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Linor Abargil

19/01/2016 GMT

Miss World's Secret Ordeal

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Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World in 1998 while secretly recovering from a brutal rape

Linor Abargil from Israel was 18-years-old when she won Miss World in 1998. But just weeks earlier she had been subjected to a violent sex attack that changed her life.

Linor Abargil from Israel was just 18 years old when she was crowned Miss World at a huge glitzy ceremony in 1998 in the Seychelles. But no one knew that just weeks earlier she had been subjected to a brutal sex attack. Now Linor speaks out to help other rape survivors all over the world.

In 2008 Soyeon Yi became South Korea's first and only astronaut. She blasted off on a Soyuz spacecraft in a joint venture with the Russian space agency. She spent 10 days running experiments on the International Space Station, and even survived a crash landing.

Steven Spielberg is one of the world's most successful film directors. He drew on memories of his parents' divorce while making Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and his childhood also informs his new film, Bridge Of Spies, which has just been nominated for an Oscar.

Wai Wai Nu is a political campaigner from Myanmar. She is a member of the minority Rohingya community, and her father was also a political campaigner against the military regime in the country. His activities led to Wai Wai Nu and the rest of her family being arrested when she was just 18, and she spent most of her adult life in prison.

(Photo: Linor Abargil. Credit: Yaniv Edri)

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