Iman ايمان
Iman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Moon.
Born	Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (1955-07-25) July 25, 1955 (age 56) Mogadishu, Somalia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Hair color	Dark brown[1]
Eye color	Dark brown[1]
Measurements	(US) 34-28-38 ; (EU) 86.5-71-96.5[1]
Dress size	(US) 6 ; (EU) 36[1]
Manager	Tess Management
Spouse	Somali man (1973–1975) Spencer Haywood (1977–1987) David Bowie (1992–present)
Website
www.i-iman.com

Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajiid, Arabic: ايمان محمد عبد المجيد‎) (born July 25, 1955^[2]), professionally known as Iman (which means "faith" in Arabic), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the field of ethnic cosmetics, she is also noted for her charitable work. She is married to David Bowie.

Early life[link]

Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid.^[3] Her father was a diplomat and a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia,^[4] and her mother was a gynecologist.^[5] She has four siblings: two brothers, Elias and Feisal, and two younger sisters, Idil and Nadia.^[6]

For her education, Iman attended high school in Egypt and later lived in Kenya,^[4][7] where she studied political science at University of Nairobi.^[8]

Iman is Muslim,^[9] and fluent in five languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, French and English.^[10]

Modeling[link]

Iman at the Metropolitan Opera opening night on September 25, 2006.

While still at university, Iman was discovered by American photographer Peter Beard, and subsequently moved to the United States to begin a modeling career.^[4][11] Her first modeling assignment was for Vogue a year later in 1976. She soon landed some of the most prestigious magazine covers, establishing herself as a supermodel.^[4]

With her long neck, tall, thin frame, fine features, copper-toned skin, and exotic accent, Iman was an instant success in the fashion world, though she herself insists that her looks are merely or typically Somali.^[7][11][12] She became a muse for many prominent designers, including Halston, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Issey Miyake, Donna Karan, and, in particular, Yves Saint-Laurent.^[7][11][12]

During her 14 years as a high fashion model, Iman also worked with many notable photographers, including Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Annie Leibovitz.^[11]

Iman credits the nurturing she received from various designers with having given her the confidence to succeed in an era when individuality was valued and model-muses were often an integral part of the creative process.^[7]

She is signed to TESS Management in London.^[14]

Business[link]

Iman Cosmetics[link]

After almost two decades of modeling, Iman started her own cosmetics firm in 1994, focusing on difficult-to-find shades for ethnic women. Based on her years of experience mixing her own formulations for make-up artists to use on her, she had a personal hand in the final product and also acted as the commercial face of the company.^[7]

As of 2010, Iman Cosmetics is a $25-million-a-year business. It is centered on $14.99 foundations in 4 formulations and 14 shades, and is among the top-selling foundation brands on Walgreens' website.^[7]

Global Chic[link]

Due to her marketability and high profile, Iman was approached in 2007 by the CEO of the Home Shopping Network (HSN) about the possibility of starting a clothing design line. After some cajoling, Iman agreed, starting with embroidered, one-size-fits-all caftans inspired by her childhood in Egypt and modeling time with Halston. The clothes were a success. Today, Iman's Global Chic collection is one of four best-selling items among more than 200 fashion and jewelry brands on HSN, having evolved into a line of affordable accessories.^[7]

Television[link]

Iman twice appeared in Miami Vice, playing Dakota in Back in the World (1985) and Lois Blyth in Love At First Sight (1988). Also in 1988, she appeared as Marie Babineaux on an episode of In the Heat of the Night.^[15]

In the mid-2000s, Iman spent two years as the host of Bravo TV's fashion-themed show, Project Runway Canada. In November 2010, she along with friend and colleague, designer Isaac Mizrahi, also began hosting the second season of The Fashion Show, a series Bravo started to replace its former hit Project Runway that now moved to the Lifetime network.^[7][16]

Film[link]

