Francesca admits her mouth is “crooked” due to facial paralysis caused by a panic attack

Dominican Francisca was targeted for having a “crooked” mouth Criticism and bullying Since her rise to fame at Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015, but what many don’t know is that she is a product of Facial paralysis caused by panic attacks.

The host of Despierta America spoke about her truth World Mental Health Day And while he assured that the criticism would not affect him anymore, he wanted to raise awareness on the matter.

Francesca told journalist Mandy Friedman that when she was living in New York and working as a waitress in a restaurant, she felt so uncertain about what was going to happen to her and all the stress made her so sick.

“One morning I woke up with my heart racing and I was scared because when you have no control over your heart, the thoughts start: you’re going to die, you’re going to have a heart attack, what’s going on? Suddenly my face got a spasm and I started touching myself To hit me, to hit that side of my face to react, then I said: if you don’t stay calm, you will die, I started breathing, I started breathing, it happened to me, ” explained the Dominican.

The next day, looking in the mirror, he realized that his face was slightly crooked, but he did not listen to it, he went to work at the restaurant and forgot about it until it came to the media. People started asking him that.

“They never stopped criticizing me. Because it doesn’t really affect me like it used to, But one should be careful sometimes With the things he says. They sometimes say, ‘Your mouth is crooked, why is your mouth crooked? Why not fix it?’ When they mention that, people don’t know what is behind it. Always be careful what you say,” he said.

A few weeks ago, the creator of Mela La Melaza confronted people who called her “ugly”. “Why are you so ugly? God! Join the ugly#@%”, and the Dominican was not silent: “The mouth speaks of the abundance of the heart. Ugly but delicious, blessed. Imagine it must have been beautiful where I was.

Although this is not the first time the little mother Gennaro He had to deal with bullying for his physique.