BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Police are on the lookout for a human rights activist and former model reported missing in Belgium.

Walis Dirie was last seen in Brussels early Wednesday. She was thought to be carrying little money and no identification or cell phone when she vanished.

Dirie gained fame as a Chanel model and had a role in a James Bond Film. She later launched a campaign against female genital mutilation, recounting her own experience in a book that became an international best-seller.

She was to address two women's rights conferences organized by the European Union this week.

Her disappearance comes a week after French police reported finding the body of another former model of African origin who had campaigned against female genital mutilation.

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