<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > she grew up in misery, was cut off from external genitalia at the age of 5, forced to marry an old man in her 60s at the age of 12, in pursuit of freedom, she lived on the streets, and finally was discovered by a photographer, making her the world's top supermodel, she is Wallis Diri. </h1>
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > 5 years old to be circumcised</h1>
Born in 1965 in a herdsman tribe in the Somali desert of Africa, Wallis had 12 children and only survived 6.
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When it comes to Somalia, many people think of pirates at first thought? Or is it poor and backward? Wallis was born in that near-isolated desert, where poverty, drought, and turmoil accompanied everyone's lives; hunger became a daily routine, and survival was the only goal.
At the age of 5, Wallis was forced to accept an ancient custom that had lasted for a long time: circumcision, her mother held Wallis, and the circumcisionist struggled despite crying and crying, took the scissors in her hand, and mercilessly circumcised, no anesthetics, no pain relief, and blood stained the stones on the ground. After two days of coma after the circumcision, Wallace woke up.
Circumcision has been circulating in Somalia for thousands of years, and Somalis believe that what is between a woman's legs is unclean, is the root of evil, and must be cut off, so Somali girls are born to about 3 years old, and they will be sent to circumcision practitioners, accompanied by heart-rending cries.
After the circumcision of the girl, a lifetime of pain and torture, the woman's lower body is only a small hole, urine can only drip out of the urine when urinating, each time it takes ten minutes, the pain is unbearable; every month when the menstrual leave is better than death, tortured. It is not until the wedding night that it can be cut by her husband with a knife or blade to ensure a "virgin body".
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > resolutely ran away from marriage at the age of 12</h1>
At the age of 12, her father married her to a 69-year-old man as his fourth wife in exchange for five camels, and on the day before the wedding, Wallis cried to her mother that she did not want to marry the old man, but her mother only silently shed tears, and the family could no longer afford to raise many children. Wallis ran away all night after asking for help, and her mother heard her footsteps, did not stop her, and let her leave.
She fled to the desert alone, running barefoot desperately, her feet were scarred, Wallis did not stop, she kept walking, running and eating bark, nibbling on leaves, sleeping on the ground, the land was sunburned, she had not drunk water for several days, walked for days and nights, and with vague memories, she crossed the desert to find her grandmother's house.
Grandma was surprised and distressed to see Wallis alone across the desert, Allah Allah's will to keep her alive. But Grandma couldn't take Wallace in, because she was afraid that Wallace's father would find her here, and in desperation, Grandma arranged for her to go to her aunt as a maid. Wallis's aunt was the wife of the Somali Embassy in London, and it was at least temporarily safe to go there.
Her uncle was the somali ambassador to Britain at the time, and Wallis followed the family away from home, which gave her painful memories.
Wallis worked there as a maid for nine years, she did housework every day, washed and cooked, listened to TV programs, learned some simple English, life here was completely refreshing for her, she thought she could live in peace, but she did not expect that the Somali civil war broke out, the embassy in Britain was withdrawn, and Wallis's aunt and uncle had to leave Britain to return to Somalia.
Wallis, living on the streets, she has no relatives, no friends, she is alone, alone. She became an illegal resident of Britain, without identity and without English. When you are hungry during the day, you will go to the trash can to rummage through leftovers to eat; at night, when you are sleepy, you will pick up a cardboard shell and sleep on the side of the road.
Even if she lived on the streets, Wallis never thought about going back to the hometown that scared her, and what kind of suffering would fate make her suffer? She didn't know, she just knew that on days like this, she was free.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Wallis finally knew that not every girl had to be circumcised</h1>
After wandering around England for some time, Wallis meets a girl named Marilyn, who doesn't look like a bad person, and Wallis pleads with the girl to take her in for one night, and the kind Marilyn takes her home.
Originally thought that it was just one night to send Wallis away the next day, when Marilyn woke up the next morning, she found that Wallace had cleaned the room and made a cup of hot coffee, and Marilyn's heart softened. She recommended a job for Wallace to work in a restaurant, and it was when wallace worked in the restaurant that Wallis met the noble man in her life.
On this day, when Wallis worked in the restaurant, she always felt that there was a person staring at her, until the restaurant was about to close, a middle-aged man walked up to Wallis and gave her a business card, and told Wallis that he was a photographer named Terrance Donovan, who was deeply attracted by Wallace's innate unique temperament and persuaded her to become a model.
But Wallis had no idea what the man named Donovan was, she thought it was a liar, and she was about to throw the business card in the trash, Donovan quickly stuffed the business card into Wallis again, and told her that she could come to him at any time after figuring it out.
When the man left, Wallis accused Marilyn of being a bad woman, which was not right, and Wallis showed Marilyn her private parts, believing that only a woman who had been circumcised could remain a virgin for her newlywed husband, and that a good woman was a good woman, and Wallis even thought that all women should be circumcised.
