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Exclusive: Meet Lissie Sellasie, American-Born Princess Of Ethiopia
Lissie Sellasie, great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Haile Sellasie, opens up to Evie Magazine in an exclusive interview about her history, her future, and participating in the world’s most famous debutante ball.
By Hana Tilksew5 min read
Living under the radar in northern California is a real-life princess. If you go by traditional etiquette, she is Her Imperial Highness. If you go by her birth certificate, she is Lissan Teferi Sellasie. But as she herself tells me, she prefers to be known simply as “Lissie.”