"Reshma Quereshi was attacked with acid in India a little over a year ago by her brother-in-law. Now, she's taking her traumatic experience and channeling it into a positive campaign with the non-profit Make Love Not Scars to ban the sale of acid in India." (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOypqwUnWwE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOypqwUnWwE</a>) What courage, what inspiration. Here is a second video from her beauty campaign: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVsPCrPyrE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVsPCrPyrE</a> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOypqwUnWwE

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