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{{Short description|Indian model, vlogger and anti-acid activist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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'''Reshma Qureshi''' is an Indian model, [[vlogger]], and anti-acid activist. Her foray into modeling in the United States came when she walked the catwalk for [[Archana Kochhar]] at the 2016 [[New York Fashion Week]].

==Early life and attack==
Qureshi was born the youngest daughter of a taxi driver from Eastern [[Mumbai]], India.<ref name="Ashraf">{{cite news|last1=Ashraf|first1=Shara|title=11 things you didn't know about acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/11-things-you-didn-t-know-about-acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi/story-JaSMIZ4bziVoDqgc9yNNsJ.html|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=9 Sep 2016}}</ref> They lived in a two bedroom apartment that housed all ten members of the family.<ref name="Gill">{{cite news|last1=Gill|first1=Harsimran|title=Indian acid attack victims share their stories|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/03/indian-acid-attack-victims-share-stories-160309074926141.html|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=Aljazeera|date=10 Mar 2016}}</ref> She studied commerce at school.<ref name="The National">{{cite news|title=No respite for India's acid victims despite promised compensation|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/no-respite-for-india-s-acid-victims-despite-promised-compensation-1.253686|access-date=7 October 2016|publisher=The National|date=13 Oct 2014}}</ref>

On 19 May 2014, at the age of seventeen, Qureshi was attacked with [[sulfuric acid]] by her estranged [[brother-in-law]] and two other assailants when she was traveling to the city of [[Allahabad, India|Allahabad]] for an Alim exam. The attack was actually aimed at her sister Gulshan, but Qureshi was mistaken for her. While the two other assailants were never captured after the attack, her brother-in-law was arrested.<ref name="Rogers">{{cite news|last1=Rogers|first1=Katie|title=With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold Statement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/world/asia/with-red-lipstick-indian-acid-attack-victim-makes-a-bold-statement.html?_r=0|accessdate=7 October 2016|work=New York Times|date=9 Sep 2015}}</ref>

After the attack, she felt suicidal for a short period of time as she was left scarred on her face and arms and lost one of her eyes completely. After healing, Qureshi became the face of the [[Make Love Not Scars]] campaign, which aims to give "a voice to those who have been assaulted" by acid attacks and campaigns for the end of the sale of acid in India.<ref name="Andrew Buncombe">{{cite news|last1=Buncombe|first1=Andrew|title=Indian acid attack survivor walks the runway at New York Fashion Week|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/indian-acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi-walks-the-runway-at-new-york-fashion-week-a7232856.html|accessdate=7 October 2016|work=The Independent|date=8 Sep 2016}}</ref> She also began making beauty tutorials online as a way to campaign against the sale of acid.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Reshma Qureshi: Model, campaigner, acid attack survivor|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37274925|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=BBC|date=6 Sep 2016}}</ref> ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' called the videos "ridiculously empowering".<ref name="Mei">{{cite news|last1=Mei|first1=Gina|title=Acid Attack Survivor Reshma Qureshi Slays the New York Fashion Week Runway|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/news/a63886/acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi-new-york-fashion-week/|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=Cosmopolitan|date=9 Sep 2016}}</ref>

In an interview with ''India New England News'' in September 2017, Qureshi was asked if she had heard from her attacker. She stated, "I haven’t spoken to the attacker or his family as such, but I met him two months back in court. I instinctively wanted to rip his throat out, to be honest… When he saw me, he told his lawyer and people, "She has become so big and a model, she is in a good place, so please release me or help me out.""<ref name="Sud">{{cite news |last1=Sud |first1=Kishori |title=Attacker wants me to 'let him go': Acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi |url=http://indianewengland.com/2017/09/attacker-wants-let-go-acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi/ |accessdate=30 May 2018 |publisher=India New England News |date=September 17, 2017 |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115204030/http://indianewengland.com/2017/09/attacker-wants-let-go-acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Modeling==
Qureshi is the face of the [[Brave Souls Foundation]] campaign in India.<ref name="Joshi">{{cite news|last1=Joshi|first1=Sonam|title=Acid Attack Survivor Reshma Qureshi Steals The Show At New York Fashion Week|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/09/09/indian-acid-attack-survivor-reshma-qureshi-steals-the-show-at-th/|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=Huffington Post|date=9 Sep 2016}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that as of September 2015, her videos have garnered over 900,000 views.<ref name="Rogers" />

For the 2016 New York Fashion Week, she opened for Indian designer [[Archana Kochhar]] and wore a "stunning cream and floral floor-length gown".<ref name="Lui">{{cite news|last1=Lui|first1=Kevin|title=Acid-Attack Survivor Reshma Qureshi Hits the Catwalk at New York Fashion Week|url=https://time.com/4485099/reshma-qureshi-new-york-fashion-week-acid-attack/|access-date=7 October 2016|publisher=TIME|date=9 Sep 2016|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006124727/http://time.com/4485099/reshma-qureshi-new-york-fashion-week-acid-attack/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Qureshi's makeup was done by Chika Chan and her hair by Aubrey Loots.<ref name="Andrew Buncombe" /> Of the experience, Qureshi stated, "This walk was important to me because there are so many girls like me who are survivors of acid attacks, and this will give them courage. And it will also go to show people who judge people based on their appearance that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover - you should look at everyone though the same eyes."<ref name="Mei" />

Also at the 2016 NYFW she walked for Vaishali Couture.<ref name="Rodulfo">{{cite news|last1=Rodulfo|first1=Kristina|title=See Striking Photos of Acid Attack Survivor Reshma Qureshi Walking at NYFW|url=http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/articles/a31820/indian-acid-attack-survivor-walks-new-york-fashion-week-runway/|accessdate=7 October 2016|publisher=Elle UK|date=10 Sep 2016}}</ref>

In September 2017, Qureshi walked for designer Jaheena at the Crocs Mysore Fashion Week, held in [[Mysore]], India.<ref name="The face of grit">{{cite news |last1=Sebastian |first1=Shilpa |title=The face of grit |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/the-face-of-grit/article19683180.ece |accessdate=30 May 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=September 14, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Acid throwing]]

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Acid attack victims]]
[[Category:Female models from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Crime in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian victims of crime]]
[[Category:Violence against women in India]]

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