Free At Last!

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We have an update on Lai Thi Dao, the Vietnamese teen disfigured by a 16 pound tumor that we told y’all about last week.

Well, after 12 hours of surgery, doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center successfully removed the tumor!

The potentially life-threatening operation went off without any complications, thankfully.

The tumor had consumed the lower half of the teen’s face. It had been growing since she was 3 and eventually accounted for roughly one-third of her body weight.

Doctors told the media that Lai's tumor was one of the largest ever reported.

The teen hopes to finally attend school once she recovers and returns to Vietnam.

The International Kids Fund, which helps foreign children with urgent health needs, is seeking donations to pay for the surgery.

To make a tax-deductable donation, send a check or money order payable to the International Kids Fund at:
International Kids Fund
Re: Lai Thi Dao
P.O. Box 2020
Miami, FL 33101
1-877-IKF-KIDS

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 9:15 am / Email this »

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lola says – reply to this

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thats sooo cool..
Puss face says – reply to this

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Could you please put this under the 'easily offended'?? I hate logging on your site and seeing that.
carly says – reply to this

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this is amazing that they could help this little girl…
no onez ballz r bigger than buzhez says – reply to this

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wonder how
bigg that cock iz??????????????????????? obama..I can smell
the chickenzhittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
elle says – reply to this

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thank God
peter says – reply to this

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"Puss face" you are an asshole
grape juice says – reply to this

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Re: Puss face – you are an inconsiderate jerk…
korndawg73@yahoo.com says – reply to this

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tragick
dfsd says – reply to this

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first!!
{{[ itz hill/bill bitchez]}}{I LUV ♥ PEREZ}}♥} says – reply to this

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[[[[[[[[[[[…….. poor little grl ………..]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Me says – reply to this

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That's so scary. Poor girl !
sheesh says – reply to this

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I bet if this were an american child she wouldn't have gotten any of this help…..especially for free!!!!
FidelCastro says – reply to this

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A perez hilton le apesta el fondillo, cerdo asqueroso… ewwww
jamie says – reply to this

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awww thats great news……

and puss face—- grow up u stupid cunt
fdsjfkds says – reply to this

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that girl is fifteen?
booshdag says – reply to this

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MR. PEANUT!
stephanie says – reply to this

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good job perez! anddd first! man i'm pathetic
Trish the Bitch says – reply to this

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I like that you're doing good lately Perez…It's a nice combo to get sleezy news and then information like this. Keep up the good work Cubanito!
CHARISSE says – reply to this

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thanks perez for posting this.
.... says – reply to this

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poor little darling. anyone that says anything nasty about her is a cowardly piece of chicken shit. she is such a brave young lady, big respect to her. it's so unfortunate we live in such a callous, shallow world.
Rev. Wright won't shut up..hez hurting obama says – reply to this

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everyone now knows why..he's mad coz obama dissed his ass and so now he wants to be president. he likes to talk
maybe he should debate hillary
for obama!
nerakmic says – reply to this

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insane!
SHay says – reply to this

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Perez, this is great that you post these type of things on your site! So much better then entertaing yet boring gossip. Thanks!
Skata says – reply to this

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Terrible… Vietnam is such a 3rd world country that it lets its people suffer in such a way. Why didn't the parents do anything sooner??? Illiterates.
just saying says – reply to this

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Hey Fatass……maybe they can help you with your ugly face too….
Can't hurt to ask.
hello says – reply to this

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lets try this again. that girl is fifteen??! she looks to be about 7.
Maralee says – reply to this

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I agree with PussFace! Perez these are the kinds of things that should go under "If you're easily offended because I just opened up to your site and that was the first thing I saw and I almost passed out. That is TOO GRAPHIC a photo to just throw out there~~~
jp says – reply to this

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Please put that under easily offended, it's just fucking horrifying.
breaking hillary {{♥♥}} newz } says – reply to this

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Hill iz ahead of mccain
and in superdelegatez..zhez alzo ahead 258=hill 242=lozer…yea…
thank you
Rev. Wright
Al Sharpton
Desert Gal says – reply to this

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Pobresita…I wish her a speedy recovery…
holly says – reply to this

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DAYUM… GOOD FOR HER!!

