Acid attack survivor and activist Reshma Qureshi says she feels more beautiful now than she ever has before. The 19-year-old from Mumbai, India, walked the runway at New York Fashion Week on Thursday, opening the FTL Moda show wearing a gown by Mumbai-based designer Archana Kocchar. Qureshi hopes her appearance inspires confidence and hope in other acid attack survivors, she told Reuters, adding that she “felt extremely happy” up on the catwalk. “Make your heart beautiful,” she told the Hindustan Times. “Beauty is not just about how you look.”India’s Supreme Court stated in 2013 that attackers douse more than 1,000 women a year with acid.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2016 18:11 UTC