Iman

I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that.

People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.

I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.

People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears.

Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.

I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish.

Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.

That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age - to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me.

As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.

The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.

Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.

There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.