Model of inspiration: Chong painting a portrait of Velasquez.
PETALING JAYA: They called her ugly but she showed that she’s a brave woman at heart.
Back in 2006, when Lizzie Velasquez (pic) was still in her teens, she found a video of herself on YouTube, calling her “the world’s ugliest woman”.
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