Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian model who has been featured in Vogue, Victoria Secret, and Gap campaigns just to name a few. I have no idea if this lady is natural, but she is one of the few models I see wearing big hair in some of her shoots. She was just featured on the cover of Elle Magazine recently.
It almost looks like she’s had it blown out and teased. Most pictures I found of her show her with straight hair, so I’m not sure. It could still be “chemically altered” but I did find this picture of her, in which she looks to be natural.
Bleh, who knows these days. It could all just be wigs for all I know.
Even if she’s not natural, her little cutie pie of a daughter certainly is. That has got to be one of the cutest little coily fros I’ve ever seen.
Liya also does a lot of charity work through the Liya Kebede Foundation. In addition, she was appointed WHO’s (World Health Organization) Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
What better to go along with a beautiful face than a beautiful heart?
So ya’ll already know I’m a stan for Jaden Smith’s hair. This child has some massive hair. Again, the jealousy starts to creep in!
Um, Willow…little Willow…what the hell? Yes, she has one side of her hair closely cropped. How old is she again?
Leonard Pitts Jr., who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004, wrote a wonderful article in response to the movie “Good Hair”
Here is the article, but my favorite quote is below:
So go on, sister, do what you do. I ain’t mad at’cha. But neither am I fooled by your chemicals and weaves.
I am your brother, your father, your husband and your son. I’ve seen you in church with big hats on, giving children the evil eye. And at the jail on visiting day, shoring up that wayward man. And at the bus stop in the rain on your way to work. And at the dining table with pen and paper, working miracles of money. When I was a baby, you nursed me, when we were children, I chased you through the house; when we were dating, I missed half the movie, stealing sugar from you. I saw you born; I took you to your prom; I glowed with pride when you went off to school. I have married you and buried you. I love your smile. A million times, you took my breath away.
You are the rock and salvation of our people, the faith that remains when all hope is gone. So if it’s about the need to be beautiful, maybe it’s time somebody told you:
You already are. You always were.
Thank you, Mr. Pitts, for your beautiful words. I hope more African American women will know that they can be beautiful without the weaves and relaxers.
Well, I just finished watching the show that I mentioned here and (overall) enjoyed it.
Points I liked:
- I loved it when Oprah showed the mom who’s daughter was so depressed about her hair because she attended an all white school. This mom big chopped and is now wearing her natural hair to be a role model for her child. How wonderful.
- Chris Rock saying how the kiddie perms need to stop.
- Solange. Gorgeous lady with a lot of intelligent things to say. Nuff said.
- The “outing” of white women’s hair secrets. The blonde craze that is everywhere was addressed as well as extensions, more for thickening than length. We are not the only ones going to extreme lengths for beauty’s sake.
- Chris Rock shed a lot of information on the Indian human hair industry for weaves and wigs. There are a lot of terrible things going on over there all for the sake of making sure we have enough hair for “swang”.
- Oprah’s hair history was interesting. I especially enjoyed her with a nicely rounded afro after getting a bad relaxer.
- Just Chris Rock overall. I know a lot of people don’t like him, but 90 percent of the time, I find him funny.
- Oprah is all about protective styling. She said you need to “rest” your hair. I would imagine that is why her hair is so long.
Moments of “ug”:
- I said “Ug” a couple of times. The one that stands out the most in my mind was when Oprah asked Chris if he expected everyone to accept their hair in its natural state. Because she, Oprah, couldn’t deal “with all that” everyday while showing a picture of her hair. So I guess we are back to natural hair being “unmanageable” again. That picture that keeps circulating of Oprah’s “Natural Hair” was right before a perm. I’m assuming a touch up.
- When Oprah and Chris were all over the white women for dying their hair blonde. Oprah showed a picture of the lady who was doing that particular segment (her name escapes me) with her natural hair color as a child and asked her why that wasn’t good enough. The woman said something to the effect that it was the color of dishwater and that she felt like she stood out more with blonde hair.To this, Oprah asked how she was going to stand out if she was just like everyone else (blonde). I guess I said “ug” because why in the world is she all over ladies who dye their hair and not ladies who relax their hair. I just felt like the hair dying was looked down on a lot more than relaxing.
- Putting $1000.00 weave and wigs on lay-a-way. *Shakes my head*
Anyway, I don’t want to go into too much detail. If you missed it, hopefully it will be up on youtube or somewhere.
