the 39-year-old ethiopian-born stunner fronts vogue paris 's upcoming may issue , before mrs kebede , the last black woman to cover vogue paris was model rose cordero in march 2010 .
in january of this year , british vogue ended a 12-year run of failing to use a single woman of colour on its cover when it gave jourdan dunn the prized accolade .
supermodel liya kebede has become the first black woman to grace the cover of vogue in five years .