Phan Thi Kim Phuc
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Phan Thị Kim Phúc OOnt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːŋ tʰɪ̂ˀ kim fúk͡p̚]; born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the Napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph, titled "The Terror of War", taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
Phan Thị Kim Phúc | |
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 June 8, 1972: Kim Phúc, center, running down a road naked near Trảng Bàng after a South Vietnam Air Force napalm attack (Nick Ut / The Associated Press) | |
| Born | Phan Thị Kim Phúc April 6, 1963 Trảng Bàng, South Vietnam |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Kim Phúc |
| Citizenship | South Vietnam (1963–1975) Vietnam (1975–1997) Canada (1997–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation(s) | Author, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador |
| Known for | Being "The Girl in the Picture" (Vietnam War) |
| Spouse | Bui Huy Toan (m. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Order of Ontario |
The image, taken for the Associated Press by a 21-year-old Vietnamese-American photographer named Nick Ut, shows her at nine years of age running naked on a road after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack.[1]
She later founded the Kim Foundation International to provide aid to child victims of war.[2]