Former model , now has own multi - million dollar cosmetics company . Discovered by photographer Peter Beard in 1984 ; Married to David Bowie . She was lucky and her adopted home of Kenya provided her with a scholarship at Nairobi University , and it was also in the Kenyan capital that she was discovered as a model . Organizes fund - raising events for charities including , Keep A Child Alive . ` ` Iman : The moment I got into the modeling industry , I knew I had to be an entrepreneur ''
Former model , now has own multi - million dollar cosmetics company . Discovered by photographer Peter Beard in 1984 ; Married to David Bowie . Organizes fund - raising events for charities including , Keep A Child Alive . ` ` Iman : The moment I got into the modeling industry , I knew I had to be an entrepreneur ''