Sharbat Gula, an Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity achieved world wide fame when her photograph was featured on the cover of which magazine in 1985?
"by Graphic Art Service, based in Marietta, Georgia. McCurry did not record the name of the person he had photographed. The picture, titled ""Afghan Girl"", appeared on the June 1985 cover of ""National Geographic"". The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and her eyes staring directly into the camera was named ""the most recognized photograph"" in the history of the magazine, and the cover itself is one of the most famous of the ""National Geographic"". ""American Photo"" magazine says the image has an ""unusual combination of grittiness and glamour"". Her green eyes are"
"photo was taken by the South African photographer Jodi Bieber and was awarded the World Press Photo Award for 2010. The image of Aisha is sometimes compared to the ""Afghan Girl"" photograph of Sharbat Gula taken by Steve McCurry. Shortly after ""Time""'s cover ran in August 2010, Aisha was flown to the United States to receive free reconstructive surgery. After arriving in California, she psychologically regressed into performing fake seizures, tantrums, and self-harm that required hospitalization. Surgeons concluded that she was not ""emotionally prepared"" to handle the patient responsibilities in the reconstructive surgery process, and her psychologist diagnosed her with"
"women to practice religious festivals, preparing the female dead for burial, and performing services for deceased women. She also arranges marriages for her own family and arbitrates conflicts for men and women. Though many Pashtun women remain tribal and illiterate, others have become educated and gainfully employed. In Afghanistan, the decades of war and the rise of the Taliban caused considerable hardship among Pashtun women, as many of their rights were curtailed by a rigid interpretation of Islamic law. The difficult lives of Afghan female refugees gained considerable notoriety with the iconic image of the so-called ""Afghan Girl"" (Sharbat Gula)"
"the Americas"" and ""Hijrah Magazine"". From 1988 to 1993 as a contributing photographer to ""The City Sun"", a Brooklyn weekly newspaper, she shot numerous features of cultural and social significance. Her photograph of “Dr."" Rasheed Abdullah Rasheed taken in 1988 became a breaking news story when he was identified as an American co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. From 1996 to 2000 she was the curator of photography at the Elsa Mott Ives Gallery in New York where her work was featured in “Family Ties,” “The Sporting Life,” and “Infinite Possibilities.” In 1997 her work appeared in the"
"hoping they would notice her own make-up artist skills. She quickly rose to become a top model in Paris during the early 1980s, and her fame spread to the United States when she posed in swimwear for ""Sports Illustrated"". She appeared on the cover of the ""Sports Illustrated"" Swimsuit Issue in 1984 and again in 1985 (her first appearance as a model in the magazine was in 1983). She appeared on the cover and inside New York Magazine in July, 1985.""Harper's Bazaar"" named her one of its ten most beautiful women in 1992 and American ""Photo"" magazine in its first"
"the subject of frequent commentary. McCurry made several unsuccessful attempts during the 1990s to locate her. In January 2002, a ""National Geographic"" team traveled to Afghanistan to locate the subject. McCurry, upon learning that the Nasir Bagh refugee camp was soon to close, inquired of its remaining residents, one of whom knew Gula's brother and was able to send word to her hometown. However, a number of women came forward and identified themselves erroneously as the famous Afghan Girl. In addition, after being shown the 1984 photo, a handful of young men erroneously identified Gula as their wife. The team"
"Farzana Wahidy Farzana Wahidy (born 1984) is an award-winning Afghani documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her photographs of women and girls in Afghanistan. She was the first female photographer in Afghanistan to work with international media agencies such as the Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP). Wahidy studied at the AINA Photojournalism Institute set up in Kabul by Reza Deghati to train Afghani women and men to pursue careers in photojournalism. Beginning in 2002, she was one of 15 students selected from more than 500 applicants. She studied under the Iranian-French photojournalist Manoocher Deghati. Born in Kandahar"
"a photo of Amina Abbas, the wife of Mahmoud Abbas, was used on the cover, creating much controversy; according to Nibal, the photo was the first time Amina appeared in public. Nibal has also drawn attention to social issues through writing TV screenplays on subjects including the plight of illiterate women and writing and producing documentaries on subjects including suicide among Palestinian women. She has also taught investigative reporting and creative writing. Nibal received a 2008 International Women of Courage Award. In 2015 she was the Director of Birzeit University's Media Development Center who was concerned with the National media"
