WOMAN and TIME: Iman Bowie

*For donate* Iman Bowie (Zara Maxamed Cabdulmajiid, 1955) is a supermodel, businesswoman, style icon, actress, philanthropist and the widow of David Bowie, the English rock star. Iman was born in Somali. She herself said: in the desert, not in the jungle In 1975, she was noticed by a famous American photographer Peter Beard, who traveled the world in search of new faces. In 1976, Iman already decorated the cover of Vogue. Her beauty was called exotic and refined. And that was exactly what the world wanted after the too shaggy 70s. She opened the way to the world of high fashion for so many black models, changing the idea of beauty and style. Iman worked with all the world’s leading fashion houses, starred in movies, was married twice, gave birth to her first daughter Zulekha Haywood (1975). She married David Bowie in 1992. It was a very romantic and beautiful ceremony. Marriage rock stars and supermodels did not give even three years. They we