Liya Kebede Biography
Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian-born model, advocate for maternal health, clothes designer, and actress. She has appeared three times on the cover of Vogue.
How old is Liya Kebede? – Age
She is 45 years old as of 1 March 2023. She was born in 1978 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Liya Kebede Family – Education
She is of Amhara descent. She is the family’s lone daughter, with four brothers. While she was attending Lycée Guebre-Mariam, where she learnt fluent French, a film director recognized her and introduced her to a French modeling agent. She relocated to France after finishing her education to work for a Parisian agency. Kebede eventually moved to the United States, first to Chicago and then to New York City.
Who is Liya Kebede Husband? – Children
Kebede married Ethiopian hedge fund manager Kassy Kebede in 2000.They have two children: son Suhul, born in September 2000 and daughter Raee, born in August 2005. The family lived in New York City in 2007.
Liya Kebede Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches(1.78 m).
Liya Kebede Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $18 million.
Liya Kebede Clothing Line
In 2007, Kebede launched the apparel company Lemlem. Lemlem, which means “to bloom” in Amharic, sells hand-spun, woven, and embroidered apparel for women and children. Kebede developed the line to assist preserve traditional weaving in Ethiopia and to provide employment opportunities for local craftspeople. The line is available at 150 stores.
Liya Kebede Desert Flower
In 2009, Kebede starred in the cinematic adaptation of former supermodel Waris Dirie’s bestselling autobiography Desert Flower. The film follows Dirie from her infancy in Somalia to her meteoric climb to celebrity and subsequent anti-circumcision campaign. It garnered a standing ovation when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
The film traces Waris Dirie’s journey from a nomadic pastoralist origin in Somalia to a new life and profession in the West as a fashion model and anti-female genital mutilation activist.
Liya Kebede Career
Kebede’s enormous break came when Tom Portage asked her for an elite agreement for his Gucci Fall/Winter 2000 design show. Then in May 2002 she was on the front of Paris Vogue, which committed the whole issue to her.
Kebede has been seen on the fronts of Italian, Japanese, American, French and Spanish Vogue, V, I-D and Time’s Style and Plan. She has been highlighted in promotion crusades including those for Shiatzy Chen, Hole, Yves Holy person Laurent, Victoria’s Confidential, Emanuel Ungaro, Tommy Hilfiger, Revlon, Dolce and Gabbana, Escada and Louis Vuitton.
In 2003, Kebede was named the most current face of Estée Lauder beauty care products, the main Ethiopian to act as their agent in the organization’s 57-year history. Her agreement was reputed to be valued at $3 million. Right now in Kebede’s vocation, she was positioned #1 on models.com.
In July 2007, with Kebede procuring $2.5 million over the past a year, Forbes named her 11th in the rundown of the World’s 15 Top-Procuring Supermodels. The next year, projecting specialist James Scully compared her to “a colorful Beauty Kelly”. Kebede has additionally played minor parts in The Great Shepherd (2006) and Master of War (2005). She highlighted as a ‘Face Existing apart from everything else’ in May 2009’s US Vogue.
In 2011, Kebede was among the models highlighted in Lacoste’s “new look” crusade in January, with promotions shot by Mert and Marcus, showing models wearing white Lacoste polo shirts worn over dark eveningwear. Kebede featured with Jake Gyllenhaal in a Calvin Klein promotion. Kebede is at present on the rundown of “New Supers” by models.com.
Liya Kebede Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2018 – Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon
♦ 2014 – Samba
♦ 2013 – The Best Offer
♦ 2013 – Innocence
♦ 2012 – Sur la Piste du Marsupilami
♦ 2012 – Capital
♦ 2011 – Black Gold
♦ 2009 – Desert Flower
♦ 2006 – The Good Shepherd
♦ 2005 – Lord of War