Selena Gomez to Play Mountaineering Pioneer Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in New Film
Dave McNary Film ReporterSelena Gomez will portray pioneering Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur Silvia Vásquez-Lavado, based on Vásquez-Lavado’s upcoming memoir “In the Shadow of the Mountain.”Vásquez-Lavado is the first gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, including Mount Everest. She is also the founder of Courageous Girls, a nonprofit that helps survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking, and has organized excursions for abuse survivors to the Mount Everest base camp.