Legendary model Iman talks about all the pressure that comes with being drop dead gorgeous; and she says that the First Lady Michelle Obama doesn’t have to worry about that...
“Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty…But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther. When you’re a great beauty, it’s always downhill for you. If you’re someone like Mrs. Obama, you just get better with age.”
And on being one of the first black supermodels:
“I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed. I did feel a bit ostracized…you suddenly represent a whole race, and that race goes, ‘Well, that person does not represent our ideals of beauty.’ For lack of a better term, it becomes what it was like during slavery. One had the field n— and the house n—. There was this notion that I was chosen by white fashion editors to be better than the rest, which I am not. I did not like being thought of as the house n— whether it was spoken or whether it was understood. It always left a bad taste in my mouth. I call it ‘the politics of beauty’ because fashion can sometimes be an assault on one’s identity.”
And finally on being “found” by photographer Peter Beard at the University Of Nairobi in Kenya:
“He made up this weird story about finding me in the jungle. But I had never been in a jungle! I understood what he was doing. I was an accomplice. Everyone, you see, needs a narrative.”
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