tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68857498181734794842024-03-05T18:37:10.052-08:00The Next Top Beauty Model Of American, Germany and IndonesiaThe show takes the form of a modeling competition whose winners typically receive a contract with a major modeling agency and a cover shoot and fashion photo spread in a fashion magazineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02736009893839164762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885749818173479484.post-70643063194209814292008-12-19T15:48:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:40:16.912-08:00Joy at slave's return to Uganda<!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="226" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td> <div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45314000/jpg/_45314384__kampinewvision226.jpg" alt="Sara Aisha Abdul Hakim at Entebbe Airport with her children (Photo: New Vision newspaper - www.newvision.co.ug) " vspace="0" width="226" border="0" height="170" hspace="0" /> <div class="cap">Sara, now in her 30s, was kidnapped at the age of five (Photo: New Vision)</div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E IIMA --> <!-- S SF --><p class="first"><b>A Ugandan mother and daughter have told the BBC about their joy at being reunited this week after 26 years.</b> </p><p>Five-year-old Florence Kampi was kidnapped at her father's funeral by a family who used her as a slave. </p><p>She was taken to Yemen where she was eventually rescued by a Tanzanian oil worker who, after he paid the family money, was allowed to marry her. </p><p>"I feel so happy," she said about the reunion. Her mother said, "I burst out crying... but they were tears of joy." <!-- E SF --></p><p>Language is now a barrier for the pair as Florence, now called Sara Aisha Abdulhakim, speaks Swahili and Arabic. </p><p> <!-- S IBOX --> </p><table width="231" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="5"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" alt="" vspace="0" width="5" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" /></td> <td class="sibtbg"> <div> <div class="mva"> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" alt="" width="24" border="0" height="13" /> <b>I don't know what God has in store for us, what matters is we are together</b> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" alt="" vspace="0" width="23" align="right" border="0" height="13" /><br /></div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div>Sesiriya Biryeri</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E IBOX --> <p>Her mother, Sesiriya Biryeri, speaks Lesoga, the local language in the eastern Ugandan district of Iganga. </p><p>"We have a few people here helping with translations from Swahili to Lesoga and vice versa; it is a nice confusion," Ms Abdulhakim, who arrived in Uganda on Wednesday with her four sons, told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. </p><p>Her return was organised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - who she contacted at her husband's suggestion. </p><p>“Language is a big problem for her," Alia Hirji, Uganda's IOM programme officer, told the Ugandan New Vision newspaper. </p><p>"We shall help her re-integrate socially and economically," he said. </p><p>Ms Abdulhakim says her happiness will be complete when her husband can join her. </p><p>He returned to Tanzania earlier in the year to look after his ill father, who died last month. </p><p>Meanwhile, Ms Biryeri says she will do her best to learn Swahili. </p><p>"I don't know what God has in store for us, what matters is we are together," she said. </p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7792626.stm">View source article</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0