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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. "

Iman

Beauty

Eyes

Look

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" I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s. "

Iman

Far

Grounded

" I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come. "

Iman

Said

Leave

" The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience. "

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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. "

Iman

You

Look

" 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. "

Iman

Cultures

Lesson

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday. "

Iman

Everyday

Just

" My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again. "

" I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14. "

" Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met. "

Iman

Persona

Singer

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" I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day. "

Iman

Ready

Every Day

" 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. "

" I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic. "

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Home

Before

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" Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity. "

" The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear. "

" My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960. "