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" I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that. "

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" We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world. "

" 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. "

" I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. "

" 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. "

" My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. "

" People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. "

" There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend. "

" I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple. "

" I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans. "

" Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere. "

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

" I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile. "

" 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. "

" I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me. "

" If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away. "

" We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look. On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like, everybody's going to say, 'Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years! "

" Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard. "

" Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther. "

" I tell all my younger friends, 'Don't be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.' "

" Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter. "

Life Is Too Short

" 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 did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do. "

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

" I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way. "

" I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me. "

" 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. "