{"id":1698,"date":"2026-08-28T20:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:51:39","slug":"born-without-a-nose-heres-what-tessa-evans-looks-like-at-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"Born without a nose, here\u2019s what Tessa Evans looks like at 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"540\">Born on Valentine\u2019s Day in 2013, Tessa Evans has grown into a powerful symbol of resilience and courage. She was born with Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome (BAMS), an ultra-rare condition that left her without a nose and a sense of smell. Fewer than 100 cases have ever been recorded worldwide. Despite early challenges\u2014including time in intensive care and a tracheostomy as an infant\u2014Tessa has faced life with remarkable strength and humor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"890\">At just two years old, she made medical history by becoming the youngest person to receive a cosmetic nasal implant, beginning a gradual, non-invasive reconstruction process designed to support her long-term development. Now 12, Tessa approaches her journey with optimism, charm, and confidence, often joking about her inability to smell bad odors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1066\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Surrounded by a loving family and a global community of supporters, Tessa continues to redefine beauty, proving it lies not in appearance, but in spirit, resilience, and joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born on Valentine\u2019s Day in 2013, Tessa Evans has grown into a powerful symbol of resilience and courage. She was born with Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome (BAMS), an ultra-rare condition &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions\/1700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readviralstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}