"Two years ago, I would've been sobbing in my bathroom about comments that would be left on my page. [But] now where I'm like, 'Wait, no. They're coming back and they keep coming back. They're fans, and it's cute, and they're paying my bills.' So I love that for me."
"We live in a day and age when people can say anything they want behind a screen, but little do they know the effect is takes on the other person behind the screen,"
"Maybe [my haters are] hurt. Maybe something happened to them. Maybe they just don't understand or are trying to be funny,"
"If that's what my page needs to be for them to take it out on, then go for it, because my bank account is succeeding, so thank you."
A transgender beauty influencer born without limbs addresses online trolls who mock her. She says that two years ago she would have been upset by comments, but now she views repeated negativity as attention from fans who help her reach more people and pay her bills. She notes that people can say anything behind a screen, but their words affect the person receiving them. She suggests haters may be hurt, confused, or trying to be funny, and she welcomes the attention if it benefits her bank account. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil, with Hanhart Syndrome, a rare congenital condition causing underdeveloped limb growth. Her mother placed her for adoption due to financial limits, and Mormon parents from Utah adopted her when she was nine months old, raising her in a large family.
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