Vlogger who was born with a facial tumour that leaves her unable to speak or eat takes YouTube by storm with her beauty tutorials - using sign language

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Marimar Quiroa once hid her face from strangers in the street, but now proudly bares her beauty to the thousands of people who follow her online.

The 21-year-old, from California, was born with a facial tumour called cystic hygroma, which means she has to use sign language in her videos to communicate.

But the inspirational student won't let anything hold her back, and now she is turning traditional beauty standards on their head with her powerful message of self-love.

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21-year-old Marimar was born with a facial tumour called cystic hygroma

Marimar said: 'To me, beauty means to accept yourself for who you are, and to ignore what other people tell you.

'You show your beauty how it is, it doesn't matter if you have a different looking face, accept yourself how you are.'

Marimar's mother Maria didn't know of her condition until after she was born and in her younger years she would struggle with her appearance.

Marimar said: 'It has affected my mouth since before birth. Before, my face and head were bigger and I went through the process of many surgeries over several years to shrink my face and mouth to what you see today.

She has to use sign language in her videos due to the fact that she cannot speak

Marimar, from California, says: 'To me, beauty means to accept yourself for who you are, and to ignore what other people tell you.'

Her mum didn't know of her condition until she was born and Marimar struggled with her appearance in her younger years

She has undergone multiple procedures over the years to shrink the tumour but now she embraces her beauty and wants others to do the same 

'It affects me in several ways. I cannot speak, I breathe through a hole in my throat, I eat through a tube in my stomach and the hearing in my right ear is diminished.'

Brave Marimar has undergone multiple procedures over the years to shrink the tumour but now she is embracing her beauty and encouraging others to do the same.

She said: 'When I was younger I would talk to myself in the mirror. I would tell myself I was beautiful.

'I would encourage myself and list all the things that were good about me and it built my confidence through the years.

'What I like about makeup and beauty is imagining new looks, especially around the eyes, and showing people they're beautiful no matter what.'

She says: 'When I was younger I would talk to myself in the mirror. I would tell myself I was beautiful'

Pictured above as a baby and at school: Marimar had always been interested in makeup but two years ago decided to set up a YouTube channel

Marimar had always been interested in makeup but two years ago she decided to throw caution to the wind and start her own video blog on YouTube - and she could never have predicted it's success.

Now Marimar has had over five million views and gets countless messages from women who she has inspired.

She said: 'People type their comments after they view my videos, and they say some really nice things. They tell me I'm beautiful and they love my makeup.'

Sadly not everyone has been so positive about Marimar's venture, and she has received some abuse from online trolls.

Marimar said: 'I have encountered negative people both on YouTube and out in my daily life. People tell me I look like a monkey, that my mouth is wrong and people stare at me, I see them staring.

Marimar has had over five million views and gets countless messages from women who she has inspired

She has received some abuse from online trolls and Marimar says: 'People tell me I look like a monkey, that my mouth is wrong and people stare at me, I see them staring'

'When people say negative things to me I either tell them to stop or just ignore them. But if people are staring at me, I stare right back and refuse to look away until they stop.'

Marimar's biggest fans are her mum Maria and her older sister, Airam, 24.

Maria said: 'I say to her she can do whatever she wants - with some limitation - but still she can do everything.

'She said she wants to go traveling and go many places and inspire other people and give thanks to God that's she's alive with a lot of energy.

Marimar's biggest fans are her mum Maria and her older sister, Airam, 24

Her sister says: 'Ever since she was little she's managed to figure things out. She took grasp of what her condition was and made the best of it'

'If she wants to do it then I'm with her - whatever she wants.'

Airam added: 'Ever since she was little she's managed to figure things out. She took grasp of what her condition was and made the best of it.

'Personally she inspires me because it's not easy having the condition she has, everybody looking at you, everybody staring at you and for us as a family its been hard to do this together.

'To see her get up every day and keep doing what she does, it's not easy.'

As well as making her videos, Marimar is also training to become a teacher for deaf children and attends beauty school in the evening.

She is also a Zumba instructor and teaches a class every week.

Marimar said: 'I started going to Zumba classes about two years ago. As I learned it became really fun for me.

'I loved it so I decided to earn my certificate last year in August of 2015 to teach Zumba class.

Alongside her YouTube channel, Marimar also earned her certificate last year to teach Zumba classes

Marimar doesn't know what her condition will mean for her further down the line but she has big plans for the future

'My condition doesn't hold me back in any way - there is nothing I can't do.'

Marimar does not know how her condition will affect her further down the line, but she has big plans for her future.

She said: 'I hope to get married someday and have a family, have my own beauty line, travel and teach people around the world about makeup and my life experience.'

'It doesn't matter how you look or how you feel about your body. Accept yourself, accept your image - that's what matters.'