FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.

Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.

Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.

Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.