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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me. "

" I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before? "

" Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey. "

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" When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza. "

" People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle. "

" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "

" On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs. "

" There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist. "

" Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent. "

" I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception. "

" At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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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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" 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 was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious. "

" 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 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. "