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Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise.

Liya Kebede

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

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.

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I want to spend as much time as possible with my children, so I always like to keep my beauty and fashion routines effortless... but still chic!

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Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.

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I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying.

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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.

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For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season.

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There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'

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Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

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When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.

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I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure!

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President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.

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Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.

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In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.

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Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers.

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One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

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The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.

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It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality.

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