Awww...19 year old acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi walks runway at NYFW (photos)
Reshma
Qureshi, a 19-year-old Indian acid attack survivor who also actively campaigns
for the #EndAcidSale movement, on Thursday walked the runway at New York Fashion Week, in what she
called a life-changing experience after wowing the audience with her catwalk
and her beauty despite the acid attack.
Reshma's brother in-law
attacked her with acid with the help of his friends who pinned her down in 2004
and she lost one of her eyes in the process.
“People have the
tendency to look at acid attack survivors from one perspective and I don’t want
them to look at them like that anymore,” she told the AFP after the show.
“I feel really good and the experience was
great,” she said in Hindi through a translator, according to The Guardian. I
feel as though it has definitely changed my life. I do feel brave."
Reshma who wore a cream
and floral gown by Indian designer Archana Kochhar on Thursday also said
“I want to tell the world—do not see us in a
weak light and see that even we can go out and do things,”
In India, an estimated
500 to 1,000 attacks take place each year, and while they rarely kill they
leave severe physical, psychological and social scars that can see victims
ostracized and hidden away.
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