When Marilyn saw The Magnificent's body, she couldn't imagine what kind of pain it was, her eyes were full of tears, and she told Wallace with great pain that the women here did not have to be circumcised. She showed Wallis her body, and Wallace was stunned, she did not expect that the tradition she had adhered to for so many years was a bad habit that had long been despised.
On this day, Wallis suddenly curled up together in pain, Marilyn quickly took Wallace to the hospital, Wallis opened her legs and put them on the shelf, the doctor saw Wallis and told her that she must operate immediately, the cut part can not be restored, but it can be guaranteed that there will be no more pain in the future. Since the doctor could not communicate with Wallis in English, he called another male nurse who knew Somali to come over, but the male nurse turned out to be completely different from what Wallis said to him and what the doctor asked him to translate. The nurse said, as a woman, how can you let a male doctor see his genitals, such a shameful thing, this is against tradition, you know? Does your family know?
Wallis listened to him in excruciating pain, and she jumped off the operating table and left the hospital. Walking alone in the street, she saw a woman wrapped in a turban in the window, and those eyes reminded her of her mother, who did not stop her from running away, even if she would be beaten up by her father, she also let Wallis run away, and only by escaping could she change her fate. Wallis understands that her mother hopes that she can change her fate with her own hands and feet, and Wallis suddenly understands her mother's hope, and she returns to the hospital to perform the operation that is called disdainful.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > become models</h1>
Wallis went to Donovan, who had given her business card, because she had heard that she would make more money as a model than as a waiter in the hall, and Wallis did not know that her life was about to take a big turn for the better.
Terence Donovan once represented the best photography in British fashion, pioneering and leading the cultural trend of Britain in the 60s.
In 1987, under the influence of Donovan, Wallis appeared on the cover of that year's Pirelli Calendar.
You know, this is the dream of many models, it is a milestone in their careers, and Wallis has laid such a high starting point as soon as she debuted.
However, while Wallis was preparing for a world tour, her agent angrily approached wallace because her passport had expired for several years, meaning wallace was about to be repatriated to Somalia.
While Wallace was distressed, The man who had a crush on her for a long time, Xiao Bai, appeared, he proposed to Wallis, as long as he married him, he could get permanent residency, and in desperation, Wallis agreed to fake marriage with him. Because of the inspection of the immigration bureau, Xiaobai and Wallis must live together, and during a surprise inspection in the middle of the night, Xiaobai kissed Wallis in front of the immigration bureau, and finally let everyone believe that they were really married together.
Soon Wallis's visa came down, and then, Wallis's modeling career was smooth sailing, all the way up, roadside signs, TV ads, all Wallis. From escaping from the Somali desert in Africa to wandering the streets of Britain to being a waiter in a fast food restaurant, in a few years, Wallis has become the darling of the fashion industry and the brightest "black pearl" in the white world.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > rebelling against the world</h1>
She had moved out of the humble inn and into a luxurious suite that didn't need to be cleaned, but deep down in her heart she had always felt inferior.
In 1997, in an interview with the fashion magazine Marie Claire, Wallis asked her, what was the opportunity that changed your life? Wallis was silent for a moment, and she said that instead of fleeing her hometown and becoming a model, she was 5 years old, she was held in her mother's arms and circumcised.
It was the first time she had spoken publicly about her circumcision experience, and Wallis had calmly finished narrating that the reporter sitting across from her had already covered her face and cried bitterly, and she could not have imagined that there were women in this world suffering from this kind of pain.
After that, Wallis gave up her modeling career and threw herself into the public welfare cause of "opposing circumcision", and she had to fight against this bad habit that has destroyed women for countless centuries, even if one person's strength is limited, she must fight to the end.
In 1998, Wallis published her debut novel, Flowers of the Desert, and in 2009, the film of the same name was released, which was a sensation in more than 20 countries. Under her efforts and influence, the old custom of circumcision has received worldwide attention and attention, and countless girls have been saved.
UN Secretary-General Annan personally conferred on Wallis the title of "Anti-Circumcision" Special Envoy of the United Nations; the African Union appointed Wallis as Ambassador for Peace; and she was elected one of Forbes' 30 Global Women's Role Models.
Wallis was invited to the United Nations to speak to the world: ".
Wallis tearfully expressed her vision, and the audience was silent, they could not empathize, but only felt sorry for these women who were badly messed up. Until now, there are still many women facing the evil habit of circumcision, and if they can't change this, then try to change their fate.
This is a true story, the world supermodel Wallis Diri's autobiography of the same name "Desert Flower", Wallis saved not only the body of female compatriots, but also the soul of female compatriots, she used her personal experience to tell everyone that as a woman, you can live more meaningfully.
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