U-Iman Mohammed Abdulmajid ungumdumi ohloniphekileyo waseSomalia ne-American owaziwa kakhulu kubafundi befashini njengo-Iman.
Biography Iman
U-Iman wazalwa ngoJulayi 25, 1955 kwisixeko saseMogadishu, eSomalia. Le ntombazana yakhula kunye nabazalwana bakhe ababili uElias noFaisal noodadewabo kaNadia, oye waba ngumzekelo.
Ngo-1975, u-Iman waphumelela kwisikolo esiprayimari eMogadishu, apho ootitshala baseSoviet bafundisa khona. EYiputa, intombazana yagqiba isikolo esiphakamileyo, emva koko intsapho yayo yathuthela eKenya. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba u-Iman Abdulmajid uyintombazana efundiswe kakhulu. Uthetha iilwimi ezintlanu kakuhle: isiFrentshi, iSomali, isiTaliyane, isiNgesi nesiArabhu.
Ubomi bobuqu bomzekelo ophezulu we-Iman bukhulu kakhulu. Wayesitshatile kathathu. Unabantwana abemi bomibini, umntwana wesithathu u-Iman wamkela. Lo ngunyana womyeni wakhe wesithathu, otshatile kuloo mini, umculi wengoma evela eNgilandi, uDavid Bowie, uDuncan Jones.
Iman imodeli
Ubuhle baqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1975, xa wabonwa ngumfoto waseMerika uPeter Byrd kwintombi yakhe yaseSomalia. Nguye owamchukumisela ukuba aye emsebenzini eMelika. U-Iman wathatha iinyanga ezimbalwa nje ukuba anqobe iintliziyo zeendlela ezihamba phambili zeefashthi zehlabathi kwaye avele kumaphephancwadi amaphephancwadi adume kakhulu. Le nto ngoku i-divas ebomvu ekhuzileyo kwi-catwalks ayimangalisi, yaye ngaloo mihla ubuhle bowesifazane omhlophe buxabiswa kuphela. Ngaphandle kokunyaniseka, singatsho ukuba u-Iman uguqule umhlaba wefashini.
Iimpawu ezifanelekileyo Iman akakwazanga ukushiya abantu abakujikelezileyo bengenandaba. Ukukhula okuphakamileyo, umthunzi omncuba wesikhumba, iimpawu ezintle, obunomdla nobumnandi-konke oku kwenza le ntombazana yathandwa ngokukhawuleza. Intombazana yaqala ukubonakala kumaphephancwadi athandwayo. Ngoko, umsebenzi wokuqala wawuyiseshoni yesithombe kwiphepha leVogue. Kungekudala emva koko, u-Iman waqala ukufumana iziphakamiso kumaphephancwadi amaninzi amaninzi.
Wayekhumbula kakhulu ixesha apho ebengumntu weNdlu kaYves-Saint Laurent. Ukongeza kwiYves-Saint Laurent, imodeli isebenze kunye neengcamango ezifana neGianni Versace, uCalvin Klein, uRoy Halston, uIssi Miyaki. Ngaphezulu kwezithombe U Iman wasebenza bezithombe ezidumile uHelut Newton, uRichard Avedon, Irving Penn, uAnnie Leibovitz. Ngendlela, u-Iman usebenza kakhulu kwimvelo. Ukongeza kwinqambi kwiiseshini kunye neeseshoni zeesithombe, waba ngumdlali weqonga eliyimpumelelo kunye neenkwenkwezi ezininzi kwiifilimu. Kweminye imifanekiso, intombazana yayidlala. Emva kokuba imodeli ishiye i-podium, yaba ngumbonisi ophumelelayo. Iman ibonakala kwiiprojekthi ezifana ne "Project Runway", "iModeli elandelayo ye-America". Ekugqibeleni wenza njengomnye wabafundisi.
Ngowe-1994, i-supermodel yasungula umgca wayo wezityalo, owawuthandwa kakhulu. Ngokwenene, iziqholo zadalwa ngabasetyhini abanomzimba omnyama. Ngelo xesha, inkampani yaqala ukusebenzisana ne "Intengiso yentengiso yaseKhaya", evelisa iimpahla kunye nezixhobo "I-Global Chic".
Nangona u-Iman uye wagqiba ukugqiba umsebenzi we-photomodel, wayegubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kwiminyaka emihlanu kwiminyaka eyaziwayo. Wayenenkwenkwezi engapheliyo kumagazini waseItaly uVanity Fair! Abaphulaphuli baqaphele umzekelo ofanelekileyo wemizekelo yezolo. U-Iman uqinisekile ukuba isiqinisekiso sesiphumo sakhe sisezemidlalo, uvakalelo oluhle kunye nokutyelela rhoqo kwi-salon spa. Ngaphezu koko, ubuhle abufihla into yokuba uphando lweplastiki luye lwadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekubonakaleni kwayo.
Ukuba sithetha ngesitayela sika-Iman, ngoko ngokwakhe wakhetha umgangatho weklasi kwimfashini. Okukhethwa kunkulu kunikwa abayili be-Alaye Azdzin kunye no- Alexander Wong .
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