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%%* TheCutie: Waris.
%%* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Waris gets her hair straightened between runaway shows. She has curly hair again near the end of the movie.
%%** Lucinda.
%%* MsFanservice: Waris.
%%* NiceGirl: Waris.
%%* MsFanservice: Waris.
%%* NiceGirl: Waris.
%%* ShrinkingViolet: Waris.
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%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: Waris and Harold.
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%% * ArrangedMarriage: Waris flees from one to Mogadishu and eventually, London.
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* AttemptedRape: When a 13 years old Waris manages to get someone to drive her to Mogadishu, she's almost raped by an older man. Waris avoids this by hitting the man's head with a rock.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Waris and Marilyn
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* {{Jerkass}}: The Somali male nurse that purposefully jeopardizes the communication between Waris and the doctor that she sees when she suffers from pain caused by the genital mutilation she was subjected to, and tells Waris that by undergoing a procedure to undo the infibulation she'll be betraying her roots.
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* RagsToRiches: She literally goes from cleaning lady to top model
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Discussed. When Lucinda asks Waris why does she want to become a model, she warns her that she better not be doing it for the money, because women that become rich and famous working as models are the exception, not the rule. Waris simply answers that being a model seems better than being a cleaning lady.
* RagsToRiches:She Waris literally goes from cleaning lady to top model
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* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Waris, while posing for the Pirelli calendar. Terry manages to make her more comfortable doing the shooting, though.
* ScarsAreForever: Waris still has scars on her feet from having to walk in the desert barefoot for days many years after it happened.
* UglyGuyHotWife:Neil and Waris.
Neil, that is rather plain looking, with the conventionally attractive supermodel Waris. Subverted because this is a CitizenshipMarriage that ends when Waris becomes a permanent resident of the United Kingdom.
* RagsToRiches:
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* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Waris, while posing for the Pirelli calendar. Terry manages to make her more comfortable doing the shooting, though.
* ScarsAreForever: Waris still has scars on her feet from having to walk in the desert barefoot for days many years after it happened.
* UglyGuyHotWife:
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* OldManMarryingAChild: As a young teenager, Waris is sold to an old man who already has three wives but before this trope happens, she walks for days until she gets to Mogadishu.
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* CoolBigSis: Marilyn is always nothing but supportive to Waris.
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* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Neil.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: Waris marries Neil to avoid departure to Somalia.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: Waris marries Neil to avoid departure deportation back to Somalia.
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Desert Flower is a 2009 film based upon the former Somali-born top model and human-rights activist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie Waris Dirie's]] bestselling autobiography of the same name.
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''Desert Flower'' is a 2009 film based upon the former Somali-born top model and human-rights activist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie Waris Dirie's]] bestselling autobiography of the same name.
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* CastTheExpert: Waris is portrayed by fellow supermodel Liya Kebede.
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!!This film provides examples of:
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Neil and Waris.Waris.
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The film shows Waris' escape from the African desert to London, where she becomes a succesfull fashion model, and her activism against female circumsition.
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The film shows Waris' escape from the African desert to London, where she becomes a succesfull successful fashion model, and her activism against female circumsition.
circumcision.
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* BasedOnATrueStoryBasedOnATrueStory: It's Dirie's autobiography, with a few names changed.
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* CoolBigSis: MarilynMarilyn is always nothing but supportive to Waris.
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* RagsToRichesRagsToRiches: She literally goes from cleaning lady to top model
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* CastTheExpert: Waris is portrayed by fellow supermodel Liya Kebede.
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Desert Flower is a 2009 film based upon the former Somali-born top model and human-rights activist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie Waris Dirie's]] bestselling autobiography of the same name.
The film shows Waris' escape from the African desert to London, where she becomes a succesfull fashion model, and her activism against female circumsition.
* ArrangedMarriage: Waris flees from one to Mogadishu and eventually, London.
* BasedOnATrueStory
* CitizenshipMarriage: Waris marries Neil to avoid departure to Somalia.
* CoolBigSis: Marilyn
* CastTheExpert: Waris is portrayed by fellow supermodel Liya Kebede.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Neil.
* RagsToRiches
* UglyGuyHotWife: Neil and Waris.
The film shows Waris' escape from the African desert to London, where she becomes a succesfull fashion model, and her activism against female circumsition.
* ArrangedMarriage: Waris flees from one to Mogadishu and eventually, London.
* BasedOnATrueStory
* CitizenshipMarriage: Waris marries Neil to avoid departure to Somalia.
* CoolBigSis: Marilyn
* CastTheExpert: Waris is portrayed by fellow supermodel Liya Kebede.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Neil.
* RagsToRiches
* UglyGuyHotWife: Neil and Waris.
