Nick Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia with the rare Tetra-amelia disorder: limbless, missing both arms at shoulder level, and having one small foot with two toes protruding from his left thigh. Despite the absence of limbs, he is doing surf and swimming, and playing golf and soccer. Nick graduated from college at the age of 21 with a double major in Accounting and Financial Planning. He began his travels as a motivational speaker, focusing on the topics that today's teenagers face.
Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables him to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.
'I call it my chicken drumstick,' joked Nick, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles. 'I'd be lost without it.
'When I get in the water I float because 80 per cent of my body is lungs and my drumstick acts as a propeller.'
Due to his faith as an Evangelical Christian, Nick has chosen to remain a virgin until marriage although he has had long-term girlfriends in the past.
'He's very modest but he gets marriage proposals from women all the time,' said Nick's friend and publicist Steve Appel, from Los Angeles.
I felt cold and bitter. I hated God for doing this to me and was terrified of what would happen when my parents weren't there to look after me.
'I could brush my own teeth with a wall mounted brush and wash my own hair with pump action soap, but there was so much that was impossible for me.'
At age ten Nick, tried to drown himself in the bath but luckily the attempt was unsuccessful.
'I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength it is hard to hold on,' he said.
But with the help of his religion, friends and family, Nick managed to pull through to become an international symbol of triumph over adversity.
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