This is the famous image of Woubit Ethiopia as she was dubbed. This image was taken in the late seventies by Ethiopias tourist commission board. Her name is Almaz Amensisa. Hailing from Oromia, Wollega , she lived in Finfinne with her husband and four children. Unlike what is widely believed, Almaz is neither a model nor an actress. Her husband, an employee at the national tourism office managed to convince her to take up a photo shoot opportunity at a time when the national tourism commission was collecting images to serve for promotional purposes, according to Cuban Ethiopian historian Eduardo Byrono. But her image became an international sensation. As her daughter Deborah explained to us, Almaz never asked for compensation for the photo and only wished that the income serve Ethiopias tourism industry. In 2007, Almaz came to the USA to get treatment for an undisclosed illness. Sadly, in November of 2008, she passed away in the USA.
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