Iman

Iman's career feels to me like a quiet argument about what a model can be. A Mogadishu-born student who studied at the University of Nairobi, she arrived in fashion with a mind already formed, and the great designers, from Versace to Saint Laurent, treated her not as a mannequin but as a muse. What I admire most is what came after the runway: entrepreneurship, an autobiography, sustained philanthropy. She turned visibility into infrastructure for women who looked like her and came from where she came from. Few figures connect Somalia, Nairobi, and the heart of Western fashion in one elegant line; she does it with unforced authority.

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Name (English)

Iman

Name (Japanese)

イマン・アブドゥルマジド

Reading

いまん・あぶどぅるまじど

Born

July 25, 1955 (age 71)

Origin

Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia

Height

174 cm

Occupation

actor / model / entrepreneur / autobiographer / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

University

University of Nairobi

Awards & achievements

• 2017 OkayAfrica 100 Women
• 2006 Great Immigrants Award

• Official sitehttps://destinationiman.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_real_iman/
• Xhttps://x.com/The_Real_IMAN
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iman%20(model)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256531

Tags

• Banaadir
• actor
• model
• entrepreneur

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.