Nicholas James Vujicic is an Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of arms and legs. He is one of seven known individuals who are diagnosed with the syndrome.
Born with no arms and no legs, Nick Vujicic has overcome life's challenges through strength & hope found in Jesus Christ. Life Without ...
The renowned motivational speaker was born to father Boris Vujicic and mother Dushka Vujicic who were Serbian immigrants from Yugoslavia. In his autobiography, he recorded that when he was born, his own mother refused to hold him when the nurse brought him to her for the first time but eventually, both his parents came to accept him the way he was and with the belief that it is God’s plan for their son. Nick was born as the first child of the Vujicic family and was raised alongside his two siblings Michelle Vujicic and Aaron Vujicic. In case you are wondering how a man without limbs would find love, you need to brace yourself.
Nick relocated to California in the year 2006 and in 2008, in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas, he met his soul mate Kanae Miyahara, a young woman born in Mexico and based in Texas. Kanae is the daughter of a Mexican mother and a Japanese agricultural engineer who happened to be among the audience in one of his motivational speeches. From listening to Nick’s speech, she was hooked and on the 12th of February 2012, the couple tied the nuptial knot. Their marriage is blessed with four kids namely Dejan Levi and Kiyoshi James sons and Ellie Laurel and Olivia Mei, an identical set of twin daughters.