Supermodel and beauty icon Iman was born as Iman Abdulmajid, in Mogadishu, Somalia. She is a cancer and was born on July 25, 1955.

Contrary to the media whoopla surrounding her reported humble origins, Iman is the daughter of a former diplomat. Her father was indeed the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. She grew up in comparatively privileged home, and learned from the earliest of ages the principles of global politics.

Her father's political and social circles exposed her to many debates. Being a part of intellectually inspiring environments, Iman's passion for political debate grew. After completing her secondary studies, she went to Nairobi, Kenya where she studied Political Science at the University.

One day while pushing her bicycle on campus, she met the famed photo-journalist and fashion photographer, Peter Beard, during a traffic jam on Nairobi's Standard Street.

Beard was immediately taken aback by her strong features, beautiful eyes and gorgeous body. Upon engaging her in conversation, he begged her to come to New York to become a model. Naturally, Iman was sceptic at first. But after some reflection and investigation of Beard's offer, she agreed to make the cross-Atlantic to New York. From that moment on, she was a success.

Iman was already something of a myth before her plane landed in New York and even before her first picture was taken. Upon her arrival, her agency, the famed Wilhelmina Models, has fabricated a story complete from A to Z about the Somali beauty. They claimed that she was a sheep herder. They also claimed that she was a savage beauty who spoke no English and knew nothing of the ways of the Western, "civilized" world. The irony is that she fluently spoke five languages, four more than most Americans.

Iman said of that whole farce, "The entire spectacle was really unbelievable. Wilhelmina Modeling Agency had created a press conference at the airport to welcome me to America and they told the press that I spoke no English and that the questions should be directed to Peter Beard. Not only did I speak English, but five other languages, all together. It was a charade."
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