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

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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. "

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

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

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" Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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" I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed. "

" Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien. "

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

Life Is Too Short