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The Independent UK
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Chelsea Ritschel

Iman reflects on photographer’s claim she was a ‘goat herder’ when he ‘discovered’ her

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Iman has reflected on the true story behind her discovery as a model while speaking out against racism in the fashion industry.

The Somalia-born supermodel stars on January’s issue of British Vogue and, in the accompanying interview, spoke about her introduction to the modelling industry. She said it happened in Kenya, where she and her family had sought asylum in 1972, when she was approached by a photographer named Peter Beard.

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