For her $2.5 million salary at the time, she was featured as eleventh top-earning supermodels in Forbes 2007 list of world’s 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. With all the speculations on air, she drew the attention of other big brands such as Gap, Tom Hilfiger, Saint-Laurent, Revlon, Victoria Secret, Yves, and numerous others. Around this time, ranked her number one in the world. Confronted by such ample record and fame, her salary became a subject of much speculation with many claiming she earned up to $3 million from the contract. This made her the first and only model from her country to model for the company since its 57 years history in the business. In 2003, she joined an American company Estee Lauder Cosmetics – which manufactures and sells beauty products such as fragrance, skincare, hair care and makeup. The following year, she would appear on the cover of Paris Vogue, taking over the magazine’s entire issue. The catwalk stunner found the incredible fame she had been hoping for in 2000 when she stepped on Tom Ford’s fashion show in an exclusive deal as his 2000 Gucci Fall/Winter model. After spending a few years in Paris, she moved to Chicago and finally to New York. This marked the beginning of what was to be a successful modelling career. At age 18, she relocated to Paris to take up the opportunity offered by a Parisian agency. While still in Africa and schooling, a versatile French film director discovered her and recommended her to a modelling agent. She attended Lycee Guebre-Mariam, a French international school located in Addis Ababa. Who Is Liya Kebede?īorn on 1 March 1978, the model grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She continues to excel and has grown beyond being a catwalk beauty on runways to creating her own clothing line and also advocating for the health of infants and mothers. And since her breakthrough in the early 2000s, there has been no turning back for her.
LIYA KEBEDE HUSBAND MOVIE
LK: Oh, God, I really don't think there should be a movie about me.The fashion industry is one of the most difficult industries to break into but the famed actress, clothing designer, maternal health activist and model, Liya Kebede had it a little easier.Ī few years after she was scouted by a filmmaker, the Ethiopia-born American star became one of the highest-paid models. MC: Who would play you in the movie version of your life? LK: There are things that I will always shoot, but now that the modeling and acting worlds are becoming very close, you can do a little bit of one and more of the other. At the moment I'm filming Black Gold with Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto. It's a model for others to come in and do bigger and bigger things. LK: Lemlem was started to a) employ people in Ethiopia and help preserve the art of traditional weaving, and b) encourage others to invest and manufacture in Ethiopia and Africa. MC: Is that why you started your clothing line, Lemlem? The challenge is changing the image of Africa that's been anchored in people for years now. It changes you, your life, and the way you see things. LK: It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general-most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. MC: What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about Ethiopia? Here, Kebede discusses her life's story thus far. It's a tale for all women-and those who love them. As Dirie's confidante, Golden Globe Award winner Sally Hawkins serves as comic relief Marilyn, much needed when Kebede's eyes, welling with tears, shoot straight into your soul. The most excruciating: Dirie's crude female circumcision as a child. In the lead role, Kebede takes on Dirie's every anguish. The film Desert Flower-based on the book of the same name-is the true story of Waris Dirie's journey from tribal Somalia to top model. Having walked countless runways and shot a slew of ad campaigns (and had two children), the world-famous model turns her focus toward the big screen. In 2003, the Ethiopian native became the first woman of color to represent Estée Lauder. Among her biggest supporters: Tom Ford, whom she credits with her first big break in 2000 Dolce & Gabbana and Proenza Schouler. Deep, dark, and soulful, they command the attention of all in her orbit. But it's her eyes from which there is no escape.
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