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Chanel Iman

Chanel Iman enters the tents during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2007 held in Bryant Park, New York, 9th September 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson.
Birth name     Chanel Iman Robinson
Date of birth     30 November 1989 (1989-11-30) (age 19)
Place of birth     Atlanta, United States
Height     1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color     Dark Brown
Eye color     Brown
Measurements     34-23-35 (US); 82-58-84 (EU)
Weight     50 kg (110 lbs)
Dress size     32 (EU), 2 (US)
Shoe size     9 (US)
Agency     http://www.fordmodels.com Beatrice International Models
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Chanel Iman Robinson (born November 30, 1989), better known as Chanel Iman, is an American fashion model. Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia to China Robinson of African American and Korean heritage and an African American father. She grew up in Culver City, California and attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles; currently she is home schooled.

Iman walked down the runway for the first time in the Fall/Winter 2006 season for high-end brands like Custo Barcelona and DKNY; since then she has modelled for many top designers, including Dolce & Gabbana, Issey Miyake, Marc Jacobs, Valentino, Dsquared, Hermès, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Anna Sui, Diane von Fürstenberg, Vera Wang, Jean Paul Gaultier and Stella McCartney. In her short career, she has appeared in advertising campaigns for Bottega Veneta, GAP, Victoria's Secret Pink, and United Colors of Benetton.

Chanel appeared with models Du Juan and Coco Rocha in the Spring 2007 issue of TIME Style&Design. In the May 2007 issue of US Vogue she was featured on the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Hilary Rhoda, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels. Chanel also appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue alongside fellow American teenage models Ali Michael and Karlie Kloss in 2008.

In October 2007, Chanel appeared with her mother on an episode of the Tyra Banks Show. Chanel is also close friends with model Dani Evans.