Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life- by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women\\\'s rightsin Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads inEast Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racingcamels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot -until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered theancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Warissuffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 yearold stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. Afteran extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made herway to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassadoruntil that family returned home. Penniless and speaking littleEnglish, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famouslydiscovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a trulyinspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable womanwhose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
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Waris Dirie is an internationally renowned model and face ofRevlon skincare products. She was appointed by the United Nationsin 1997 as a special ambassador for women\\\'s rights to eliminate thepractice of female genital mutilation. She lives in New York withher boyfriend and their son.
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