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" I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.' "
Iman
Vogue
Fashion
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" I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. "
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" Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent. "
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" That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age - to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me. "
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" When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl. "
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" I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry. "
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" My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come. "
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" Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field. "
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" I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali. "
Iman
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" When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth. "
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Worth
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Down
" At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line. "
Iman
Line
End
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" When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you. "
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You
Nobody
Think
" I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it. "
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Good
Always
Create
" Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter. "
Iman
Life
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Pasta
" I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace. "
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Been
Mr
" I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence. "
Iman
World
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You
" I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps. "
Iman
Political
Science
Studying
" We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house. "
Iman
Will
Keep
House
" We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture. "
Iman
Because
Had
Never
" People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. "
Iman
Ears
Country
Black
" After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people. "
Iman
Beautiful
Eye
Think
" I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me. "
Iman
Say
Me
Beauty
" I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish. "
Iman
Meat
Fish
Like
" If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away. "
Iman
Feel
Situation
Walk
" I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile. "
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Family
Refugee
Once
" I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good. "
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Night
You
Start
" We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60. "
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Loved
Say
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" My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman. "
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Men
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" There are highlights when you become irreplaceable as a model, like when you become a muse to designers. They look at you differently; you're not a coat hanger for hire. "
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" I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different. "
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" I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday. "
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Just