In 1998, Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World. Seven weeks earlier, she had been abducted and brutally raped at knifepoint; after the horrific, hours-long ordeal, she had to convince her attacker not to kill her. Watching the footage of her crowning, it doesn't seem that she's crying from joy — as she wipes her eyes, she looks slightly panicked and deeply sad. Later, in an interview, she says, "I'm just in shock. It feels surreal to think that — " She falters and buries her face in the shoulder of Miss World Organization president Julia Morley. "The tears are of joy," asserts Morley.
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