National Geographic Finds Girl in Famed Photo

Yahoo News (Reuters) ^ | Wed Mar 13,10:44 AM ET | Sue Pleming

[ThePythonicCow]

This same story, as reported by AP, was already posted here, and here. Here is Reuters version.

[ThePythonicCow]

The following enlargement of the above pair of pictures is attached to the above Reuters report on Yahoo news:

Sharbat Gula, who captivated audiences with her haunting green eyes when she appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985, is seen in the magazine's 1985 cover photograph (L), and today (R), 17 years later. The story of her life and how she was located after nearly two decades is featured in the April issue of National Geographic magazine. Photo by National Geographic Society/Reuters

[Rodney King]

Nasty. A girl can change a lot in 15 years. That is why you should always check out their mothers before you marry them.

[Publius6961]

That young woman's face is probably remembered my millions more people than any celebrity alive.
I know it would not take much for me mentally to recall that image.
Apparently it affected most viewers the same way.

[Rodney King]

I've never seen it before. And nobody at my office has either.

[Cliff Dweller]

I guess that's because that kind of information is located on Educational television..(/sarcasm)

[Plutarch]

Never seen the picture? Gosh, I've seen it a million times!

The years have not been kind.

[stevio]

You have to thank God our country has not fallen that far.... Yet.

[philosofy123]

I have seen this cover years ago. My problem is today, after we liberated these worthless people, the woman is still in fear of showing her face. She, and the rest of the women there are still wearing this tent over their heads. They are either stupid, or we are fooling ourselves that we did them a favor.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

She is not nasty, and that is the most famous National Geographic cover in history.

What you call nasty and check out her mother, is a hard life as a refugee in one of the most inhabitable and war torn places on earth.

[Guna]

I dunno, the nose looks completely different on the other photo. It is beaked now. Nose shapes don't change that much, do they?

[1Old Pro]

Nasty. A girl can change a lot in 15 years. That is why you should always check out their mothers before you marry them.

LOL, ain't that the truth

[1Old Pro]

that is the most famous National Geographic cover in history.

Precisely why I don't subscribe

[grellis]

That is why you should always check out their mothers before you marry them.

And I suppose the older you get, the more often you are mistaken for Russell Crowe, right?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

The women are still covering their faces because they are in fear. The taliban are still among them. All they did was shave their beards and mix in with the population. The Aghans fear that Americans will leave and they will be under the control of the Taliban again.

The Afghans are not a worthless people. They are grateful that we are there. They know that without our help that they are hopeless. It is NOT the Aghans who attacked America, it was Al Queda. Most of Al Queda is not Afghan, but they flourished in Afghanistan because they have no central government and the Taliban received money to harbor terrorists.

[robomatik]

shes 30 now. shes aged 17 years. that would make her to be 13 in the before pic. she looks like shes 60 in the 2nd one.

[Nyralthotep]

Nose shapes don't change that much, do they?

Under taliban rule I'm sure changing the shape of the nose was pretty easy, just a backhand to the face enough times and I'm sure anybody's nose will look different.

[Rodney King]

She is not nasty,

I beg to differ.

and that is the most famous National Geographic cover in history

Which is why I don't subscribe.