from Texas State University in
San Marcos and I have a minor in English
I really really tried to use real-life
experience while I was getting my degree
and my professors were not having it but
I wanted to have lastly my own family in
my own career and the family part is
kind of down the line my career part I
feel like I'm really doing well with it
considering the fact that when I decided
I wanted to be a motivational speaker I
went home I started in front of my
laptop went to Google type in how to be
a motivational speaker I'm not even
joking I worked my butt off I use the
people who are telling me that I
couldn't do this to motivate me I use
their negativity to light my fire to
keep going use that use that use that
negativity that you have in your life to
make yourself better because I guarantee
you guarantee you you will win now I
want to end with asking you again I want
you to leave here and ask yourself what
defines you but remember rape starts
here thank you
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