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" Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place. "
Liya Kebede
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" No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. "
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" I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. "
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Easy
Toward
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" It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person. "
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Life
Play
Person
" It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable. "
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Aid
Trying
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" We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth. "
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Side
Health
" 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. "
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City
Walking
See
" The world needs our mothers. "
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Mothers
World
Our
" I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf. "
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Always
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" 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
School
Up
Modeling
" President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding. "
Liya Kebede
President
Aid
Health
" 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
Growing Up
Religion
Up
" 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
Go
Light
Think
" For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season. "
Liya Kebede
Season
Accessories
More
" 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
Care
Mom
Me
" 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
Time
Think
Life
" I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college. "
Liya Kebede
College
Thought
Modeling
" I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure! "
Liya Kebede
Sure
Think
Should
" If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try. "
Liya Kebede
Women
World
Moment
" Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives. "
Liya Kebede
Childhood
Children
Live
" I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.' "
Liya Kebede
Best
Best Way
Sexy
" 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
New
Clothes
" 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
Health
Effort
Community
" I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying. "
Liya Kebede
I Can
Ways
Very
" 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
Foundation
Goodwill
" I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that. "
Liya Kebede
Always
Chance
Loved
" 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
Trust
Experience
Me
" When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success. "
Liya Kebede
Success
Vulnerable
Who
" Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is. "
Liya Kebede
Chore
Gifts
Greatest
" I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child. "
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Up
My Life
Life
" One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything. "
Liya Kebede
Everything
Change
Me