Zahia Dehar born 25 February is an Algerian-French model , actress, fashion and lingerie designer, and former sex worker. Dehar is best known for having been involved in a sex scandal involving footballers at a time when she was an underage escort. Zahia Dehar was born in Ghriss , Algeria, on 25 February He has refused any form of contact with his daughter since the prostitution allegations appeared.
After the administrative closure of the establishment, the police officers questioned the prostitutes who worked there.
They discovered that one of them, Zahia Dehar, started to work there while she was still a minor, and had also served several footballers. The then-current French national team manager Raymond Domenech cited Benzema's struggle for form with his new club Real Madrid rather than his alleged involvement in the sex scandal as his reason for excluding the striker from the squad.
The mediatization of Dehar started from this case. Very quickly, her face was revealed by the media, and many photos of her circulated on the web, making the young woman a real "Internet phenomenon". Le Monde initially revealed her name, simply calling her "Zahia D. She gave her version of the case and declared, among other things, "I consider myself an escort, but not a prostitute" providing support services without having sex with the client , and denied having a pimp or belonging to a network.
The case continued until the mids. Dehar's involvement in the scandal and other acts, such as posting indiscreet photos on Twitter , have earned her the nickname la scandaleuse "the scandalous one" in the French press. Dehar achieved celebrity status as a result of the scandal. She capitalized on her fame by modelling for various artists such as Pierre et Gilles [ 23 ] and Karl Lagerfeld , [ 24 ] and became a fashion and lingerie designer.
