One morning in 1970, deep in the Somali desert in Africa, there was a heart-wrenching cry of a 3-year-old girl, and her mother pressed her against a rock, performed a terrible circumcision, and said to her: "Don't blame me, blame you for being a girl, this is your life!" ”
An old woman took out a rusty blade, no anesthesia, no disinfection, on the open-air stone steps, cut off the girl's reproduction. The vessel is then stitched together, leaving only small holes as thick as matches.
The girl, Wallis, was born into a poor Somali desert nomad and was circumcised at the age of 3, a traditional local practice.
Female circumcision is a foolish act that protects women from being violated by men before marriage and ensures the purity of women before marriage.
At the age of 12, Wallis was brought to a 60-year-old man, and when he saw her, the old man smiled lewdly.
It turned out that the father paid for the price of five camels . Ge, sell her to this old man as a wife, and be the fourth wife.
Wallis was shocked, looked at her father, and then at the old man, she made a bold decision: escape!
She decided to cross the desert and join her grandmother in Mogadishu.
Late that night, Wallis set off, and in order not to alarm her family, she did not take water or food, and embarked on a journey to rebel against fate alone.
She climbed over cliffs, stepped over sand, lay on the ground when she was tired, and picked leaves to fill her hunger when she was hungry.
Halfway through, her feet were blood-red, but fortunately, Wallis walked for two days and two nights and managed to reach her grandmother's house.
My grandmother's family did not welcome Wallisse's arrival, and her grandmother, who was distressed that she could not bear to send her back, gave Wallis the opportunity to reverse her fate and sent her to England to work as a maid for her aunt, who was the ambassador's wife.
There, although you have to work a lot of work every day and can only live in the basement, in Wallis's eyes, this is heaven.
She silently said in her heart: You must stay here!
She began to spend all her time learning English, silently chanting to the sound of the TV whenever she could.
One day, in a panic, my aunt turned on the TV and showed reports of the war in her hometown of Somalia.
Seeing people moving suitcases outside, Wallis understood that her aunt's family was returning to Somalia due to a job change.
Of course, Wallis didn't want to go back, she picked up the package and sneaked away.
But her signature. Her card expired and she couldn't look for a job, but she still vowed in her heart that even if she slept on a street corner and rummaged through garbage cans to find food, she would not go back.
On this day, the wandering Wallis met Marilyn, who had a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and despite the language barrier, this kind girl released beautiful kindness to Wallis.
She took in Wallisse, introduced her to a job, washed in a restaurant, and before the interview, Marilyn put her in her down jacket.
Her warmth touched Wallisse, who knew that Marina gave her much more than warmth.
On this day, Wallis, who was at work, was spotted by photographer Donaldson Icon and invited her to be a model.
Of course, Wallis would not believe the words of a strange uncle, not to mention that she thought that modeling and taking photos was an improper job, and refused Donaldson's invitation in person.
Donaldson saw that Wallis didn't believe him, but he didn't die, so he gave Wallis a business card and told her that she could contact him if she thought about it clearly.
In the process of getting along with Marina, Marina brought her boyfriend to the house, Wallis was stunned, which is not allowed in her hometown, she angrily said to Marina: Decent women will not do this, and asked Marina if there was no circumcision?
Marina Di. Once she heard the word circumcision, she was puzzled and asked what did Wallis mean?
Wallis pulled up her dress and showed Marilyn her circumcised body.
Seeing Wallis after the circumcision, Marilyn's eyes gradually moistened, and she understood why Wallis needed to stay for a long time when going to the toilet.
How can you treat a woman like this?
Wallis asked Malina suspiciously: Isn't this something that all women experience?
Marina stood up and told Wallis with her complete and healthy body: She is not like this, and Wallis should not suffer such pain!
Wallis collapsed, it turned out that the pain she had endured was just a scam. Bureau.
With Marina's encouragement, Wallis went to the hospital to do her hands. Technique.
Later, Marina happened to see a business card from Wallisse, and she was stunned.
Because above is Donaldson, a famous ghost photographer at the time.
With Marina's encouragement, Wallis went to Donaldson, and in his lens, Wallis's beauty began to bloom slowly.
She also worked very hard and the company said fat and she worked hard to lose. Fat; If you don't walk cat steps, you practice hard.
Gradually, she became stronger and more beautiful, becoming a world supermodel.
Instead of being caught up in a colorful life, she announced her retirement, and she wanted to save other girls from the suffering of circumcision.
This is the plot of the movie "Desert Flower", adapted from real people.
Wallis goes from desert shepherdess to world top. This is an inspirational counterattack story.
The reporter once asked her if the life-changing node was the day the photographer discovered it?
But Wallis said: No! True. What changed her was the day she was circumcised at the age of three, and the rusty blade deprived her not only of her right to be a healthy woman, but also of her self-confidence and self-esteem.
Later, Wallis returns to the place where she was circumcised, only to find the rock that had been stained red by her blood. Stone, leaving no traces, is like a cruel custom that has hurt hundreds of millions of African women, but it is not known to the world.
Now, Wallis uses her influence to make those who are just as circumcised as she is. Harmful children, rediscover their lives.
As of 2014, 130 million women had been subjected to circumcision, and Wallis was the first woman to come forward and make circumcision public.
In 1999, she published her autobiography, Desert Flower, and in 2009, Desert Flower, was made into a film.
Wallisse's actions brought more and more attention to the incident, and after that, many countries successively enacted legislation to prohibit circumcision.
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