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Iman Abdulmajid Biography

Iman Abdulmajid

Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Zara Maxamed Cabdulmajiid, Arabic: ايمان محمد عبد المجيد‎; born 25 July 1955), mononymously known as Iman ("faith" in Arabic), is a Somali-American fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the ethnic-cosmetics market, she is also noted for her philanthropic work. She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie, whom she married in 1992.

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Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Afraid, Away, Right, Things, Walk, Walks

I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.

Cook, Cooks, Married, Night, Vowed

I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

Crew, Day, Ready, Whole

The one thing you learn as you get older is that the body will do what the body wants. All you can do is try to guide it a little.

Body, Guide, Thing, Trying, Want

Bethann Hardison has been my collaborator, my closest friend, we've gone through starting businesses, losing businesses, kids, divorces, marriages, and she was my maid of honor when I married my husband, David Bowie. And she's still such a part of my life. This is the person when it's totally dark, outside and inside, this is the person I would call.

Bowie, Divorce, Husband, Kids, Married, Starting

That to be an activist, you have to stay active. For me, it's profound; it's not something you choose to do every five years because it's chic to say it.

Active, Chic, Profound, Years

There is no age better than another.

Age

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

Connection, Father, Men, Parent, Taught

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

Beautiful, Change, Considered, Issue, Issues, Self Esteem

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

Diversity, Feeling, Gender, Human, Race, Thinking

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

Grace, Leave, Party, Saving

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

Bored, Creative, Kind, Somalia, Would Be

My worst year. The only thing that I know for a fact now is that if it's really a bad day, then I draw the curtains, and I lay in bed. There is no way of dealing with grief. And I have no idea. This year I had double of them, my mother and my husband. I just take it one day at a time.

Dealing, Grief, Husband, Mother, Year

I came from a background where I was very poor growing up but I have never known poverty. My parents worked hard and they went to bed hungry, but they fed us. Then my father became an ambassador, so I ended up being driven by chauffeurs. And then we became refugees. After that, I looked at it through this "glass" of to have and have not, and at the end of the day, who actually helps, who actually steps up, who is there for you.

Father, Glass, Glasses, Growing Up, Parents, Steps

I think it came out of the fact that I'm a very personal person who lives a very public life. It's the only thing that I thought people would want to hear, and it's never about just being inspirational.

Inspirational, People, Personal, Think, Thinking, Want

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

Children, Completely, Decision, Make, Validation

No one is calling any of these designers racist. The act itself is racist. There were more black models working in the Seventies than there are in 2013. This a time when silence is not acceptable at all. If the conversation cannot be had publicly in our industry, then there is something inherently wrong.

Act, Black, Conversation, Racist, Silence

I'm quite insufferable about fitness, I suppose. I think it's really important, though I'm not a body nut.

Important, Nuts, Suppose, Think, Thinking, Though

The one thing my mother instilled in me, well both my parents but specifically my mother - I come from a Muslim country where boys were more wanted than girls so she always made me feel that there is nothing that I couldn't do as well as the boys if not better.

Country, Girl, Instilled, Mother, Nothing

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

Breath, Frustrated, Situation, Take A Deep Breath, Walk

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