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" 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. "
Iman
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" We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world. "
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" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "
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" 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. "
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" I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.' "
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" Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard. "
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" 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. "
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" We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture. "
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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 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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" I thought at 46 years old, I've been removed from the fashion industry for 10 years. I couldn't possibly write a model's book. That's for a 20-year-old. But I could say what I want to say without chastising the industry. "
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" I would rather Google other people than Google myself. "
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" 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. "
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Body
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" I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish. "
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" I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power. "
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Best
Said
Power
" My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. "
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" I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday. "
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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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" My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman. "
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" At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. "
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" One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away. "
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" I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones. "
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" I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace. "
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" At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem. "
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Give
End Of The Day
End