Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. Forbes identified her the eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007, and she has appeared three times on the cover of U.S. Vogue...
NationalityEthiopian
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth1 March 1978
CityAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
CountryEthiopia
design able talent
Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.
drama want comedy
I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.
stories chance kind
I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.
trying aids tricky
It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
helping-others helping chores
Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.
commitment government effort
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
rights long generations
Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.
guarantees-that sides health-workers
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.
came man sitting weaving york
When I see Lemlem walking around New York City, it's just mind-boggling, because I know it came from this one man sitting and weaving this little product.
buying kids love
I know how much parents love buying clothes for their kids and how they want to give them something new in the closet.
best
I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.'
africa anchored beauty challenge changes changing general image life media people
It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much beauty there. When you go, it changes everything. It changes you, your life, and the way you see things. The challenge is changing the image of Africa that's been anchored in people for years now.
childbirth dying exactly gets kids losing people reason time
Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers.
life met
It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.