She weighs just 60 pounds and has no adipose tissue, and cannot create muscle, store energy, or gain weight.
She inspired women all over the world earlier this year when, during an interview with CNN, she said that people “should stop staring and start learning.”
Since then, she told Yahoo! Shine she’s been flooded with speaking requests and supportive emails.
In 2013 she’s hoping to write her third book (her second, “Be Beautiful, Be You” came out in September, 2011), continue her work as a motivational speaker, and meet as many people as possible in 2013.
“There are so many different people out there with so many different stories,” she told Yahoo! Shine. “Hearing their stories is what inspires me. That’s what keeps me going.”
Yahoo! Shine readers called Velasquez’s story, one of the most-inspirational pieces they read in 2012 and praised her for her inner beauty and strength.
You have no excuse at all not to be grateful for who he has made you to be.
What is your excuse?