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Liya Kebede
Ethiopian
Model
Born:
Mar 1
,
1978
Always
Health
Me
People
World
You
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The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.
Liya Kebede
Myself
Mom
Me
Age
Matter
Advice
Difficult
Too
Shall
Inspiring
Push
Simply
Remind
Feels
Most
Piece
Pass
Always
Gotten
Persevere
Efforts
Going
Taught
Then
Forward
Keep
Keep Going
Early
Early Age
Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.
Liya Kebede
Others
Gifts
Greatest
Greatest Gifts
Helping
Chore
Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.
Liya Kebede
Good
You
Care
Will
Fall
Skin
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Take
Place
Your
What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother.
Liya Kebede
Love
Day
Mother
Honored
About
Most
Am
Being
Acknowledged
It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality.
Liya Kebede
Me
Personality
Important
Brand
Reflects
Represent
For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season.
Liya Kebede
Trendy
Classic
More
Invest
New
Like
Pieces
Accessories
Wardrobe
Them
Each
Pair
Season
Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise.
Liya Kebede
Health
Family
Women
Family Planning
Doctors
Nutrition
Unnecessary
Complications
About
Preventing
Crucial
Arise
Step
Educate
Maternal
Deaths
Role
Planning
Play
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.
Liya Kebede
Man
Mind-Boggling
City
One-Man
See
Weaving
New
Know
Because
Around
Came
Walking
York
Sitting
Just
New York
New York City
Little
Product
When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.
Liya Kebede
Woman
First
Young
Frames
Small
First Child
Like
Child
Africa
Places
Really
Her
Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.
Liya Kebede
Health
Creative
Innovation
People
Care
Dedication
Babies
Settings
Worldwide
Outcomes
New
Like
Most
Health Care
Transforming
Poor
Poor People
Kangaroo
Strategies
Even
There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'
Liya Kebede
Saying
You
Out
Find
Foot
Africa
Pregnant
Grave
It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
Liya Kebede
Aid
Tricky
Make
Always
Trying
Sustainable
Thing
I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.'
Liya Kebede
Best
Face
Way
Say
Sexy
Best Way
Make
Been
It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money.
Liya Kebede
Money
Opportunity
Own
Other
One Thing
Someone
Give
Make
His
Donate
Whole
Thing
I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.
Liya Kebede
Touched
Make
Always
Am
Friends
Behalf
Contributions
Foundation
I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it.
Liya Kebede
Mom
Me
Care
Birth
Gave
Proper
Given
Had
Know
Survived
Available
Might
Ethiopia
Even
While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.
Liya Kebede
Husband
Everything
Classes
Had
Attending
Covered
Tests
Blood
Option
While
Pregnant
Even
Dozens
Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.
Liya Kebede
Health
Women
World
Made
East
Outstanding
Developing
Developing World
She
Were
Women And Children
Contributions
Africa
Children
Public
Public Health
Medical
Basic
Services
Brings
I know how much parents love buying clothes for their kids and how they want to give them something new in the closet.
Liya Kebede
Love
Parents
Clothes
Kids
Give
Something
Something New
New
Know
How
How Much
Closet
Want
Them
Much
Buying
Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.
Liya Kebede
Me
Trust
Experience
Able
Takes
Talent
Loom
Doing
Lot
Trust Me
Designs
A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.
Liya Kebede
Mom
Me
You
Women
Made
Daughter
Own
Down
Nice
Possible
Cross
Something
Small
Always
Passed
Exist
Gold
Plain
Then
Grandma
Who
Connects
Now
I don't think we should judge celebrities for doing charity work. Period. Whatever their reasons for doing it, they are shedding light on issues that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Liya Kebede
Work
Charity
Judge
Light
Whatever
Think
Otherwise
Unnoticed
Would
Charity Work
Period
Shedding
Doing
Go
Issues
Celebrities
Should
Reasons
I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.
Liya Kebede
Thought
College
Become
Pay
Way
Would
Something
Through
Never
Modeling
Career
First I became U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for WHO, and that was in 2005. And then, about a year or so later, I decided to start my foundation.
Liya Kebede
First
Year
Later
About
About A Year
Goodwill
Became
Ambassador
Decided
Then
Who
Foundation
Start
It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.
Liya Kebede
Life
You
Met
Difficult
Someone
Life Story
Never
Hand
Very
Person
Story
Really
Your
Whole
Play
I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.
Liya Kebede
Kind
Having
Disappear
Obsessed
Always
Loved
Story
Chance
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