"Bibi Aisha Bibi Aisha (; ""Bibi"" is a term of respect meaning ""Lady""; born Aisha Mohammadzai, legal name in the United States: Aesha Mohammadzai) is an Afghan woman whose mutilated face appeared on the cover of ""Time"" magazine in summer 2010. Her story first appeared in ""The Daily Beast"" in December 2009, which prompted doctors to write in, offering to help her for free. The Grossman Burn Foundation in California pledged to perform reconstructive surgery and began organizing for her visa in the early spring of 2010. Diane Sawyer of ABC News originally covered her ordeal in March 2010 and"
"her children will be able to get an education. A devout Muslim, Gula normally would wear a burka and was hesitant to meet with McCurry, as he was a male from outside the family. When asked if she had ever felt safe, she responded ""No. But life under the Taliban was better. At least there was peace and order."" Until the ""National Geographic"" team found her again, she had never seen the photo of herself as a child. When asked how she had survived, she responded that it was ""the will of God"". In 2015, local newspapers in Pakistan reported"
"feminist figures such as Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi, Touba Azmoudeh, Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, Mohtaram Eskandari, Roshank No'doost, Afaq Parsa, Fakhr ozma Arghoun, Shahnaz Azad, Noor-ol-Hoda Mangeneh, Zandokht Shirazi, Maryam Amid (Mariam Mozayen-ol Sadat). In 1992, Shahla Sherkat founded ""Zanan"" (""Women"") magazine, which covered Iranian women's concerns and tested political boundaries with edgy reportage on reform politics, domestic abuse, and sex. It is the most important Iranian women's journal published after the Iranian revolution. It systematically criticized the Islamic legal code and argued that gender equality is Islamic and religious literature had been misread and misappropriated by misogynists. Mehangiz Kar, Shahla Lahiji, and"
"along with Chris Isaak. Ghauri enjoyed fame in the early 1990s after her first major cover with ""Elle"" Magazine in January 1991. Soon after, she became the face of both Chanel and Jil Sander. By the end of 1990, Ghauri appeared on the cover of French ""Elle"" magazine in July and December. In September, she graced the catwalk for Gianni Versace's show in Milan and by the next month, she was walking for Chanel, Helmut Lang, Jean Paul Gaultier and Lanvin in Paris. She became the face of Christian Dior and Anne Klein in 1991. In January, she was photographed"
"National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia, in 2007; additionally, Picone published an article entitled ""Andrew's Story"" in the ""Al Jazeera Magazine"" publication in 2015. After becoming interested in the Nuba people through the work of now-deceased German filmmaker and photographer, Leni Riefenstahl—most notable for her role as the lead propagandist of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime—Picone became the third-ever person to enter the Nuba Mountain area to document the corresponding tribespeople. Riefenstahl had published her images in works like ""The Last of the Nuba"" (1974), while deceased British photojournalist and Magnum Photos founder George Rodger preceded her in 1949. Picone explained"
"Shahla Sherkat Shahla Sherkat (born March 30, 1956) is a journalist, prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights movement in Iran. Shahla Sherkat is founder and publisher of ""Zanan magazine"" (""zanan"" means ""women""), which focuses on the concerns of Iranian women and continually tests the political waters with its edgy coverage of everything from reform politics to domestic abuse to sex. ""Zanan"" has been the most important Iranian women's journal after the Iranian revolution. Sherkat has had to appear in court on several occasions when Zanan's content was considered by the Iranian government to be"
"Foundation as an annual event for professional and non-professional fashion designers to come up with designs that are eco-friendly. The outfit designs are made from recyclable, natural materials, organic materials, and eco-chic designs or patterns that can be worn in everyday life or are runway worthy. In 2003, Vida Samadzai, an Afghan woman, now residing in the United States, received press attention after she competed in a red bikini.<ref name=""opinionjournal.com/best/?id""></ref><ref name=""foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102603,00.html""></ref> Samadzai was the first Afghan woman to compete in an international beauty pageant in almost three decades, but the fact that she wore a bikini caused an uproar in"
"and a waitress until she began modeling in 1989. At 17, she appeared on the cover of the Israeli magazine ""La Ischa"". She participated in the Israeli beauty contest ""Face of the 80's."" Although she did not win, she quickly became a rising star in the Israeli fashion world. The photographers loved her chameleon-like ability to change from assignment to assignment. Raz Yuvan of Haaretz remarked, ""Over the years, she advanced from modeling bathing suits to the top of the industry."" As a model, she traveled around the world, and worked in the industry for over 20 years. In a"
"Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian () (born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ""Time"" magazine, ""The New York Times"", ""Le Figaro"", and ""National Geographic"". She is particularly known for focusing on women's issues in her work, and has been a member of the Rawiya women's photography collective which she co-established in 2011. Tavakolian is a nominee member of Magnum Photos. Born and brought up in Tehran, at age 16, Tavakolian took a six-month photography course, after which she began working as a professional photographer in the Iranian press. She started at the women's daily newspaper"
"Steve McCurry Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer and photojournalist. His most famous photo is of the ""Afghan Girl"", the girl with the piercing green eyes that periodically appears on the cover of National Geographic. McCurry has photographed many assignments for National Geographic and has been a member of Magnum since 1986. McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association; the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal; and two first-place prizes in the World Press Photo contest (1985 and 1992). McCurry attended Penn State University. He originally planned"
"even for my own work taken on personal trips.” McCurry also offered the following conclusion to ""Time"" Lightbox, ""Reflecting on the situation … even though I felt that I could do what I wanted to my own pictures in an aesthetic and compositional sense, I now understand how confusing it must be for people who think I’m still a photojournalist."" Steve McCurry Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer and photojournalist. His most famous photo is of the ""Afghan Girl"", the girl with the piercing green eyes that periodically appears on the cover of National Geographic. McCurry has photographed many"
"Farmiga, America Ferrera, Tavi Gevinson, Kathy Griffin, Grimes, Kathleen Hanna, Gillian Jacobs, Rashida Jones, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Jemima Kirke, Jenny Lewis, Courtney Love, Helen Mirren, Janelle Monáe, Tracy Morgan, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Dolly Parton, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Poehler, Parker Posey, Portia de Rossi, Krysten Ritter, Maya Rudolph, Amy Schumer, Jason Schwartzman, Alia Shawkat, She & Him, Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Amber Tamblyn, Liv Tyler, Florence Welch, Hayley Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Shailene Woodley. Bust (magazine) BUST is a women's lifestyle magazine that is published six times a year. The magazine is published by Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel."
"a 2010 ""Time"" report into the conditions of Afghan women (see Women's rights in Afghanistan), in conjunction with which Bieber's photo was featured on the magazine's front cover. David Burnett, the chair of the World Press Photo (WPP) jury, said of Bieber's photo of Aisha, ""This could become one of those pictures – and we have maybe just ten in our lifetime – where if somebody says, 'You know, that picture of a girl … ', you know exactly which one they're talking about."" The Photo of the Year award was Bieber's tenth WPP prize. Speaking about the photograph, Bieber"
"brief period, in 1975. Iman is Muslim. She is fluent in five languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, French and English. While still at university, Iman was discovered by American photographer Peter Beard, and subsequently moved to the United States to begin a modeling career. Her first modeling assignment was for ""Vogue"" a year later in 1976. She soon landed some of the most prestigious magazine covers, establishing herself as a supermodel. With her long neck, tall stature, slender figure, fine features, copper-toned skin, and exotic accent, Iman was an instant success in the fashion world, though she herself insists that her"
"Princess was granted Iranian nationality. Two years later the crown prince succeeded his exiled father and was to become the Shah of Iran. Soon after her husband’s ascent to the throne, Queen Fawzia appeared on the cover of the 21 September 1942, issue of ""Life"" magazine, photographed by Cecil Beaton, who described her as an ""Asian Venus"" with ""a perfect heart-shaped face and strangely pale but piercing blue eyes."" She led the newly founded Association for the Protection of Pregnant Women and Children (APPWC) in Iran. With Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi she had one child, a daughter: The marriage was"
"and continued to be featured in editorials in the American and British editions of ""Vogue"". Patitz appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein photographed by Bruce Weber, and in 1987 for Revlon's ""The Most Unforgettable Women in the World"" campaign photographed by Richard Avedon. Avedon also photographed Patitz for her first cover of American ""Vogue"" (May 1987), which is regarded as one of the definitive covers of the 1980s. ""Vogue"" began regularly including Patitz's name on the pages of fashion editorials as early as 1987, familiarizing readers not only with her face, but also with her personality. During this period, Patitz"
"her then boyfriend, Barry Hollywood, to photograph her, Fenn was propelled to stardom and became a major sex symbol, with her Old Hollywood looks. In October 1990, while promoting ""Twin Peaks"", Fenn made the cover of ""Rolling Stone"" magazine along with Mädchen Amick and Lara Flynn Boyle. In 1990 ""Us Magazine"" chose her as one of the ""10 Most Beautiful Women in the World"" and in 1991 ""People"" magazine chose her as one of the ""50 Most Beautiful Women in the World"". She posed for photographer Steven Meisel for the autumn-winter 1991–1992 Dolce & Gabbana campaign, for which he photographed"
