Up until the last two years, supermodel Liya Kebede (32y.o.) has been holding down the editorial fort for female models of color all alone. Kebede's heavy editorial presence was sparse in 2009, as she took time off to focus on philanthropic work, but she's starting off 2010 by covering Italian Vogue, and with a hip-hop-inspiried spread in V Magazine:
Kebede and Lily Donaldson turn up the volume in the next issue of V. This 10-page Josh Olins story finds them channeling hip hop goddesses of yore, namely '90s chart-toppers like MC Lyte, Lil' Kim, and the deliciously decked-out Salt-N-Pepa."
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