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.

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy.

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.

We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.

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.