Semra Kebede

Background

Semra Kebede was born on June 18, 1987 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She grew up in Houston, Texas and attended Alief Independent School District.

Education

Kebede studied Economics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated with a bachelor"s degree in 2009.

Career

Kebede has participated in fashion shows for designers known within the Ethiopian community such as the Ethiopian musician/designer Chachi Tadesse and Ras Judah designer Rozy Negusie. She has also appeared in print for the later designer as well as for other Ethiopian beauty products. Kebede has been given the starring role in an upcoming Ethiopian film produced by Ella productions.

The film is written by Ethiopian writer/songwriter Negussie Semework who has written for well known Ethiopian singers such as Mahmoud Ahmed among others

Tergwamiew (The Transaltor), which depicts the lives of Ethiopian Americans, has been filmed on location in New York, Florida, Atlanta, and Washington Doctorate.C and is scheduled to finish filming in 2012 and is to be released in 2013.

Achievements

• Semra Kebede was crowned Mission Ethiopia United States of America 2006 at the official Mission Ethiopia United States of America pageant. This win qualified her to compete and represent her country of Ethiopia in the Mission Africa United States of America pageant and she later was crowned Deputy Mission Africa United States of America 2006.