An occasional actress, Iman first featured in the 1979 British film The Human Factor, and appeared in the 1985 Oscar-winning film Out of Africa alongside Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. She then portrayed Nina Beka in the 1987 thriller No Way Out with Kevin Costner, and later played a shapeshifting alien named Martia in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).^[17]

Video games[link]

Iman also makes a cameo alongside her husband David Bowie in the 1999 Windows 9x and Dreamcast 3D adventure game, Omikron: The Nomad Soul, developed by the video game company Quantic Dream. She appears as one of the numerous Omikronian citizens the player can "reincarnate" into.^[18]

Humanitarian work[link]

In addition to running her global beauty company, Iman is also actively involved in a number of charitable endeavors. She is currently a spokesperson for the Keep a Child Alive program, and works closely with, among others, the Children's Defense Fund.^[11] She also serves as an Ambassador for Save the Children, and has been active in raising awareness of their relief services in the greater East Africa region.^[19] Additionally, Iman works with the Enough Project to end the global trade in conflict minerals, having played a key part in the public campaign against blood diamonds through her termination of her contract with the diamonds conglomerate De Beers over a conflict of ethics.^[20][21]

Awards[link]

Over the course of her long modeling and philanthropic career, Iman has been the recipient of many awards. On June 7, 2010, she received a Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a special prize reserved for "an individual whose signature style has had a profound influence on fashion". Iman selected her friend, actress and former model Isabella Rossellini, to present the award.^[7][22] Wearing a gown designed by Giambattista Valli with four giant diamond bracelets on each arm, Iman thanked her parents "for giving me a neck longer than any other girl on any go-see anywhere in the world".^[22]

Personal life[link]

Iman with her husband David Bowie in 2009

Iman first got married at the age of eighteen to a young Somali man with whom she had fallen in love. The marriage ended a few years later when she moved to the United States to pursue a modeling career.^[23] In 1977, she married American basketball player Spencer Haywood. Their daughter, Zulekha Haywood, was born in 1978. The two divorced in February 1987. On April 24, 1992, Iman married British rock musician David Bowie in a private ceremony in Lausanne. The wedding was later solemnized on June 6.^[24] They have one daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born August 15, 2000.^[25] Iman is also stepmother to Bowie's son from a previous marriage, Duncan Jones. Both children bear Bowie's legal surname. Iman and her family reside primarily in Manhattan and London.^[26]

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• Mononymous persons

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Fashion Model Directory – Iman Abdulmajid – Profile

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Iman (model)

• Iman at the Internet Movie Database
• Iman at AllRovi
• Iman at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Iman at the Fashion Model Directory
• Iman Cosmetics
• Iman on Myspace
• Iman on Twitter

Look up iman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Iman, also spelled Imaan or Eman, may refer to:

Islam

• Iman (concept), Islamic term

Given name:

• Chanel Iman (born 1990), American fashion model
• Iman (model) (born 1955), Somali supermodel
• Iman Ali (born 1980), Pakistan-based model-turned-actress
• Iman Darweesh Al Hams (1991–2004), Palestinian schoolgirl killed in the Gaza Strip
• Iman Xin Chemjong (1904–1975), Limbu historian
• Imaan Hadchiti, Lebanese-Australian comedian and actor
• Princess Iman bint Al Abdullah (born 1996), Jordanian royal, daughter and second child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
• Princess Iman bint Al Hussein (born 1983), Jordanian royal, daughter of King Hussein and Queen Noor
• Princess Iman Pahlavi, Iranian royal, daughter of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Yasmine Pahlavi

Organizations:

• Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Titles

• Iman (comics) a fictional superhero
• I-Man, a 1986 science fiction television movie

Other

• Bolshaya Ussurka River, formerly named Iman River, a tributary of the Ussuri River in Russia's Primorsky Krai
• Dalnerechensk, formerly named Iman, a city in Russia's Primorsky Krai
• Eman (town) (峨蔓镇), town in Danzhou, Hainan, China
• Iman, vessel oft the Russian Black Sea fleet, a tanker with the IMO ship identification number 6617427 and a Deadweight tonnage of 4471 tonnes.

