Iman Abdulmajid

Iman Abdulmajid (Somali: Imaan Cabdimajiid, Arabic: عبد المجي إيمان) (Mogadishu, July 25, 1955), known as Iman, is a Somali model. ==Biography[ Edit] == Iman is the daughter of the Somali Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and went to school in Egypt . Later she moved to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where her parents still live. Here she studied at the University of Nairobi, where she studied politics. In Africa she did modeling work (she is 1.75 meters) and they became known as the Angel of Africa.

She was a full-time model in 1975 and moved to the United States, where they met basketball player Spencer Haywood . They married in 1977 and a year later their daughter Zulekha is born. They divorced In 1987 and on april 24, 1992 married Iman with the British singer David Bowie. The ceremony took place in the Swiss Lausanne. In 2000 they had a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones. They live alternately in London and New York.

She is Director of the cosmetics company Iman cosmetics, with which they released a cosmetics line for the colored skin. She is also a spokeswoman for Keep A Child Alive, a charity that aids-children in Africa and India helps.

She speaks five languages and has also written several books: Naomi (forward) (1996), I Am Iman (2001) and Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color (2006). ==Select filmography[ Edit] ==
 * 1980 -Jane Austen in Manhattan
 * 1985 - Out of Africa
 * 1987 -No Way Out
 * 1991 - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
 * 1991 - L.A. Story (cameo)
 * 1994 -Exit to Eden
 * 1994-Heart of Darkness