UM THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR DONATIONS TO PAY FOR THIS?????? YOU WOULD THINK WITH THE AMOUNT THAT CELEBS AND WHATNOT DONATE TO CHARITY THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID FOR BY NOW. WHAT WAS IT LIKE A MILLION DOLLAR SURGERY OR SOMETHING? WTF
kate says – reply to this

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Re: Puss face – thats a horrible thing to say!
boothe says – reply to this

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F U and your donations to a wothwhile cause! You want to donate something donate to me. Im taking donations to hopefully get enough money to buy my gas guzzling 7 Series BMW! F U Perez and your vaseline oozing ass!
ghy says – reply to this

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awwwwww……I hope she has a speedy recovery!
obamaz a chickenzhit of a girl..wherez that lawzy dude/ says – reply to this

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don't cha just luv how he lied about rev.w/z
growing up..the rev. w. waz not poor
hiz daddy waz a paztor/mommie a vice principal
went to an elite 80%white school
had no reason to zay G.D. america
stop lying
obama..
s says – reply to this

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Re: Puss face – I agree!! I dont want to see that, especially when i am eating breakfast !
Callie says – reply to this

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Uhm, thats pretty gross. Im thankfull they got it off. AND SHES A TEEN!?!??!?!?!!!!!! She looks like shes 6. (check out her jacket)
Ghie says – reply to this

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I think its great that Perez post these rather than all these SPOILED BRATS in Hollywood complaining how life is hard for them…well BOO HOO! Y'all are rich!
SHUT UP says – reply to this

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Re: breaking hillary {{♥♥}} newz } – You're going to look like such an ass when the fucking cunt LOSES!!!!!!
meg says – reply to this

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Re: jp –

GROW UP!!!

Im glad it was safely removed.. good luck to her
i luv me says – reply to this

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Re: Puss face –
wow..hope you have really good karma
meg says – reply to this

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who cares how old she is.. Why make a huge deal out of it???

At least it got removed safely
Andrew Cocurullo - London, Canada says – reply to this

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WTF is wrong w/ you, Perez??!! This isn't even celeb gossip news. You're a huuuuuuuuuuge fatass fuck-up! Dickhead. SWF…?!
mo says – reply to this

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Where is the after picture!?
i luv me says – reply to this

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wow..some of your readers are really sick and pathetic perez…get a fuckin grip on reality people..
i luv me says – reply to this

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Re: Andrew Cocurullo - London, Canada – wow..some of your readers are really sick and pathetic perez…get a fuckin grip on reality people..
Melissa says – reply to this

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Good heavens…why did the doctors let it grow for that many years and to that enormous size? Thank heavens she got the care she needed.
mizxcusiv3 says – reply to this

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Thank God that they helped her
LALALALALALALALA says – reply to this

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She could have kept it and make a good living out of being Mariah carey's best look-a-like.
DMAN says – reply to this

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THAT THING COULD FEED LIKE 500 KENYANS
Dave says – reply to this

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Re: Maralee – Seriously, Maralee, do the world a favor and hang yourself.
poor child says – reply to this

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God bless this child and I pray she is able to lead a normal life and prosper.
Obsessed says – reply to this

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I am definitely sending them a check today
kimmm says – reply to this

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I dont know if you remember but a couple of years or so ago a little black girl got a tumor removed from her face too … not quite that size but still was atleast 10 lbs … anywho so now her face is permenately stretched which is whats probably going to happen to this girl … So sad .. My question is is why did they let it get so bad?!
bumbly says – reply to this

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God Bless her. That's amazing that the doctors were successful in removing the tumor with no complications.
dee says – reply to this

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I would be curious to see the "after" picture. That tumor looks like it caused major maxiofacial deformities as well…her teeth and upper jaw as well. I'll bet she's going to need more surgery to look "normal" again…its a long process.
bumbly says – reply to this

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Re: dee – true, true. Before and after.
ang says – reply to this

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that's totally photoshopped…i'm sick of everyone begging for $$
Marianne Chitter Chatter says – reply to this

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I heard they later cooked the tumor. It was tender and delicious.
datesun says – reply to this

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Some people on here are heartless! May those heartless ones grow a fucken fat tumor and beg for money to pay for it too!! Then you'll know how that feels.
Cav99 says – reply to this

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I love that you show this stuff. I love a bitchy laugh as much as an American high school student but this kind of stuff makes all the ridiculous celebrity stuff seem unimportant, and a celebrity blog that does that has my vote
Greg House says – reply to this

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Pics or it didn't happen.
JoJo says – reply to this

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Gross!

Get that picture off the page.

