Yodit Getahun

Yodit Getahun (born 12 February 1985) is an Ethiopian model and beauty pageant titleholder.

She was also sponsored by London-based Ethiopian Life Foundation, and participated in the Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2003, Getahun won the Miss Ethiopia World beauty pageant, run by the London-based Ethiopian Life Foundation.

She started working with Dawn of Hope, and Ethiopian association working against HIV/AIDS, on a promotional film, but did so with permission from her managers at the Ethiopian Life Foundation, in breach of her contract.

[7] Getahun also never returned to Ethiopia to hand over her crown to her successor at Miss Universe Ethiopia 2004, Ferehiyewot Abebe, who went on to become the first Ethiopian girl to go to Miss Universe in 2004.

Getahun at Miss Tourism of the Globe 2003 held in Russia