The world is silent on female genital mutilation (FGM). Race plays a role.

It happened to three sisters under 18 in Egypt. And 7-year-olds in Michigan. For "Real Housewives of Dubai" star Chanel Ayan, it happened in Kenya.

"I was tricked when I was 5 years old," Ayan tells USA TODAY. She and her older sister survived female genital mutilation and were circumcised as children, the model first revealed to a therapist during an emotional hypnotherapy session on a recent "Housewives" episode.