Liya Kebede Quotes About Ethiopia

Quotes about: Ethiopia

• Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

  Liya Kebede

  Fashion, People, Asking

• 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, Care, Might

• I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

  Liya Kebede

  Christian, Growing Up, Kids

• I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

  Liya Kebede

  Fashion, School, Littles

  "Desert Flower/ Liya Kebede Interview". Interview with Karen Durbin, www.blackfilm.com. March 16, 2011.

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