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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Fashionable Ama from Ethiopia

Ama is a lady from Ethiopia with beautiful earrings. She made them her self by using the luggage tags of Turkish Airlines. On a lucky day she went to the market and a Turkish tourist wandering there took a photo of her and then sent it to Turkish Airlines...

Then she became the new star of the company and played in the recent commercials. Considering that Kevin Costner, Manchester United Football team, Caroline Wozniacki and Kobe Bryant were the previous faces of the company, its a pretty big accomplishment for Ama, and I just love the commercial and the sweet story behind it.



You can watch it from here:
http://vimeo.com/22840876

and at the end, take notice how the whole family singing the jingle. Its very sweet...
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9 comments:

  1. Traveling HawkMay 10, 2011 at 12:37 AM

    Wonderful story, great commercial! Thanks for sharing it with us, Turquoise Diaries!

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  2. Kavita SahariaMay 10, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Interesting story .I like her smile .Thanks for sharing T.D.

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  3. Debra She Who SeeksMay 10, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Charming! I hope Turkish Airlines paid her well and helped her village too.

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  4. BALLET NEWSMay 10, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Such a great story - thank you !

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  5. Petrea BurchardMay 11, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I'm hopeful that Turkish Airlines paid her as well as they paid Kobe Bryant. It is beautiful to see her and her life.

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  6. Pooch Purple ReignMay 11, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    that is SO cute and she is gorgeous!!
    ~laura xx

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  7. JoeyMay 19, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    She's beautiful! Isn't it amazing how wonderful life can be?

    Thank you for this post.

    Joey from Texas

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  8. DinaMay 25, 2011 at 3:01 AM

    Aww, this is so sweet and touching!

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  9. gezinim comJune 25, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    The tourist who took the first photo is Levend Iskit, a fellow author of Gezinim.com

    http://www.gezinim.com/author/levendiskit/

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