#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
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Infatuation
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Anywhere I Go
Need Support
Finding Me
I Choose Hope

My Modeling Experience
Ms.
Abused By a Relative
Sexual Abuse
Under Age drinking
Date rape
They Laughed
So Now What?
Don’t Want to Admit It
I Was a Fool for Him
Lying Child Molester
Acquaintance Rape
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Why?
Noah
Unicorns
Rape
I Trusted Him
My First Time
Raped in the Air Force
En Enero de 2010
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Friend?
Since Age 6?
Is this normal?
His Masterpiece
De Los 6 a Los 12
Just Words
Too Far
Too much trauma
The Girl Who Went To College
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
What am I doing wrong
Fraternity gang rape
She was never the same…
His Charming Ways
Does the pain ever go away?
Twice a pattern?
He Loved Me
Was it rape?
Survivor

Locked Up
An Unknown Face & Hands
He Took My Virginity
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Was it Really Rape
i was pulling my shorts up
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Brother’s Best Friend
Date Rape Drug
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Broken Trust
My Fight
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
My Only Brother
I Lost My Virginity
Protecting My Predator
He Was My Father
Shout Out
Too naïve
Date Raped
College Campus Rape
Broken Girl
Afraid of Being Judged
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
It Was My Mom
Just a Child
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
The Party
Raped by school ‘friend’
Letter to my offender
my rape
He was 56
My Rape Story
My story growing up with a secret
Unethical or illegal?
my story
I Didn’t Know
Unsure
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Bringing the Stories to Light
Breaking the Silence
I Too Was Raped
Domestic Abuse
Okay, Not Okay
Betrayed By My Own Mind
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Braver

Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Pregnancy
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Incest
3 Days After Arriving at College
I Don’t Know My Story
Army
I let it happen twice
Mi Historia
Disappointed
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Seis Años
Didn’t Realize It
Blamed Myself
A Story
College Campus Rape
היי לינור
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
It Was My Fault
incest
My Story
Party Time
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Raped by ex boyfriend
Almost Raped
No Support
No
Molested and Confused
Liar, Liar
Happy Hell-oween
Dad Raped Me
I Was Just a Little Girl
Not A Trustworthy Man
To serve and protect, but who will...
Harder Than Expected
Its Got To STOP!
Now I Understand My Husband
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Sexual Assault
Undertones Throughout My Life
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Happy Birthday
Too good to be true
Confused and Angry
Lasting memories
Raped By 6 Policemen
Sex doll
He had my pants down
Thank you
Rubbing my scars
Finally Sharing
Mrs
Rape
4th grade
Why
Raped
Middle school sexual harassment
Not Okay
Friends?
Drugged
Raped by my boyfriend
Rape
Childhood Trauma
Too naïve
Was it my fault
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
It can happen to boys too!
Scammer
He’s Dead
My 21st Birthday
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Supposed To Be There
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Drugged
First Crush
Never Even Knew
Rape
Too Close for Comfort
My “Best Friend”
Identity?
לא יוצאים מזה…
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Raped By 6 Policemen
I Am a Survivor…
Was led by the quarterback
I Was 16
At the Movie’s
The Summer of 2013
Ended in Rape
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Mi Esposa
Healing and releasing painful memories
Proud
Blamed myself …
Too Young
Justice
First Time Sharing
כמוני כמוך
My First Assault
Summer 2019
Raped in my Hostel
When I Was 8 Years Old
I know when I see a rapist...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Stepbrother
Black and Blue
Unknown
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I wanted to get high
Broken Homes, Broken Families
This is MY story
Raped by stranger x2
Abused By My Father
Molest
Raped at the age of 16
A Poem
Sleep Over
הסיפור שלי…
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Breaking the Silence