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Look up model in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Model may refer to:

Physical[link]

• Physical model, a physical representation of an object
• Scale model, a replica or prototype of an object
• 3D modelling, a 3D polygonal representation of an object, usually displayed with a computer
• Model aircraft
• Car model
• Model building, a hobby centred around construction of material replicas
• Solid modelling, study of unambiguous representations of the solid parts of an object, also called in vitro models
• Model organism, a simple organism used as model in biology
• Model (product), an identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).

Human models[link]

• Model (art), a person who poses to be depicted in art, for example in art school
• Model (person), a person employed to display his or her looks or something such as a commercial product
• Fetish model, a model who wears the clothing and/or devices of sexual fetishes
• Promotional model, a person who interacts with consumers to draw attention to and often inform them about a product
• Pseudo-model, (lang mo(u)) a term coined in Hong Kong for young would-be models
• Role model, a person who serves as a behavioural or moral example to others

Nonphysical[link]

Abstract[link]

• Conceptual model, a nonphysical model
• Interpretation (logic), a model is (part of) an interpretation of facts in logic, a mapping of truth values to sentences.
• Mathematical model, an abstract model that uses mathematical language
• Structure (mathematical logic), in model theory often called just a model or semantic model

Applied[link]

• Business model, a framework of the business logic of a firm
• Causal model, an abstract model that uses cause and effect logic
• Computer model, a computer program which attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system
• Molecular model, a physicochemical or mathematical description that models the behaviour of molecules
• Data model, a description of database structure
• Economic model, a theoretical construct representing economic processes
• Ecosystem model, a representation of components and flows through an ecosystem
• Graphical model, a probabilistic model for which a graph denotes the conditional independence structure between random variables
• Internal model, a neural process that simulates the response of the motor system in order to estimate the outcome of a motor command
• Macroeconomic model, an economic model representing a national or regional economy
• Mental model, a person's cognitive representation of an idea or thought process
• Modelling (psychology), learning by imitating or observing a person's behavior
• Model-view-controller, an architectural pattern in software engineering
• Pre-clinical development model of a biological process, used in biological or medical research
• Standard Model, the theory in particle physics which describes certain fundamental forces and particles
• Statistical model, in applied statistics, a parameterized set of probability distributions
• Mechanistic model, a description of a system in terms of its constituent parts and mechanisms
• System model (disambiguation), any of several conceptual models that describes and represents a system
• Toy model, a simplified system that illustrates or exhibits the same behaviour as the more complex, general system

Related studies[link]

• Business process modelling, the activity of representing processes of an enterprise
• Enterprise modelling
• Geologic modelling, the applied science of creating computerized models of geologic features
• NLP Modelling, a method in neuro-linguistic programming for acquiring expertise through imitation
• Model theory, study of the representation of mathematical concepts
• Morphological analysis (problem-solving), or morphological modelling, a problem-solving technique used for problems with which causal modelling does not function well
• Process modelling, a core concept in process engineering
• Scientific modelling, the process of generating abstract models for the iterative development of hypotheses as part of the scientific method
• Similitude (model), in engineering, used in the scientific testing of physical models
• Value-added modelling, a technique for measuring teacher performance based on the changes in student scores from year to year on standardized tests

Titles and names[link]

People[link]

• Rick Martel, professional wrestler known as "The Model"
• Walther Model (1891–1945), German Field Marshal of World War II
• Eddie Taubensee, baseball player who was known as "The Model" during his playing days

Groups[link]

• Models (band), an alternative rock group from Australia
• Model (band), a teenage rock group from Turkey
• Movement for Democracy in Liberia, MODEL
• The Models, an English punk band

Artistic works[link]

