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Title: RIPE TV PRESENTS: SUPERMODEL TV Liya Kebede
Description: From the small pond of Ethiopia to the big pond of US fashion, Liya is still a very big fish.
Title: RIPETV Liya Kebede
Description: Episdoe 4. From the small pond of Ethiopia to the big pond of US fashion, Liya is still a very big fish.
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Title: Liya Kebede World Health Day 05
Description: Message from Liya Kebede as WHOs Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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MSNBC - Found May. 8, 2009 Q: Can you tell us about the Liya Kebede Foundation and its purpose? Kebede: Right now, we have about one woman every minute of the day dying... |
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People's Daily Online - Found Jun. 28, 2009 Ethiopia confirmed its first cases of A/H1N1 flu on June 20. At a joint press conference, Liya Kebede, the general manager of St. Paulos... Swine flu parties 'a bad idea' - BBC Mexican, Chilean Presidents Appeal For Developing Countries Access ... - Medical News Today Girl, 9, dies of swine flu as UK cases jump - CNN Scots swine flu cases top 1,000 - BBC Explore All |
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People's Daily Online - Found Jun. 21, 2009 At a joint press conference, Liya Kebede, general manager ofSt. Region swine flu cases total 860 - BBC Six cases of A/H1N1 flu confirmed in S China's primary school - People's Daily Online Influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 258 in New Zealand - People's Daily Online Fiji reports first confirmed case of influenza A/H1N1 - People's Daily Online Explore All |
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Individual.com - Found Jun. 20, 2009 At a joint press conference, Liya Kebede, general manager of St. Paulos Hospital in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, said the virus was... Lebanese woman hospitalized in Riyadh with H1N1 infection - Arab News UK swine flu cases above 2,500 - The Scotsman Pig flu through the 2,500 mark - The Sun Six cases of A/H1N1 flu confirmed in S China's primary school (2) - People's Daily Online Explore All |
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FashionWeekDaily.com - Found Jun. 18, 2009 After a New York runway showing in February (starring the likes of Grace Jones, Alek Wek, Liya Kebede, Oluchi, Tyson Beckford, and Chanel Iman... |
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Reuters - Found Jun. 16, 2009 Models included Anja Rubik, Coco Rocha, Doutzen Kroes, Dree Hemingway, Hilary Rhoda, Liya Kebede, and Suvi Kuvonen. Michelle Obama Gets Fashion Honor in NYC - Fox News Fashion industry steps out for its Oscars, the CFDA Awards - USA Today The Oscars of Fashion - Daily Beast STARS TREK TO CFDAS - New York Post Explore All |
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Newsday - Found Jun. 11, 2009 Got an error: Can't locate XML/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /blogs/cgi-bin/mt/extlib lib /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64 ... A (free) JoBro surprise show tonight - Newsday Palin: "Keep Willow away from...Letterman" - Newsday Letterman Versus Palin: Ziiiinnnnggggg!!! Zaaapp!! - Newsday Gameday Live 59: Yankees at Red Sox - Newsday Explore All |
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Africa Leader - Found Jun. 21, 2009 At a joint press conference, Liya Kebede, general manager ofSt. |
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Reuters - Found Jun. 10, 2009 D. Steele, Acting Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID -- Ms. Liya Kebede, founder of the Liya Kebede Foundation, WHO Ambassador... Capitol Hill Briefing: A Progress Report on Child Survival in Africa ... - PR inside Explore All |
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Calcutta Telegraph - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Inside, by the garden, there were Renaissance-style photographs featuring model Liya Kebede printed and installed on canvas. |
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Liya Kebede
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| Liya Kebede | |
Kebede at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Date of birth | January 3, 1980 |
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| Place of birth | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Measurements | 32.5-23-34 (US) |
| Dress size | 3 (US) |
| Shoe size | 9 (US) |
| Agency | IMG Models New York Viva Models Paris D'management Group |
| Official website | |
Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1980) is an Ethiopian model who has appeared on the cover of US Vogue twice. According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world.1
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Kebede married Ethiopian hedge fund manager Kassy Kebede2 in 2000 and they have two children together; son Suhul (b. 2001) and daughter Raee (b. August 2005).3 As of 2007, the family resides in New York City.
Aside from being a mother of two, a model, an actor, a humanitarian and a goodwill ambassador, Kebede has also designed a children's-wear line that are made from Ethiopia. Kebede says she hopes this will part a sea of change for her home country. "It's wonderful to be able to donate and help people," she says.4
Kebede was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.2 A film director spotted Kebede while she was attending Lycee Guebre Mariam and introduced her to a French modeling agent. After completing her studies, she moved to France to pursue work through a Parisian agency. Kebede later relocated to New York City. She has remarked that the modeling industry in Ethiopia is quite different from the catwalks on which she is now ubiquitous. In contrast, in Ethiopia she had to provide her own shoes for each runway show.
Kebede's big break came when Tom Ford asked her for an exclusive contract for his Gucci Fall/Winter 2000 fashion show2. Kebede was a finalist in the Miss World supermodel contest and later established a place in fashion's elite by modeling on the New York, Milan, London and Paris runway circuit 5. Kebede's popularity in the fashion industry sky-rocketed when she appeared on the cover the May 2002 edition of Paris Vogue which dedicated the entire issue to her 5.
Kebede has been seen on the covers of Italian, Japanese, American, French and Spanish Vogue, V, Flair, i-D and Time's Style & Design. Kebede has been featured in ad campaigns including those for Gap, Yves Saint-Laurent6, Victoria's Secret, Emanuel Ungaro, Tommy Hilfiger6, Revlon6, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada and Louis Vuitton. In 2003, Kebede was named the newest face of Estée Lauder cosmetics, the first Ethiopian to serve as their representative in the company's 57-year history7. Her contract was rumoured to be for $3 million dollars 7.
Kebede is one of a very few African models featured in major fashion photo shoots and runway shows 8. According to Conor Kennedy, in 2003 a booker at Elite Model Management,
In 2005, Kebede was appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health9. She also appeared in a group montage on a rare (as of recent years) group montage of up and coming supermodels.
In summer of 2006 she was also one of the very few non-white models to have been given a cover of American Vogue, the issue highlighted her humanitarian work.
In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $2.5 million in the past 12 months, Forbes named her eleventh in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels10.
Kebede has also had minor roles in two films: The Good Shepherd and Lord of War.11
In 2008, Kebede was featured on one of the four covers of Vogue Italia's all Black Issue.
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