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Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid is a Somali style warrior who has self-admittedly kicked open doors for models of color the world over, yet is still not comfortable with the moniker "icon.' In her thirty year career, she has reinvented herself time and time again, her latest incarnation as CEO of Iman Cosmetics. She also has a fashion and accessory line, Iman Global Chic for HSN. In an exclusive shoot with Black Voices, Iman tells us in her own words about how she was discovered (she was not a "jungle princess" as is the common folklore goes), the rigors of breaking into modeling ("they eat their young") and those African American models who paved the way for her. Iman -- icon, CEO, mother and wife -- up close and personal on BV for Black History Month.
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By: Genelle Flakes on 2/27/2010 12:40AM
Not only is she the most beautiful women, but gracious and humble. Yes she is an ICON.
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By: Evelyn on 3/05/2010 8:02PM
Genelle you say, (Not only is she the most beautiful women, but gracious and humble. Yes she is an ICON.)
And she is. But I'm 61 years old and I'm the teenager that sat in my living room with my sisters and best friend girl and watched them introduce her to the modeling world on Black and White TV and us. At that time the TV told she'd been found in the back woods of Africa. She needs to have them pull the documentary so people want think of her as an a--. I watched her walk through the streets of New York, head above most of the people walking and watched her get her supposedly first perm ever, right on TV. It was amazing and exciting for those Blacks that watched her evolve. Its not a lie about the back woods of Africa. Hollywood has a way of hiding whatever they want but, I know that tape exist, just like the tape with Nicole Brown Simpson family when they had on all white and I believe it was Diane Sawyer that did the interview and they put O. J. Simpson on a pedalstal before the Police Dept. turned O.J. into a monster. Did he kill Nicole? I don't know and if he did, its between he and his GOD now. But TV is the worst place that kids these days can watch because it is so vicious in its information that no wonder girls are having babies out of wedlock and believing they're doing nothing wrong watching people like Badu, Halle Berry, Nia Long and so many others. For all the money these young people pay to see them and they give nothing positive back. Yes, they may be able to take care of the baby but, what about the emotional stability of having two parents? I don't care how pretty Iman is, she's a liar and for that its hard to believe in anything she says. PEOPLE AREN'T LYING ABOUT THE BACK FIELDS OF AFRICA, whether its a lie or not, only she knows but, she allowed it on TV.
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By: Lou in London on 2/27/2010 1:57AM
"She sounds almost as intelligent as a white person" oh yeah? how intelligent is that. I had no idea that blacks and whites had different intellectual capacities.
In any case dodah001, Mugabe in the president of ZIMBABWE, not SOUTH AFRICA, You, it would seem don't have any sort of intelligence - white or black!
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By: Keshia on 2/27/2010 2:08AM
I've always admired Iman! She's definitely world class. I think she was with that red-headed rock star. I wonder if they're still a couple? However... Iman you are beautiful and graceful all the same. Keep it pimpin' girl!!!
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By: wilytrout on 2/27/2010 5:28AM
Red headed rock star? Uh. His name is David Bowie.
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By: Ron on 2/27/2010 2:30AM
Keep it pimpin' girl???
Did you not hear this beautiful, educated woman speak, Kesha?...She's not some street ho...Save that talk for your trashy friends.
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By: Carolyn on 2/27/2010 3:06AM
Wow, do you know how insulting that is? Is it your intention to be as hurtful as that sounds? All I will say to you as a beautiful, black woman is that I pray the Lord will touch your heart and help you realize that no matter our color, we are all your brothers and sisters. God created us all, and we all need each other... Please stop spewing the hate.
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By: Wilde Childe on 2/27/2010 3:41AM
Please let me know what rock in what swamp you crawled out from under. I want to be sure the it is buried deep so that you can't excape again and polute the world with your ignorance and hatred.
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By: WAYNE GODFREY on 2/27/2010 6:06AM
yOU GOT YOUR HEAD UP YOUR BUT
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By: Justin on 2/27/2010 11:04AM
Beautiful, just beautiful
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