when i was a girl in the desert of somalia my family was nomadic moveng around with our animals. we were happy and i loved my mother more than anything. i was about 13 when my father called me at the end of a hot day. come and sit here he said. I've found you a husband! we have arranged that he will give me five camels. That night I ran away I was frightened. for almost three weeks I walked through the desert but finally I got to my auntie's house in Moadishu. Auntie's ambassador and in a few months I flew to Britain to work at his London house. one day a photographer called michael goss saw me in the street He took my picture and the photographs were beautiful. you should try and do modeling he told me. when my aunt and uncle returned to africa i stayed in London. i found a place to stay and got a job at mcdonald's. then one day i took michael goss's photographs to an agency.