DON'T POST THESE KIND OF PICTURES. It makes me gag.
Puss face says – reply to this

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This girl is GROSS and needs some new makeup for cover her hatchetface.
yikes says – reply to this

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why couldn't she have gotten this done sooner? No money?
Lawzy, Lawzy Miss Scarlett Hussein Obama's Chickens Have Come Home To Roost says – reply to this

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Re: obamaz a chickenzhit of a girl..wherez that lawzy dude/ – Re: {{[ itz hill/bill bitchez]}}{I LUV ♥ PEREZ}}♥} –
#21 - Rev. Wright won't shut up..hez hurting obama
Lawzy's here chilluns. Such a bright beautiful day. Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright, and Louis Farakhan have added a whole new energy to my tired ol' life, a pep to my step, a thrill to my daily drill. Now Michelle "James Brown" Obama is running her mouth, too. Just wind 'em up and turn 'em loose. Lawzy, Lawd.
Lawzy, Lawzy Cap'n Butler Would You Look At The Freakshow Hussein Obama Has Chosen For HIs Cabinet says – reply to this

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Vice President — Michelle “James Brown” Obama
Secretary of State — Al Sharpton (Ambassador to Queens, Kings, Premiers, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Foreign Heads of State) 
 Secretary of Defense — Louis Farakhan (Will Rid World Of All International Whites) 
Secretary of Education — Reverend James Meeks (Will Rid World Of All Homosexuals AND Homosexuality)
Secretary of Homeland Security — Reverend Jeremiah Wright (Will Rid World Of All Domestic Whites)
Lawzy, Lawzy Cap'n Butler Would You Look At The Freakshow Hussein Obama Has Chosen For His Cabinet says – reply to this

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My concern, long term, is this. Someone once said, "You don't have to be smart, just keep smart people around you." (George W. Bush?) Think Cabinet. I want a cabinet of Smart people. People brilliant in their respective fields. Who will Obama ask? Who will accept? Who will he conspicuously NOT ask? Who will conspicuously NOT accept? I don't see ANY real experts in international diplomacy, tacticians, statisticians, negotiators, stabilizers, or any other outstanding people stepping forward. I do picture alot of these types, well known in their fields already, saying NO to Obama. Who in the Hell wants to be associated with a B. Hussein Obama presidency now? All he's got to offer is an ex-Spritual Advisor who preaches a Cult of White Hate. And a wife who looks like James Brown with a four-foot-wide-ass.
Lawzy, Lawzy Cap'n Butler Would You Look At The Freakshow Hussein Obama Has Chosen For His Cabinet says – reply to this

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Vice President — Michelle “James Brown” Obama
Secretary of State — Al Sharpton (Ambassador to Queens, Kings, Premiers, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Foreign Heads of State) 
Secretary of the Treasury — Wesley Snipes (Handles All Our Money)
 Secretary of Defense — Louis Farakhan (Will Rid World Of All International Whites) 
Attorney General — Star Jones ( “She Said She’s A Lawyer”; from Crazytown, USA) 
Secretary of the Interior — Don King (All Around Good Ole Crazy Guy) 
Secretary of Agriculture — Snoop Dawg (He Will Be In Charge Of “Growing Stuff”)
 Secretary of Commerce — Kanye West (Can’t Get Along With Nobody, Pissed he’s Not The Prez) 
Secretary of Labor — K-Fed (Token Honky—Never Works , But Always Looks Cool) 
Secretary of Health and Human Services — Mike Tyson (Knocks People Out; Bites Their Ears Off) 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development — Michael Jackson (Knows About Houses & Kids & Stuff)
Secretary of Transportation — 50 cent  (That’s How He Rolls)
Secretary of Energy — Barry Bonds (Keeps Cabinet Supplied With Steroids & Cocaine) 
Secretary of Education — Reverend James Meeks (Will Rid World Of All Homosexuals AND Homosexuality)
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs — Jesse Jackson (Cause He’s The Oldest, And Has To Be Something) 
Secretary of Homeland Security — Reverend Jeremiah Wright (Will Rid World Of All Domestic Whites)
Lawzy, Lawzy Cap'n Butler Would You Look At The Freakshow Hussein Obama Has Chosen For His Cabinet says – reply to this

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I haven't seen evidence in the last month that anyone is thinking, politically, even further than 24 hours into the future. We need a president who will make us feel safe and strong and united nationally, and proud and intelligent and articulate internationally. Do I see Obama making me feel safe against the evils of the world? : NO, hell no. Do I see Obama smiling and mingling and solving international problems with Queen Elizabeth of England, King Juan Carlos of Spain, the Emperor of Japan—or even the real Prime Ministers, Premiers, & Presidents who run foreign countries? : NO. NO. Do I see Michelle Obama hosting foreign dignitaries and heads of state and their wives in the White House? : OH, Lawzy, NO.
FUCK YOU says – reply to this

