Waris Research Paper
Career:
By chance, Waris was discovered by photographer Terence Donovan, who helped secure for her the cover of the 1987 Pirelli Calendar. From there, her modeling career took off, scoring advertisements for top designers such as Chanel, Levi's, L'Oréal and Revlon.
In 1987, Waris played a minor role in the James Bond movie The Living Daylights. She also appeared on the runways of London, Milan, Paris and New York City, and in fashion magazines such as Elle, Glamour and Vogue. This was followed in 1995 by a BBC documentary entitled A Nomad in New York about her modeling career.
In 1997, at the height of her modeling career, Waris spoke for the first time with Laura Ziv of the women's magazine Marie Claire about the female genital mutilation (FGM) that she had …show more content…
That same year, she was appointed UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.[11][12] In 2002, she founded the Waris Dirie Foundation in Vienna, Austria, an organization aimed at raising awareness regarding the dangers surrounding FGM. Waris followed that in January 2009 with the establishment of the PPR Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights’, an organization she founded along with French tycoon François-Henri Pinault (CEO of PPR) and his wife, Hollywood actress Salma Hayek.[13] Waris has also started the Desert Dawn Foundation, which raises money for schools and clinics in her native Somalia.[2]
Waris has received many prizes and awards for her humanitarian work and books including:
Woman of the Year Award" by Glamour Magazine (2000)[14]
"Corine Award" of the umbrella association of the German bookselling trade (2002)[15]
"Women's World Award" from former Russian President, Mikhail Gorbachev (2004)[16]
"Bishop Óscar Romero Award" by the Catholic Church
By chance, Waris was discovered by photographer Terence Donovan, who helped secure for her the cover of the 1987 Pirelli Calendar. From there, her modeling career took off, scoring advertisements for top designers such as Chanel, Levi's, L'Oréal and Revlon.
In 1987, Waris played a minor role in the James Bond movie The Living Daylights. She also appeared on the runways of London, Milan, Paris and New York City, and in fashion magazines such as Elle, Glamour and Vogue. This was followed in 1995 by a BBC documentary entitled A Nomad in New York about her modeling career.
In 1997, at the height of her modeling career, Waris spoke for the first time with Laura Ziv of the women's magazine Marie Claire about the female genital mutilation (FGM) that she had …show more content…
That same year, she was appointed UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.[11][12] In 2002, she founded the Waris Dirie Foundation in Vienna, Austria, an organization aimed at raising awareness regarding the dangers surrounding FGM. Waris followed that in January 2009 with the establishment of the PPR Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights’, an organization she founded along with French tycoon François-Henri Pinault (CEO of PPR) and his wife, Hollywood actress Salma Hayek.[13] Waris has also started the Desert Dawn Foundation, which raises money for schools and clinics in her native Somalia.[2]
Waris has received many prizes and awards for her humanitarian work and books including:
Woman of the Year Award" by Glamour Magazine (2000)[14]
"Corine Award" of the umbrella association of the German bookselling trade (2002)[15]
"Women's World Award" from former Russian President, Mikhail Gorbachev (2004)[16]
"Bishop Óscar Romero Award" by the Catholic Church