Waris Dirie
Biography
Waris Dirie is a Somali model, author, actress, and human rights activist born on October 21, 1965. She rose to prominence as a UN special ambassador against female genital mutilation (FGM) from 1997 to 2003 and founded the Desert Flower Foundation in Vienna in 2002. A former fashion model for top brands like Chanel and Levi's, Dirie also appeared in the James Bond film The Living Daylights and wrote her autobiography, Desert Flower, in 1998.