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The Most Famous

MODELS from Ethiopia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ethiopian Models. The pantheon dataset contains 249 Models, 1 of which were born in Ethiopia. This makes Ethiopia the birth place of the 31st most number of Models behind Somalia and Switzerland.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ethiopian Models of all time. This list of famous Ethiopian Models is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Liya Kebede (1978 - )

With an HPI of 45.14, Liya Kebede is the most famous Ethiopian Model.  Her biography has been translated into 33 different languages on wikipedia.

Liya Kebede (Amharic: ሊያ ከበደ; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue 20 times. Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health since 2005.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as models born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living models include Liya Kebede.

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