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Published May 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY | The Beauty of Courage: Sarajevo native overcomes childhood losses, hardships to become strong, successful mother in Fargo


(Photo by Bill Marcil, Jr.)

  • (Photo by Bill Marcil, Jr.)
  • (Photo by Bill Marcil, Jr.)
  • Irma Ciber (far left) poses with her 2-year-old daughter, Lamya, and sister Dijana, who nominated her for the Beautiful Woman contest. (Photo by Bill Marcil, Jr.)
  • Irma keeps a photo of her late mother, Vezira Ciber, and newspaper clippings detailing her father’s fight to regain custody of Irma and Dijana after they’d been adopted by an Italian family. (Bill Marcil Jr. The Forum)
  • Irma shows a book with photos of her as a child: recovering from her burns with sister Dijana in Italy in the top photo, and after their move to Fargo with their father, Denial Ciber. (Photos by Bill Marcil Jr. The Forum)
  • After caring for her younger sister for years following their mother’s death, Irma Ciber has her own daughter, 2-year-old Lamya. (Bill Marcil Jr. The Forum)
  • Irma Ciber, a native of Sarajevo who now lives in Fargo, holds a stuffed dog she received while recovering in Italy from burns she received in a gas explosion that lead to her mother?s death.(Photo by Bill Marcil, Jr.)