# Nationa lGeographic picture girl found

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290 "2002-03-14T16:33:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290/1 "2002-03-14T16:33:47Z")

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The famed picture of an Afghan refugee girl with brilliant green eyes that appeared on National Geographic’s cover finally has a name: [Sharbat Gula.](http://www.melia.com/ngm/0204/feature0/)

It hasn’t been an easy life, but she’s still alive and has kids of her own.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290/2 "2002-03-14T16:50:53Z")

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[They’ve found her!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103610)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290/3 "2002-03-14T16:55:00Z")

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Indeed they have:  
[They’ve found here!!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103610)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationa-lgeographic-picture-girl-found/98290/4 "2002-03-14T20:25:12Z")

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Since there is another current thread on the same subject I will close this one.