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Thats what happends when brothers and sisters fuck and produce a child!
T.rex says – reply to this

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its looks fine! i would've just left it on.
DMAN says – reply to this

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she could earn her own money working at the circus
she could charge for $10 pictutes , $50 to poke it with a stick
Saggy fun-bags says – reply to this

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It looks like a giant sack of testicles hanging from her face. Either that on an octopus. Is that her "mouth"? WTF? Predator!
Woah says – reply to this

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That is a not unusual thing in foreign countries. I saw a show where they took off a huge tumor off a girls face just like that!

It might be something in the water.
DMAN says – reply to this

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HAVENT YOU LEARNED ANYTHING FROM SOUTHPARK
THE CONDITION IS KNOWN AS BALLSONCHINITUS
Thanks P says – reply to this

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Makes me ill when we have such riches in the world and kids suffer like this.
bev says – reply to this

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I'm glad the surgery was successful. Will she need plastic surgery after this? I hope there are huge contributions. There should be.

She has beautiful eyes.
lemon drops says – reply to this

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Hopefully miracles can happen and she will have a chance at being normal one day.
jenn says – reply to this

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If the tumor were 16 pounds AND it accounted for one entire third of her body weight, are you telling us she only weighs 48 pounds?
Kwati says – reply to this

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Re: Maralee – too graphic to look at once? How about the girl? Living with that since she was three. Stop living a sheltered life, expand your knowledge of other cultures and other people.
Rachel says – reply to this

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Call me crazy… but why the hell does one wait until a tumor is 1/3 her body weight to have it removed? Shit, I have 1 mm moles removed because I think they're unsightly.

Why are foreigners so stupid?
whatthehell says – reply to this

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For all the people that say it makes you gag
grow the fuck up ok? you don't have to live everyday like this
and it's not graphic…oh wait i'm sorry its not your shooting video games or your porno movies
and as for her jacket we can't all be wearing abercrombie especially in a different country dumbass.
there are actually a lot of kids all around the world that suffer from health problems like this.
so grow up and have some compassion.
whatthehell says – reply to this

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and one more thing. theres a big difference between small moles that are "unsightly" and tumors that are life threatening.
plus obviously culture is different in other countries. you can't judge every country by u.s. standards.
CoCoCaChew says – reply to this

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Re: booshdag – TOTALLY! BWAHAHAHAHA!
Seriously, that's gross.
sad says – reply to this

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i like how this post has only under 100 comments while other lame posts that features lame ass celebs like britney or miley or mariah has millions of comments, kinda sad isn't it?
sad says – reply to this

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i like how this post has under 100 comments while other posts that feature lame ass celebs like britney or miley or mariah has millions of comments, kinda sad isn't it? it just shows how 'real' people really are…
broke says – reply to this

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Re: Rachel –
ever heard of no $$? probably not, since you probably live in america, you got rich dad, mom, rich uncles and aunts and what not…. i'd wouldn't be surprised if this child's parents abandoned her, have you ever been there before? probably not eh…..
Betty S. says – reply to this

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I hate the UGLY pink robe. Her face is too olive for that COLOR.

And she is UGLY too!!!
montreal queen says – reply to this

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YAYYY!!! Im sooooo happy 4 herr!!!! JE TAIMEE
Aunt Jemima Pancakes! says – reply to this

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That shade of lipstick is totally wrong for the hole in her face!
SEXXXY says – reply to this

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Hopefully she'll get plastic surgery to tighten up that mouth and turn it into a REAL pleasure hole!
WARNING PLEASE PEREZ says – reply to this

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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

it's a gossip website idiot i don't want to see these kind of things sorry for the girl but please WARNING!!
You have no respect for us!You suck Perez!
Marcela says – reply to this

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I'm happy and praying for her, but I wonder how they had let it grow that big.
J says – reply to this

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SHES ACTUALLY ONLY 5, NOT A TEEN
bay says – reply to this

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Hey if you can you should post an after picture when she is healed! I am happy for her!
lee says – reply to this

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why is that we can't make donations DIRECTLY to the family? it always has to go thru some "organization."
Tron says – reply to this

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Her eyebrows need plucking.
MGP says – reply to this

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I can't believe that no one helped this little girl until now??? This world is fucked. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars on warfare and have to take donations to help this girl get surgery?? Shame on the powers that be.
emie says – reply to this

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thank god thay were able 2 do this!!

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