Wednesday, March 20, 2019

"Napalm Girl" was awarded German peace prize.


Behind Ms Phuc, Phan Thi Kim, clad in a Vietnamese tradition dress, is a black and white photo by American-Vietnamese photographer Ut, Huynh Cong, with nickname Nick Ut. A photo described a naked girl running and screaming after being burned in a napalm bomb attack on June 8, 1972. The girl is Phuc. One year later, this piece of art won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photograph.

Back to Phuc, 55, now living in Canada, she has devoted her life in a humanitarian path to providing medical and psychological assistance to child victims of war. With her great contribution to global peace and relief for children maimed by war, Phuc received a the prize as a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO with a cash award of 10,000 euros.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

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