I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personality.

I’m 23 right now and I feel like I’m still trying to figure it out. Maybe in another two years, I’ll have it all together. So maybe 25 is the age at which a woman feels her most beautiful just because she’s survived her teenage years and early twenties.

No babies for me until I'm in my 30s! I'm focused on my career right now. I can't even take care of my dog.

I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

I don't get facials. The last time I got a facial was when I first started modeling when I was 15 or 16. It made my face completely break out.