Information about Iman (model)

Iman
Birth name	Iman Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Cabdimajiid)
Date of birth	July 25 1955 (1955--) (age 52)
Place of birth	Mogadishu, Somalia
Height	{}
Hair color	Dark brown
Eye color	Dark brown
Dress size	6 (US), 36 (EU)
Shoe size	8
Spouse(s)	Spencer Haywood (1977-1987) David Bowie (1992-present)
Official web site

Iman (born July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia as Iman Abdulmajid, Somali: Iimaan Cabdimajiid) is a supermodel based in the United States.

Biography

The daughter of the Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Iman attended high school in Egypt and later lived in Nairobi, Kenya, where her parents still reside. Iman attended the University of Nairobi. Fluent in five languages, she studied political science and was recruited as a model by American photographer Peter Beard.

Relocating to the United States, she married African American basketball player Spencer Haywood in 1977. Their daughter, Zulekha Haywood, was born in 1978; the couple divorced in 1987. She married British rock star and actor David Bowie in 1992. They have one daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born August 15, 2000. She is also the stepmother to Bowie's son, Duncan Jones. (Bowie's real surname is "Jones".) She and her family reside primarily in New York and London.

Iman has become a citizen of the United States and is currently CEO of Iman Cosmetics, Skincare and Fragrances, a line she launched to market a selection of products for women of color. She has also periodically acted, playing a shapeshifter named Martia in the 1991 hit film , and a character in the computer game Omikron - The Nomad Soul.

Iman is a spokesperson for Keep A Child Alive, which provides drugs to HIV/AIDS children and families in Africa and India. She guest starred on Bravo's TV show, Project Runway, where she wore contestant Daniel's dress to a publicity shoot. It was also announced that she will host Project Runway Canada on the Slice network in Canada.

Iman values her family and spends much time including holidays with relatives in London, LA and New York as well as flying relatives and friends out regularly to her homes in Hollywood and Manhattan.

Trivia

• Naomi Campbell has said Iman inspired her to model.
• Was in Michael Jackson's Remember The Time videohttp://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1102&vid=99091.
• The name Iman in Arabic means "faith".

Filmography

• The Deli (1997) .... Avocado Lady
• Exit to Eden (1994) .... Nina Blackstone
• Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV) .... Black Beauty
• (1991) .... Martia
• The Linguini Incident (1991) .... Dali Guest
• House Party 2 (1991) .... Sheila Landreaux
• Lies of the Twins (1991) (TV) .... Cat
• L.A. Story (1991) .... Cynthia
• Surrender (1987) .... Hedy
• No Way Out (1987) .... Nina Beka
• Out of Africa (1985) .... Mariammo
• Exposed (1983) .... Model
• The Human Factor (1979) .... Sarah

Bibliography

• Naomi (foreword) (1996)
• I Am Iman (2001)
• Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color (2006)

Magazine Covers

Magazine	Country	Date
Cosmopolitan	Italy	Unknown
Cosmopolitan	UK	Unknown
Essence	U.S.	January 1988
Essence	U.S.	Unknown
Essence	U.S.	Unknown
Flare	Canada	April 1998
Harper's Bazaar	Italy	Unknown
Harper's Bazaar	Italy	Unknown
Harper's Bazaar	U.S.	Unknown
More	U.S.	Unknown
Newsweek	U.S.	Unknown
Photo	France	May 1986
Pride	UK	Unknown
Town & Country	U.S.	Unknown
Trace	UK	Unknown
V	U.S.	January 2003
Vogue	Germany	June 1982
Vogue	Germany	Unknown
Vogue	Mexico	Unknown
Vogue	U.S.	November 1999

External links

• * article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Iman at the Internet Movie Database
• Iman in the Fashion Model Directory
• Iman Official Myspace page
• Iman Cosmetics
• InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Iman (TV Interview)