Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (1955 – Present)
Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, is a Somali-American model who began her modeling career at Vogue – shortly after she arrived in New York at age 20. Since then, she has appeared on five Vogue covers and has been a muse for great photographers like Yves Saint Laurent, Irving Penn, Calvin Klein, and Gianni Versace.
She retired as a model in 1989 and turned her sights to entrepreneurship, launching Iman Cosmetics.
Iman has also been very passionate and dedicated to many philanthropic works, and was the very first global ambassador for the emergency relief organization, CARE. She has also been extremely supportive in the fight against HIV/AIDS.