Somalia-born former supermodel and Bond girl Waris Dirie decided to become an Austrian citizen in order to get assistance in following her mission - fighting traditional female genital mutilation.

The United Nations goodwill ambassador said in her interview with the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung to be published Saturday that she definitely misses her native country – Africa, but newertheless Vienna became her home.

"I recently became an Austrian citizen but in my heart I am still a nomad," the 39-year-old was quoted as saying by AFP news.

"My home is for me the most beautiful country in the world. Unfortunately it is at war and there has been no government since 1991. It has become impossible to travel there."

Dirie, who has recounted her forcible circumcision at the age of five in bestselling books, said she aimed to continue her campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) among Africans living in Europe.

The author of the best-selling autobiography “Desert Flower,” and two sequels, “Desert Dawn” and “Nomad“s Daughter” says of her fight:

"I always knew that there were cases in Europe -- such traditions don't stop at national borders. But it shocked me that it has affected a half million women here, primarily because no one seems to know and these women receive no assistance.

"It has become clear to me in the numerous conversations I have had that all women who have suffered something like this need psychological help."