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.

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

A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

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.

I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.

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