Malala Yousafzai Trolled For Wearing Jeans In Viral Pic

Malala Yousafzai, 20, recently started attending Oxford, and an unverified picture of her wearing jeans has been doing the rounds of the Internet. First published on a Pakistani Facebook page called Siasat.pk, the photo has now made Malala a target for trolls attacking her for wearing jeans instead of her usual outfit of salwar-kameez. The Nobel laureate has been criticized for donning a jacket, jeans and ankle-length boots, even though there is no official confirmation on whether the woman pictured is actually Malala.

The photo was shared on October 14 and has been captioned 'Malala Yousafzai in UK'. See it below:
 

Since being shared online, the picture has collected over 11,000 reactions and 2,000 comments. While a lot of comments criticizing Malala are too distasteful to reproduce, there are many who have defended Malala's choice to wear what she wants.

Here is how people have criticized Malala for wearing jeans and heels:



Others, however, have come out in her defense:




The youngest-ever Nobel laureate is studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the prestigious university in the UK. In 2012, she was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban after campaigning for girls' rights to education.

Malala had earlier shared a picture from her first day of classes at Oxford.