Chanel Ayan

"They just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised"

"The crying, the sadness, the beatings"

"That's what I remember. A lot of pain"

"We were tied in the legs"

"I couldn't have sex"

"And then I had to wait until I healed"

"I've tried to understand," Chanel said in her confessional. "The reason that I'm talking about it is to bring awareness to it and I want people to understand this happens every single day, and if that's my mission, maybe that's what I should be doing"

"I actually love life, that is the sad part"

"I feel lighter"

"It's like the mountain is off my shoulder. I'm starting to heal. I'm starting to understand that I trusted people that hurt me, and they don't have power over me anymore"

"I've chosen, for the first time in my life, to forgive them and accept what happened to me"

"I still have a lot of life and I still have a lot of love to give to myself"

"I’m a survivor. I felt that I was utterly betrayed by my culture and my family. This is just a barbaric practice and it shouldn’t be happening to young girls"

"It happened to me 35 years ago and I’ve never gotten over it"

"I think the trauma is something that I will live with for the rest of my life. This is why I want to talk about it, because I honestly don’t want this to happen to anyone because I know exactly how it feels and it’s not good. A lot of girls get depressed, hormones are imbalanced, a lot of young girls die"

"It’s child abuse. And a lot of girls just die for no reason"

"By telling my story and spreading awareness, I have taken my power back and I’m no longer a victim and I want to fight against"

"I am the muse for one of the biggest designers in the world, the Amato couture. He has dressed Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Nicky Minaj, Shakira and JLo he says am his muse. I usually dress clothes for celebrities before he sends them to the USA for Oscars or anything"

"Funny thing I used to fit for Nicky Minaj and we have very different bodies but they would check colors and design that will fit her. I wore the same white dress that Beyonce wore in Grammys before it was sent to the USA"

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