Khaliah Ali has successfully carved out a diverse and well-defined path of her own, but like her father, Muhammad Ali, is committed to helping people around the world.

Among her numerous philanthropic activities are serving as board member of the United Nations’s World Food Programme, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, International on-air Spokesperson for Youth at Risk, Inc. Advisory Board Member and spokesperson for Help, USA; Chairwoman for the Friends of The Statue of Liberty Foundation; Director of Development for the Urban Retrievers Program; Youth Entertainment consultant for the Pediatric Aids Foundation; and Senior Staff Member with the Job Core Program, Inc.

A former FORD Model herself, Khaliah, is committed to helping young women everywhere develop and nurture positive self image and self esteem. She shared her lifelong struggle and triumph in controlling and maintaining a healthy body weight in her enormously successful book, Fighting Weight (HarperCollins). An in-demand motivational speaker on weight issues, Khaliah has shared this message coast-to-coast as a spokesperson for Allergen Pharmaceutical’s Moment of Truth Campaign, which strives to identify solutions to the continuing national obesity problem.

With a fine eye for detail, design and presentation, Khaliah is also the creator of Diversity by Khaliah Ali, a plus size fashion collection created exclusively for the Home Shopping Network. The launch proved so successful that she has expanded her collection and now designs an additional line for Simplicity sewing patterns.

Khaliah has also worked on a number of television programs whose subjects range from sports, fashion, children’s rights, to young adult issues. She has reported for ESPN’s Cold Pizza and was host of the weekly BET teen roundtable program Teen Summit, which taught teenagers how to cope with life and peer pressure. Khaliah received an Emmy Award nomination for hosting Education is Paramount, a Philadelphia based public affairs weekly broadcast.

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