"by photographing ""bigger and healthier"" California models and captioning the photographs with their names, turning many of them into household names and establishing the swimsuit issue as a cornerstone of supermodel status. In 1975, Margaux Hemingway landed a then-unprecedented million-dollar contract as the face of Fabergé's Babe perfume and the same year appeared on the cover of ""Time"" magazine, labelled one of the ""New Beauties"", giving further name recognition to fashion models. Lauren Hutton became the first model to receive a huge contract from a cosmetics company and appeared on the cover of ""Vogue"" 26 times. Iman is considered to"
"""L'Officiel"". Subsequently, she would go on to appear on the covers and in the pages of a variety of international publications including ""Vogue"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""Cosmopolitan"", ""Glamour"", ""Mademoiselle"", ""Elle"", ""W"", ""Marie Claire"", ""Allure"", ""Time"", ""Interview"", ""Newsweek"", ""Rolling Stone"", ""Cigar Aficionado"", and ""i-D"". All amounting to a total of more than 700 covers worldwide. In 1985, she began working with Karl Lagerfeld, the head designer of the fashion house Chanel, to whom she would become a muse. On the subject of Evangelista, Lagerfeld once uttered, ""There is not another model in the world as professional as she is."" Incidentally, Evangelista became"
"the cover of ""People"" magazine's first ""50 Most Beautiful People in the World"" issue. She was again featured on the cover of the annual issue in 1999, having made the ""Most Beautiful"" list a record six times during the decade (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). Pfeiffer is the first celebrity to have appeared on the cover of the annual issue twice, and the only person to be featured on the cover twice during the 1990s. ""Men's Health"" ranked Pfeiffer the 45th on their list of ""The Hottest Woman of All Time"". Famous for being very ""press-shy"" and private, much"
"Asian women in the fight against racism, but became increasingly involved in defending the human rights of Asian women who are the victims of domestic violence and in campaigning against religious fundamentalism. Throughout most of its existence, the group's primary campaigners have been Pragna Patel, Meena Patel and Hannana Siddique. Gita Sahgal, the writer and journalist (on issues of feminism, fundamentalism, and racism), film director, and human rights activist, has also been an active member of the organization. They are best known for the role they played in the Ahluwalia case in 1989 when a woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia set"
"decorate the five-star hotel. She and her artists had 11 weeks to complete the intricate ink lettering with swirls of green and gold watercolour. She was voted Afghan businesswoman of the year, has been praised by Prince Charles and has had her art displayed at the Victoria and Albert museum in London and the Smithsonian in Washington. She created Maftah-e Hunar, an arts foundation which trained 80 young, deprived women to become artists and make a living. In 2016 she featured in We Are Afghan Women, a book by the former American first lady Laura Bush. Her high-profile brought her"
"media. The title became tantamount to superstar, to signify a supermodel's fame having risen simply from ""personality."" Supermodels did talk shows, were cited in gossip columns, partied at the trendiest nightspots, landed movie roles, inspired franchises, dated or married film stars, and earned themselves millions. Fame empowered them to take charge of their careers, to market themselves, and to command higher fees. The new era began in 1990, with the era-defining British ""Vogue"" cover of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Tatjana Patitz, photographed by Peter Lindbergh which created such an impression on the fashion world that"
"Day's photographs came to public attention through her fashion editorial for ""The Face"" titled, ""The Third Summer of Love"" published in July 1990. Commissioned by Bicker and styled by Ward, the story used Kate Moss as the model in an eight-page fashion story, showcasing garments by Romeo Gigli, Joseph Tricot, Ralph Lauren, and a feather head-dress from the now-defunct Covent Garden boutique World. Taken during a day trip to Camber Sands, a number of the photographs depicted the teenage Moss semi-nude and laughing on the beach. The photograph of Moss wearing the feather head-dress featured on the front cover of"
"threatened to withdraw his advertising from the magazine if it continued to refuse to place black models on its cover. The following year, she appeared on the cover of American ""Vogue"", which marked the first time a black model graced the front of the September magazine, traditionally the year's biggest and most important issue. In January 1990, Campbell, who was declared ""the reigning megamodel of them all"" by ""Interview"", appeared with Turlington, Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz on a cover of British ""Vogue"", shot by Peter Lindbergh. The group was subsequently cast to star in the music video for"