LIYA KEBEDE'S POSH SURROUNDINGS

Supermodel Liya Kebede of Ethiopia invites "InStyle" magazine inside of her posh Upper East Side apartment in the Big Apple.






scans via Make Fetch Happen.

The twenty-nine year old first black model of cosmetic empire Estee Lauder speaks up on her family: husband Kassy Kebede, son, Suhul, 7 and daughter Raee, 2.

The Kebede's moved into their three-bedroom Carnegie Hall apartment back in 2000 from their previous Soho housing.

Liya and Kassy felt that the apartment's neighborhood was... "more kid-friendly."

And in related news, Liya was recently featured on CNN Revealed for her heroic humanitarian efforts:






Part Two finds Liya juggling her celebrity status with her charity work.






Part Three disovers Liya talking candidly about her self-titled foundation as well as the historical Vanity Fair Africa cover spread. Liya, in this final piece, invites CNN cameras to her daily grind as one of the world's known supermodels.




The Liya Kebede Foundation focuses on maternal and newborn health in the developing world. Read more on Liya's humanitarian efforts over at CNN.


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