Acid Attack Survivor Will Walk At New York Fashion Week

"See the moment acid attack survivor Reshma Quereshi discovers

she will walk at NY fashion Week"

In 2014, Reshma Quereshi was attacked by her brother-in-law with acid in the Indian city of Allahabad, for “defying” him. The now 19-year-old suffered burns and disfigurement, as well as the loss of her left eye as a result of her agonizing injuries.


Since then, Quereshi has worked with organization Make Love Not Scars (MLNS) to address stereotypes imposed on survivors of acid attacks — participating in a Bollywood-style makeover, creating a video series “Beauty Tips by Reshma” and becoming the global face of the #EndAcidSale campaign, that appealed directly to the Indian prime minister to end the open sale of acid to the general public. MLNS reports there are around 1,000 acid-attack victims each year in India


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