Will anyone hire these beautiful models?
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CNN - Found Aug. 7, 2008 Issue," the magazine celebrates models of color from the past and present, including Donyale Luna, Liya Kebede, Naomi Campbell, Iman and... |
Will anyone hire these beautiful models?
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CNN - Found Aug. 7, 2008 Issue,' the magazine celebrates models of color from the past and present, including Donyale Luna, Liya Kebede, Naomi Campbell, Iman and... |
What's in Store
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Washington Post - Found Jul. 26, 2008 The star-studded fashion and music festival will showcase runway regulars Alek Wek, Tyson Beckford and Liya Kebede modeling the creations of such... |
Pop|Rock|Folk|Jazz|Etc.
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Washington Post - Found Aug. 1, 2008 ... soul singer John Legend will sing while international supermodels including Tyson Beckford, Alek Wek and Liya Kebede strut down the runway in... |
Vogue Italia Is A Hit in Black
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Time - Found Jul. 30, 2008 ... the only young catwalk star who really caught the editor's eye was Ethiopian-born Liya Kebede. Kebede, along with Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn... |
The worldâ
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MSNBC - Found Jul. 10, 2008 Liya Kebede was edged out of Estée Lauder, pushing her five places down to last place. |
Which Vogue Italia Cover Do You Think Is Most Fab?
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FABSUGAR - Have. Want. Need. - Found Jun. 20, 2008 Naomi, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede, and Sessilee Lopez can all call themselves cover girls because each has a separate cover, photographed by... |
Italian Vogue: Black is Beautiful
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Style Talk - Found Jun. 19, 2008 ... array of hot models who have posed for the cover page of the magazine are (from the left) Liya Kebede, Sissilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn , and... |
Gasp, no Chanel Iman cover!
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Fashion Orgasm - Found Jun. 19, 2008 The eagerly anticipated all-black Vogue Italia cover is out, featuring a four page foldout of Liya Kebede, Sessilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn, and Naomi |
"A Black Issue" in Vogue Italia
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bunnyshop - Found Jun. 19, 2008 ... portfolio by Steven Meisel starring only black models?including Iman, Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede, Alek Wek, Pat Cleveland... |
Liya Kebede Biography
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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 |
| Official website | |
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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Personal life
Kebede married Ethiopian hedge fund manager Kassy Kebede[2] 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.
Biography
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.
Modeling career
Kebede's big break came when Tom Ford asked her for an exclusive contract for his Gucci Fall/Winter 2000 fashion show[2]. 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-Laurent[5], Victoria's Secret, Emanuel Ungaro, Tommy Hilfiger[5], Revlon[5], Dolce & Gabbana, Escada and Louis Vuitton. In 2003, Kebede was named the newest face of Estée Lauder cosmetics, the first person of color to serve as their representative in the company's 57-year history[6]. Her contract was rumoured to be for $3 million dollars [6].
Kebede is one of a very few ethnically African models featured in major fashion photo shoots and runway shows [7]. According to Conor Kennedy, in 2003 a booker at Elite Model Management,
- "It's like there's only room for one very successful black model at a time. For the past year it's been Kebede"[7].
In 2005, Kebede was appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health[8]. 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 black 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 Supermodels[9].
Kebede has also had minor roles in two films: The Good Shepherd, and Lord of War[10].
In 2008, Kebede was on the cover of Vogue Italia's all Black Issue.
Quotes
- "Honestly, I wish I could've lived in their time. They had so much fun." – Liya on the supermodel era, Vogue
- "Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age? That over half a million die every year? Or that 3 million babies are stillborn? Or that another 4 million die during the first days and weeks of life?" – during her acceptance of the 2005 UN Day Award.
References
- ^ Forbes Top Fifteen Models. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.
- ^ a b c Wiltz, Teresa. "The Swan." Essence magazine (September 2004).
- ^ Burke, Meredith Melling. "Cause for Celebration" US Vogue (December 2006).
- ^ a b Liya Kebede Photos on Style.com
- ^ a b c Sterling, Wayne. "Model Citizen." Savoy Magazine, page 31.
- ^ a b Naughton, Julie. "Estee Lauder's New Ethnic Mix." Women's Wear Daily (March 14, 2003).
- ^ a b Trebay, Guy. "A Black Model Reaches the Top, a Lonely Spot." New York Times (April 8, 2003), C16
- ^ Holgate, Mark. "Role Model". US Vogue (May 2005).
- ^ The World's Top-Earning Models
- ^ Liya Kebede at the Internet Movie Database
External links
- Official site, has scans of many sources for this article (after intro, select 'Press')
- Liya & Kassy Kebede
- Liya, son Suhul
- Liya, daughter Raee
- Liya Kebede at the Internet Movie Database
- Liya Kebede in the Fashion Model Directory
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Kebede, Liya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Addis Ababa, Ethiopian |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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