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MICHAEL: He once told The World's Skinnest Woman to believe in herself. And she does.

The World’s Skinniest Woman has created a new dance to honor Pop King Michael Jackson – and anybody can do the routine that she calls “The Skinny.”

“You don’t have to light on your feet because there’s no footwork,” a winking Maria Corrales-Gonzalez-Carrerra, of Los Angeles, told derekclontz.wordpress.com exclusively.

“All you do is thrust your pelvis forward with your hands clasped in front of you, and then pull back.

“I like to say ‘OWWWWWW!’ from time to time like Michael did when he was singing and dancing.

“It’s good to remember him that way, so full of life, so talented, such a wonderful man.

“I met him way back in 1984 during the Thriller Tour. We became friends and we spent some interesting hours at his Neverland Ranch back before he was accused of molesting children. Before all that, it was a magical place.

“After that, there was something wrong, something heavy and foreboding in the air. But when the times were good, there was an innocence at Neverland … it was a wonderful place to be.

“Because I don’t fit the profile of the typical female beauty … because I’ve been teased and harassed all my life … because I’m thin, I always have struggled with self esteem.

“Michael told me, ‘Maria, beauty is in your heart and soul, it doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside. Look at me. Look at my nose and how white my skin is. People make fun of me and I don’t let it bother me.

“I love them even when they say things about me that hurt and sting. If you ever feel down or like you’re alone in the world, remember me. I love you. God loves you. The little children love you.

“That’s all you need.’”

Maria is 48 but looks older because the anorexia that keeps her skinny also has, doctors say, caused premature aging.

She stands 5-foot-10 but weighs just 67 pounds – with a waist size of just 11 inches, published reports say, and she confirms.

“I don’t want people thinking about me,” she said. “I want them ‘doing the skinny’ for Michael. If you are at his memorial and a TV crew or photographer points a camera at you, do the dance for Michael.”

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