This Black Woman Who Was Bullied Because Of Her ‘Ugly Leg’ Now Works As A Model To Inspire Others
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- March 27, 2018
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28-year-old Model, Berlange Presilus was born with a lump on her right leg, that formed a mass of intertwined veins that got bigger as she grew up but surprisingly, she refused to let that stop her.
As a child, Berlange walked with a left tilt, and blood circulation issues made her toes curl and resulted in painful cramps. Finally, she was diagnosed with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS) at age 22.
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Presilus, who is originally from Haiti and now lives in Toronto decided to take part in a photo shoot as her own personal project showing off her leg and is speaking out to encourage others to embrace their differences.
Talking about how she decided to pick up her life, she said:
“The reason was that I wasn’t ready to be rejected.
Unfortunately, the calls for work started to slow down.
Eventually I asked if it was my condition and she said, ‘Unfortunately it is.’
“When I found out I wept and I was angry. I felt like it was unfair.”
It took me years but I started questioning things and asking myself, ‘Was I really born just to lie?’
“I decided enough was enough and that I had to stand up for myself.”
“I decided to take part in this photo shoot and I have never looked back.”
“I discovered that I had magic and now I’m unstoppable.”
Speaking of her insecurities as a child, Ms Presilus said: ” used to wear long jeans all the time and long skirts, even in the summer.
‘If I exposed my leg I would get laughed at or teased.
‘They would say, “Look at her, it looks like her leg is about to fall off”.
‘It made me feel bad and as if I didn’t belong. I just felt like, “Why me?”
She said: ‘I would see models in magazines with long hair and bright lipstick and I dreamed of being like them but then I would look at my leg and think, “how could it ever happen?”
‘I thought my leg was ugly. It was the ugliest thing I had ever seen.”
