I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money.

If you don't have a dream in life, I don't know what you have. You have to want something beyond your reach; it's exciting when it works out.

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

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.

If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try.

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