Milagros Cerron was born April 27, 2004, in Huancayo, Peru, with a rare condition in which both legs are fused together, known as sirenomelia, or “mermaid syndrome“. She captured the hearts of Peru when a highly-skilled plastic surgeon, Dr. Luis Rubio, allowed to have the operation to separate her legs televised. Milagros means “miracles” in Spanish, and it was one of a few miracles in the life of precious Milagros, that she survived beyond her birth.
