World 'ugliest' woman suffers from rare undiagnosed syndrome

Her name is Lizzie Valasquez [picture above] has been described as ugly all her life and has even been tagged as  the ''world ugliest person'' by people around and she has also had to live and deal with it for 23 years. Since she was born. she has been ridiculed, stared at in the street and called the world ugliest woman by insensitive cyber bullies.

Looking back at the years gone, Lizzie says she can finally shrug off hurtful comments about her looks as ''just words.'' She hails from Austin, Texas and was born without Adipose Tissue which means she has no body fat and despite eating up to 60 small meals a day, she remains at a delicate 4.4stone [58lbs].

Lizzie as a child

The rare condition still baffles doctors as the syndrome is so rare that to this day undiagnosed. Apart from Lizzie, there are only two people in the world known to suffer from the condition. The main symptom is failure to gain weight. Miss Valasquez is also blind on one eye and has limited vision in the other one. 

Dinner time

Lizzie and her supportive family