Top 56 Quotes by Liya Kebede

About Liya Kebede

These are some quotes by Ethiopian author Liya Kebede Model, who was born on March 1, 1978.

We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.

We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.

Liya Kebede

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.

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

No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

Liya Kebede

In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.

Liya Kebede

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

Liya Kebede

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much beauty there. When you go, it changes everything. It changes you, your life, and the way you see things. The challenge is changing the image of Africa that's been anchored in people for years now.

Liya Kebede

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

Liya Kebede

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

Liya Kebede

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

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.

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

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