Iman Abdulmajid Biography
Iman Abdulmajid is a famous Somali supermodel, actress, and entrepreneur. She served as a muse for several well-known photographers and designers and was considered a mega-success because she was able to excel at both runway and print modeling.
Iman Abdulmajid Age
She is 67 years old as of July 2022, Iman was born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid on 25 July 1955 in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Trust Territory of Somaliland.
Iman Abdulmajid Height
Iman stands at a height of 5’9″ (175 cm) tall.
What is Iman’s Ethnicity?- Nationality- Religion
Zara is an African national and citizen by birth. She was born in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Trust Territory of Somaliland. She is of black ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Iman Abdulmajid Family- Parents
Her high school education was in Egypt, and she moved to Kenya in 1973 to study political science at the University of Nairobi.
Iman Abdulmajid Husband- Daughter
Iman has had three marriages. She married a Somali man in college, but they divorced after she moved to the United States to pursue her modeling career. Her second marriage, to basketball player Spencer Haywood, ended after ten years in 1977. She gave birth to her daughter Zulekha Haywood a year after marrying Haywood. Her divorce from Spencer Haywood in 1987 was tense, and their daughter’s custody battle lasted several years. She is currently married to David Bowie, a well-known rocker. They married in 1992 and had a daughter named Alexandria Zahra Jones in 2000. With Bowie, she has one stepchild.
Iman Abdulmajid Career
She began modeling in 1975 after American photographer Peter Beard persuaded her to relocate to the United States. The following year, she landed her first modeling job with ‘Vogue’ magazine. Designers adored her exotic looks, and she served as a muse for Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, and many others. She left modeling in 1989, citing a lack of fulfillment. She refocused her efforts on business development and charitable work. She directed a documentary about her 1992 return to Somalia, and she has since been a vocal advocate for women’s rights in her home country and other third-world countries.
She founded her own makeup line, ‘Iman Cosmetics,’ in 1994, to produce cosmetics for ethnic skin. She has expanded her cosmetics sales from department stores to prestige and charity lines. She has appeared in a number of television and film roles. Her most notable roles were in the films ‘Out of Africa’ and ‘No Way Out’. In 2005, she released ‘The Beauty of Color,’ a guide to ethnic skin care and makeup. Two years later, she helped design and produce a clothing and accessory line, called ‘Global Chic’ for ‘Home Shopping Network’. She produced and hosted the TV shows ‘Project Runway Canada’ and ‘The Fashion Show’ in the late 2000s. She has worked with a number of charitable organizations, including Save the Children.
Iman Abdulmajid Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 200 million dollars as of 2022.