• "Model," a song by Avail from their 1994 album Dixie (album)
• Models, a 1999 film by Ulrich Seidl
• "Das Model" (spelling on album: "Das Modell"; English version title: "The Model"), a song by the German band Kraftwerk. Later covered by German band Rammstein
• The Model, novel by Norwegian writer Lars Saabye Christensen
• Model (manhwa), a manhwa series by Lee So Young

Geography[link]

• Model, Colorado, an unincorporated town in the United States
• Model, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland

Places[link]

• The Model (Sligo), an arts centre in Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Products[link]

• Working Model, engineering software

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Model"
• All pages with titles containing "Model"
• Modell (disambiguation)
• Mode (disambiguation)

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Chanel Iman
Iman at the 2009 Victoria's Secret fashion show at The Armory in New York City
Born	Chanel Iman Robinson (1990-12-01) December 1, 1990 (age 21)[1] Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height	1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Measurements	32-23-33 (US); 81-58-84 (EU)[2]
Dress size	32 (EU), 2 (US)[2]
Manager	http://www.imgmodels.com http://www.viva-paris.com, http://www.dmanagementgroup.com,
Website
http://www.chaneliman.com

Chanel Iman Robinson (born December 1, 1990^[1]), known professionally as Chanel Iman,^[3] is an American fashion model perhaps best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret model.

Early life[link]

Iman was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 1990. She grew up in Los Angeles, California. She and her mother co-own "The Red Bag Boutique" in Los Angeles.^[4] Her mother is half Korean and half African American, and her father is African American.^[5]

Career[link]

Iman started modeling with Ford Models at the age of 13 as a child model in Los Angeles, California. She flew to New York in 2006 and won third place in Ford's Supermodel of the World contest.^[6] Shortly after, she signed on with the agency.

Iman in the Christian Dior Haute Couture fashion show in July 2009

The New York Times wrote a feature article on her, "A Model from Day 1," in which Iman explained that she wanted to be a model her entire life.^[3] She was presented on the May 2007 cover of American Vogue as one of the “World’s Next Top Models.”^[7] Style.com also featured Iman as a rising star in 2007.^{[citation needed]} The same year she attended fashion's biggest gala,^{[citation needed]} The Met Ball, where she was named Vogue's second Best Dressed of the Week in her sleeveless Zac Posen dress.^{[citation needed]} In February and July she appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue, with Karlie Kloss and Ali Michael, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, then in November 2009 she appeared on the cover again, this time with Jourdan Dunn. Iman's other covers include Italian Elle, i-D, Dubai and Ukrainian Harper's Bazaar, Lula, Korean, Teen, and American Vogue. She has walked the runway for fashion houses and designers including Balenciaga, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Stella McCartney. She has appeared in editorials for Allure, Dubai, American, and Ukrainian Harpers Bazaar, V, i-D, Pop, Italian, British, and Indonesian Elle, Italian Vanity Fair, and several international Vogues. She has appeared in advertising campaigns for high-end brands like, Bottega Veneta, GAP, Ralph Lauren, Express and DKNY.^[6]

She has walked in the 2009, 2010^[8] and 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel and was used in several of the company's campaigns.^{[citation needed]}

Television[link]

In October 2007, Iman appeared with her mother^[9] on an episode of the Tyra Banks Show.^[10] On March 21, 2009, she appeared as a correspondent in MTV's brief revival of House of Style with Bar Refaeli.^[9][11]

On September 9, 2009, Iman appeared as a guest judge on the two-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13.

Personal life[link]

Early in 2010, Iman opened a clothing boutique in Culver City, California called The Red Bag with the help of her mother.^[12]

Activism[link]

In 2011, Chanel became one of a handful of celebrity faces attached to USAID and Ad Council’s FWD campaign, an awareness push to combat the famine, war, and drought in the Horn of Africa. Chanel joined Uma Thurman, Geena Davis, and Josh Hartnett to star in YouTube videos that ask America to “FWD the facts” about the crisis affecting more than 13 million people.^[13]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chanel Iman

• Chanel Iman at the Fashion Model Directory
• Official website
• The Internet Fashion Database