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Shrimpton Couture Blog www.shrimptoncouture.com - Found Nov. 19, 2008 Here is Liya Kebede rocking a red draped version. Liya, we are soul sisters |
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AllAfrica.com - Found Dec. 1, 2008 Just like her role models Oluchi, Adriana Lima and Liya Kebede, she knows what she wants and entered the M-Net Face of Africa this year to win! Africa looks world?s catwalks in the face - Daily Nation Catwalk Stars Set To Shine - Graphic Ghana Kate New Face of Africa - AllAfrica.com New Face of Africa crowned - News24.com Explore All |
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The Scotsman - Found Dec. 1, 2008 ... that Forbes magazine's 2007 list of the top-earning 15 models in the world featured only one black woman, the Ethiopian model Liya Kebede. |
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The Monitor - Found Nov. 27, 2008 But she is not the only African rocking the fashion world, Ethiopians Liya Kebede, Noella, Iman Khan, and inaugural Face Of Africa winner... |
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Urban Mecca - Found Nov. 17, 2008 Model/actress Liya Kebede attends the 2008 Tribeca Film Institute Fall Benefit after party for Quantum of Solace at Tavern on the Green on November |
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Womens Wear Daily - Found Nov. 13, 2008 Jane Rosenthal were joined by hundreds of guests, including André Balazs, Julia Stiles, Serena Altschul, Liya Kebede and Jon Hamm of ?Mad... Bond Week: Best and Worst James Bond Theme Songs - Time Daniel Craig says being James Bond is a pain - CNN The Name Is Fleming ... Ian Fleming - CBS News Daniel Craig focuses on James Bond - USA Today Explore All |
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Style.com - Found Nov. 15, 2008 'I think it's pretty obvious,' Liya Kebede said at Tavern on the Green, where she joined , Debra Messing, and Jon Hamm for a post-screening... Review: New Bond coldly efficient - CNN Bond locations for your 'Quantum' trip - USA Today Bond set for a record US opening - ONE News James Bond Set for Record Opening in North America - ABC News Explore All |
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New York Magazine - Found Nov. 19, 2008 Juan Carlos Obando Liya Kebede Hamish Bowles Are you cooking for Thanksgiving? For the first time in my life, I want to bake a pumpkin pie. Alexander Wang scoops CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award - Telegraph The Race to Dress Michelle - New York Magazine Best dressed at the CDFA awards - Grazia Magazine Alexander Wang Wins CFDA/‘Vogue’ Fashion Fund - New York Magazine Explore All |
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Starpulse - Found Nov. 17, 2008 Liya Kebede is one of the most beautiful models in the world. |
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Globe and Mail - Found Nov. 15, 2008 ... years have seen more ethnically diverse faces on the runway and in the spotlight - Tyra Banks, Liya Kebede, Alek Wek, Yasmin Warsame and, more... |
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Liya Kebede
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| Liya Kebede | |
Liya Kebede enters Bryant Park, New York City during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show on September 9, 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson. |
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| Date of birth | January 3, 1978 |
| Place of birth | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978) 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.
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 4. 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 4.
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-Laurent5, Victoria's Secret, Emanuel Ungaro, Tommy Hilfiger5, Revlon5, 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 history6. Her contract was rumoured to be for $3 million dollars 6.
Kebede is one of a very few African models featured in major fashion photo shoots and runway shows 7. 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 Health8. 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 Supermodels9.
Kebede has also had minor roles in two films: The Good Shepherd, and Lord of War10.
In 2008, Kebede was featured on one of the four covers of Vogue Italia's all Black Issue.
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| NAME | Kebede, Liya |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Addis Ababa, Ethiopian |
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