Zahia Dehar

French-Algerian fashion and lingerie designer · France · Designers · Born 1992 · age 34 · also Algeria

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The name behind a 2010 French football sex scandal - she was underage at the time, trafficked to escort clients - which brought down high-profile careers and turned her into tabloid shorthand for the whole affair.

A life in dates

2017“I was already behind because I didn't speak French and I was constantly changing schools. Once we had a more stable situation, I couldn't keep up anymore, I couldn't catch up.”In their wordsZahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017Read the whole statement

“I was young and I wanted to have sex. I didn't want to remain a virgin. And then I thought: what options do I have?”In their wordsZahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017Read the whole statement

“I started going out and meeting women who took me with them. I followed them a little, I saw what they said, what they did... I felt a bit like a grown-up.”In their wordsZahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017Read the whole statement

2013“Since I was a little girl, I've had this passion for fashion and for what makes women look beautiful.”In their words5 March 2013France's Courtesan Couture: Zahia Dehar, retrieved on Mar 05, 2013Read the whole statement

“I'm very proud of what I've achieved so far ... I'm concentrating on my brand for the time being, but I've got so many other dreams, and I'm constantly brimming with ideas.”In their words5 March 2013France's Courtesan Couture: Zahia Dehar, retrieved on Mar 05, 2013Read the whole statement

“I'm still the same person that I used to be, with the same passions and the same dreams. The only difference is that I've become a media target”In their words5 March 2013France's Courtesan Couture: Zahia Dehar, retrieved on Mar 05, 2013Read the whole statement

1992Born25 February 1992

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Zahia Dehar

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I arrived in France at the age of 10, with my mother and my little brother. She had divorced my father. She wanted to leave Algeria to join my grandmother here.
2017, Zahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017, Own words
I was already behind because I didn't speak French and I was constantly changing schools. Once we had a more stable situation, I couldn't keep up anymore, I couldn't catch up.
2017, Zahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017, Own words
I was young and I wanted to have sex. I didn't want to remain a virgin. And then I thought: what options do I have?
2017, Zahia explains why she started prostituting herself at 16,By Anne-Charlotte Dancourt, retrieved on November 21 , 2017, Own words

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Zahia Dehar was born 25 February 1992. While still a minor, she was trafficked into escort work, during which she was involved with several footballers - a fact that erupted into a national scandal in France in 2010 when the circumstances became public. The fallout was seismic for the players; for her, it meant years as the face of the story. She later moved into fashion and lingerie design, then modelling and acting. The early chapters remain what most people know her for, even as she's worked to build something separate from them.

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