UK beauty queen opens up about forced marriage
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Birmingham: A British beauty queen has revealed how she was ‘ raped every single day’ after her parents took her to Bangladesh and forced her to marry a man twice her age, the Daily Mail reported.
Rubie Marie was just 15 when she married the man, against her will, and he tried to get her pregnant so he could move to the UK.
Ms. Marie, now 35 and living in Birmingham, eventually had a daughter but she was born prematurely and ‘ handicapped’ — because her husband had herpes and gave it to her without her knowledge. She only managed to escape her horrific situation when she returned to her home in Wales to give birth.
Ms Marie was crowned Ms Galaxy UK in 2016, after taking part in the over 30s category and went on to win the international title of Ms Galaxy 2017.
She opened up about her terrible ordeal to raise awareness of an issue she said is affecting many
Rubie Marie was just 15 when she married the man, against her will, and he tried to get her pregnant so he could move to the UK
◗ Marie was crowned Miss Galaxy UK in 2016, after taking part in the over 30s category and went on to win the international title of Miss Galaxy 2017
young girls. She told the BBC: ‘ It’s like your worst nightmare — the worst horror movie you’ve ever seen and you are just stuck in that scene forever.’