The woman who as a starving three-year-old became the face of Live Aid 30 years ago has said the campaign has done “nothing” for her, and the celebrity that came with it has forced her to live a life underground.

Birhan Woldu, now 34, told the Guardian that because of her unasked-for fame she has struggled to get a job.

Woldu was catapulted into the limelight after being rediscovered in 2005 and brought on stage by Sir Bob Geldof during the Live 8 concert, 21 years after she was captured by a Canadian camera crew, moments away from death at a feeding station in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in 1984.

Read the article “Woman Who Was Face of Live Aid Laments Price of Fame 30 Years On” on theguardian.com.