The girls on the promenade | M6 | Zone Interdite

Veliana, a pretty 35-year-old Bulgarian, has worked as a prostitute for two years on the sidewalks of Nice. More than 800 girls like her, from Eastern Europe, have replaced the traditional prostitutes on the famous Promenade des Anglais. She is just emerging from a long fight: X. She courageously took her pimp to court, not giving up on the long process which finally sent him to prison. She left her native village of Varna, on the Black Sea, to come to France to make money—about 4000 to 5000 euros a month. Enough to provide a good education for her 7-year-old daughter who lives with Veliana’s parents in Bulgaria. Our teams followed her daily life. At night, she never works alone. “When you’re two, it’s not so frightening.”