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A Model For Whom the Runway Just Isn't Enough

Samuel Getachew | Posted 07.11.2012 | Canada
Read More: Ethiopian Models, Models, Canada, Ford Models, Ethiopia, Philanthropy, Gelila Bekele, World Water Day, Clean Drinking Water, Modelling, Altruism, United Nations, Charities, Canada News
Samuel Getachew

Ethiopian-born model Gelila Bekele wants to help change that reality in her native country. While she sees modelling as a wonderful profession, she wants to use her powerful voice to advocate the right for clean drinking water for her fellow Ethiopians.

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New York Fashion Week: Why Is the Fashion Industry Still Pushing Size 0?

Miranda Frum | Posted 11.15.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: New York, Eating Disorders, Self-Esteem, Weight, Size 0, Council of Fashion Designers, Bulemia, Diane Von Furstenberg, Modelling, Anorexia, Body Image, Seventeen Magazine, Wilhelmina Models, Weight Loss, Kate Moss, New York Fashion Week, Plus Size, Canada Living News
Miranda Frum

The very first modelling agency I applied to was Wilhelmina Models. I was told to leave my photos with the receptionist and then wait in a sitting area with six or seven other girls. Finally my name was called. "Have you ever considered plus size modeling?" asked an agent. I was humiliated.

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Yasmin Warsame and The African Future

Septembre Anderson | Posted 11.13.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Starvation, Drought, Hunger, Modelling, Horn of Africa, East Africa Famine, Famine, Somalia, The African Future, Yasmin Warsame, Canada Living News
Septembre Anderson

The East African famine is a crisis that hits close to home for Warsame -- she was born in Mogadishu, Somalia and has family living there. "It could just have easily been me or my son starving over there," she said.

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