[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Another thing the photo doesn't show you... she probably has more eyes than teeth.

SHE IS A POOR REFUGEE!! Don't you get it? That woman is lucky to be alive. Who cares that she doesn't use Crest with Extra Whitening and Tartar Control or goes for her twice yearly cleaning. Just the fact that she is still breathing on this planet is a blessing.

[Drew68]

Thank you (and a few others I may have inadvertantly left out) for being the Voice Of Reason concerning this subject.

I can't believe all of the posters who were expecting a Supermodel to emerge from the mountains of Tora Bora.

This was one of my favorite photographs when it came out. Everytime I saw it, I found myself just staring at it. I had never forgotten her image. For a while, I used it as my desktop image. That photo was so hauntingly beautiful.

After 9/11 when troops started going into Afghanistan, I found myself thinking again of this photo and wondering what had become of that poor girl. I had assumed she had long perished under Soviet hostilities, Taliban rule or just general harsh conditions of that lifestyle. I figured she would never be heard from again.

Yesterday's news completely floored me! I couldn't believe she had been found and positively identified!

She won't become rich. According to the National Geographic article she doesn't want to. She wants to return to anonymity. The article (look also here) says that she will be provided for.

Her life will never be the same though. It is simply a miracle that she has survived.