Age is just a number, according to Iman. The supermodel opened up about growing older and why she’s embracing change.“That’s a very Western mentality,” the 67-year-old catwalk queen, who was born in Somalia, said of being youth-obsessed in her January 2023 cover story for British Vogue, which was published on Wednesday, December 14. “I come from Africa, we celebrate getting older.”Iman continued: “A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people] have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings … I’m like, ‘If you’re worried about that, just put the camera up [so it’s titled down on your face], for God’s sake!” She added: “This really is a mentality rooted in the West.
For me, it has never been a problem.”The runway star echoed similar sentiments in a 2015 interview with The Cut ahead of her 60th birthday. “I tell my younger friends, ‘Don’t be afraid of change.
That is when you really see what your destiny is.'”Iman started modeling in 1976 when she was discovered by photographer Peter Beard.
Her big break came when she posed in Vogue that same year. From there, the towering beauty strutted her stuff for Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
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