While most models embark on their career in their teens, Yasmin Warsame was in her early 20s – and five months’ pregnant with her son Hamzah – when she accepted her first job, a catalogue shoot in her adopted home of Toronto. Her look, however, was considered too "haute couture" for the local scene, making work scarce. So, in the summer of 2002, Yasmin headed to Paris where, she says, she had only one thing on her mind: "Walking down the runway… and not falling." Since then, the 6ft beauty has become the "muse" of Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz and been dubbed the new Iman by Michael Kors.
But the most memorable moment of her career was of a more personal nature. "It was when I sent my mum (in Somalia) a large amount of money," she says. "I spoke to her and she was almost in tears. That was the moment that made modelling so worth it."
Yasmin Warsame (full name Yasmin Abshir Warsame) was born on May 5, 1976 in Mogadishu, Somalia and she took refugee in Canada in 2000. She is a famous fashion model.
Biography and Career :
She emigrated from Somalia to Toronto, Canada in 2000 and that's the time when she started her modeling career. Although she was pregnant in five months she took a job for the Sears catalogue. She was declared "The most alluring Canadian" by Fashion Magazine. She was considered too sophisticated and in 2002 she moved to Paris. There she was photographed by Steven Meisel for the Italian Vogue. From then on she started appearing in magazines and modeled and did commercials for Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Hermcs, Shiseido, Chanel, GAP and H&M.
Trivia :
- Height: 178 cm
- Measurements: 81/60/89
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Brown
- Shoe Size: 39
- She has a son.
- She studied psychology and social sciences at Seneca College.
- She was a volunteer for the Somali Youth Coalition in Canada.
source: Hello Magazine;people.famouswhy.com
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