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.

Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.

Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.

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.

Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

I belong nowhere and to no one.

I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.