Photos: 19 year old acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi walks runway at New York Fashion Week

Reshma Qureshi, 19, acid attack survivor, on Thursday walked the runway at NYFW. She called the experience a life-changing one after wowing the audience with her catwalk and her beauty despite the acid attack.

She was attacked by her brother in-law and his friends, who she said pinned her down in 2004 and lost one of her eyes in the process.

“I feel really good and the experience was great,” she said in Hindi through a translator, according to The Guardian. I feel as though it has definitely changed my life. I do feel brave." 

“People have the tendency to look at acid attack survivors from one perspective and I don’twant them to look at them like that anymore,” she told the AFP after the show. 

Reshma wore a cream and floral gown by Indian designer Archana Kochhar on Thursday. She also said

“I want to tell the world—do not see us in a weak light and see that even we can go out and do things,” 

More Photos after cut...