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About
South African woman who became a national symbol of endurance after surviving an abduction and sexual assault in 1994. At age 27, she was taken from the parking lot of her apartment by two men who assaulted her and left her for dead. She has earned more than 230,000 followers on her alison_ihavelife TikTok account.
Before Fame
She was head girl at her high school. She had worked as an insurance broker.
Trivia
Her story was told in the 2016 documentary titled Alison. Her book, I Have a Life-Alison's Journey, became a best-seller. In 2024, she underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm.
Family Life
In 2003, she and her husband Tienie welcomed a baby boy.
Associated With
She and Jaycee Dugard both survived abductions.
