Iman Mohammed Abdulmajid is a famous Somali and American supermodel more known to fashion connoisseurs as Iman.
Biography Iman
Iman was born on July 25, 1955 in the city of Mogadishu, in Somalia. The girl grew up with her two brothers Elias and Faisal and Nadia's sister, who, incidentally, also later became a model.
In 1975, Iman graduated from primary school in Mogadishu, where Soviet teachers taught. Already in Egypt, the girl completed secondary school, after which her family moved to Kenya. It is worth noting that Iman Abdulmajid is a very educated girl. She speaks five languages fluently: French, Somali, Italian, English and Arabic.
The personal life of Iman's top model was quite intense. She was three times married. Has two native children, the third child Iman adopted. This is the son of her third husband, whom she is married to this day, a rock musician from England, David Bowie, Duncan Jones.
Iman model
Beauty began her career in 1975, when she was seen by American photographer Peter Byrd in his native Somalia. It was he who persuaded her to move to work in America. Iman took only a couple of months to win the hearts of the world's leading fashion designers and appear on the covers of the most famous magazines. This is now the dark-skinned divas on the catwalks are not surprising, and in those days the beauty of the white woman was valued exclusively. Without exaggeration, we can say that Iman revolutionized the fashion world.
Ideal parameters Iman could not leave the surrounding people indifferent. High growth, a beautiful copper shade of skin, delicate features, graceful and graceful figure - all this made the girl instantly popular. The girl began to appear for popular magazines. So, the first work was a photo session for the magazine Vogue. Soon after, Iman began receiving proposals from many famous magazines.
She most remembered the period when she was the face of the House of Yves-Saint Laurent. In addition to Yves-Saint Laurent, the model has worked with such legends of world fashion as Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Roy Halston, Issi Miyaki. Over photosessions Iman worked famous photographers Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz. By the way, Iman is very active in nature. In addition to defile on the podium and photo sessions, she became a successful actress and starred in several films. In some pictures, the girl played herself. After the model left the podium, she became a successful presenter. Iman could be seen in such fashion projects as "Project Runway", "America's Next Top Model". In the latter she acted as one of the teachers.
In 1994, the supermodel founded its own line of cosmetics, which was very popular. Basically, cosmetics were created for women with dark skin. At the same time, the company started cooperation with "Home Shopping Network", which produces clothes and accessories "Global Chic".
Despite the fact that Iman has long completed the career of the photomodel, she celebrated her fiftieth birthday in a familiar hypostasis. She starred topless for the Italian magazine Vanity Fair! The audience noted the ideal figure of yesterday's model. Iman herself is sure that the guarantee of her success lies in sports, a good mood and regular visits to spa salons. Moreover, the beauty does not hide the fact that plastic surgery also played a significant role in its still ideal appearance.
If we talk about the style of Iman, then for herself she chose the classic trend in fashion. The greatest preference is given to designers Alaye Azdzin and Alexander Wong .
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