Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian supermodel, clothe designer, philanthropist, maternal health advocate and actress born on 1st March, 1978 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her father was an executive officer in an airline company in Ethiopia and she was the only daughter in a family of five. Liya had always nursed a modelling ambition. A French film maker discovered her and brought her into the glamorous world of modelling. She was introduced to a French modelling agency when she was attending a Franco-Ethiopian school, Lycee Guebre-Mariam.
After completing her education at the age of 18, Liya moved to Paris in France with the aid of a French agency to pursue her modelling career in France. In France was where her modelling career thrived. This is because, on settling down in Paris, Liya modelled, as a runway model, for Ralph Lauren, Yves, Gap, Dolce & Gabana, Saint-Laurent, and many other popular brands.
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