How Did Audrey Hepburn Influence The World

Audrey Hepburn said, “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” From the day she was born to the day she died, Hepburn has always been around those she loved. She craved relationships and affection. She taught others to cherish your loved ones and to not take them for granted. Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Belgium and died on January 20, 1993 in Switzerland. She had two brothers, Ian Edgar Bruce Quarles van Ufford and Arnoud Robert Alexander Quarles van Ufford, but she was never close with them. She married two times and had two sons. Despite the fact that Audrey Hepburn had a few close encounters with married men, she was a positive influence because she was good role model, fashion icon, and humanitarian. Audrey Hepburn is an icon for her perseverance. She started out as a dying baby, a …show more content…
Hepburn had strong feelings towards helping those in need. She worked for UNICEF and wanted to tell people about the poverty and starvation in Africa. She did not want to only go there to help, she wanted to make a bigger difference. So, she started to denounce the causes of poverty and people started to listen. She made her audience listen to her and her voice was heard (Dotti 234). Hepburn used her influence to inform others about the poverty in Africa. Hepburn felt a sympathy towards the children because she was one of them when she was young. Hepburn felt the burning pain for food and the desperation for help. Before she died, she set up the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund (“The Magic of Audrey Hepburn”). Hepburn wanted to help those in need as long as she can. After years of acting, she quit acting to help children in Somalia. Hepburn traveled back and forth from her home in Switzerland to Somalia to spend time with children. Before Hepburn died, she wanted to help children for as long as she can, so she set up a fund for them. Audrey Hepburn helped starving children until the day she