Iman's Daughter Zulekha Haywood: Supermodel's daughter discusses obesity battle.

[beautytherapy101]

Iman named her zu that crazy name! And chanel iman a fashion name cause she's lighter! The light one is ugly, zu is okay! But iman is so made over, if you seen how ugly she was before, she became a white women.. you can see her daughters look like that!

[SummerSissle]

@beautytherapy101 Iman did not name her daugher "ZU", she named her daughter Zulaykha, so maybe they abbreviated as Zu. It means the "radiant one" and that is a beautiful name. this lady to me is very radiant and has the elegance of her mother.

[Cabiira1]

iman daugher is agly iman is pretty

[shukriya26]

I feel bad she isnt muslim shame on u Iman.

[duvalcountydabangem]

somali people have huge heads and thats not attractive 

[SummerSissle]

@duvalcountydabangem dont be a hater darling, we have all different body shapes, head shapes, skin tones, different types of hairs. That big head is over played now.

[duvalcountydabangem]

@SummerSissle its not overplayed because thats what i see where i live i find very few somali women attractive and the hijab wearing chics are the worst.

[SummerSissle]

@duvalcountydabangem Well you dont have to like us, no one is forcing you down your throat, you made a point to put your points out there and each to their own. We all have a our preferences and I am sure no Somali is losing sleep over of what others think of us. And as of those hijab wearing ones believe me they not thinking of your views, they are quite contented with the handsome somali men that is after them and they probably will be married quick, unlike other races.

[Selam352]

I just seen iman she look so old and ugly David Bowie is ugly there daughter is not that pretty she just plain Iman older daughter look way better

[Selam352]

People you need to stop she doesn't want to be a super modal it doesn't matter if her dad is American if she want to be she could be her mom is not that pretty just because she is Somali that doesn't me she pretty not

[Selam352]

She could pass for somali don't think you guys are all that she is pretty I don't understand why you guys think you look better you din't you are typical not all that somali get over you self

[Samantar10]

@duvalcountydabangem There is no such thing as an Ethiopian look since Ethiopia is a country, not an Ethnicity. I guess by Ethiopian you mean Habesha in which case I and the vast majority of humanity will disagree with you.

[chigasaki06]

@duvalcountydabangem Let me guess, you're Ethiopian, you're opinion is so unbiased.

[kynaan09]

@duvalcountydabangem i respect your Opinion, but let me ask this, when was the last time you have washed your Arse? or you take a shower!! and i for got to ask do you like to brush your teeth!!!!!!!! that is part of your culture....

[Destinay4lyf]

Basta? Lol, I think she meant Basss dee (enough)...its hard to type this one...

[Destinay4lyf]

I wonder if she knows her language or Somali culture. She sure as hell wouldn't pass for one

[somrazy3]

awww shes very beautiful :)

[koolkat1675]

damn, what happened to the somali part? she looks nothing like iman at all..

[somaliangle]

She cant even pronounce her own name lol

[PulseofGlory]

On a side note I feel sorry for her she is probably over eating bc of seeing the somali side of the family. Can you being a half african american and looking it and living around Somalis damn she must have gotten teased.

[PulseofGlory]

This is why Somais should only mate with other Horners or Non Bantu populations. Kids just end up fugly

[VampireQueen2004]

she is beautiful, but her mother is more beautiful

[TheSavagedoll]

East African or west african we are all black so stop with the stupid unecessary comments.

[MarcoisX]

LOOOOL AT THE BACKGROUND XDXDXD

[chechechance]

Iman's second husband is David Bowie. Her daughter is from her first husband who is black. Regardless she is a beautful women.

[tarus360]

SHE IS AN ATTRACTIVE BLK WOMAN, BUT SHE NOT AS BEAUTIFULL

AS HER MOM IN MY OPINION, BUT YOU KNOW AS THEY SAY BEAUTY

IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. TO EACH HIS OR HER OWN.

[kynaan09]

i will say she don't look good, because she lost the good features her mum has, and this an example, Somalis have very unique features unlikely other African people. if her dad would been a Somali, she would have a chance of modelling, now all that dreams have gone for ever.

[saphhiregirl]

@kynaan09 Are you kidding me? She's freaking gorgeous, she doesn't need to be completely Somalian.

[kynaan09]

@saphhiregirl dude, i never said she is an ugly, but the what i said is that, she don't hve the good features that her mum has, we all know that Somali women has got good features then other Africans/american. do you hve a point were by she hve a phenotype of her mother? i think even she didn't got 10% of a Somali feature, if i will not know her mother, nobody will ever convince me that she is an offspring of Somali. according to ur view, she got what it takes to be an African american beauty.

[TheAmaal93]

oh yh i thought her daughter was fully Somali

[kynaan09]

@TheAmaal93 well, you are wrong even to say that you thought she is a fully Somali. she don't have even a 10% of Somali feature, she is a complete typical of an African american girl, if her mum should hve marry a Somali man, today her daughter will hve a chance of becoming a super model like her mum, now her dream is gone forever, remember always that, the offspring of a Somali couple will hve a natural beauty, and nobody can take away from the. im committed to Somali women. forever.xxxxxxx

[LaraBallerina]

i think she has always been beautiful, with both more weight and with less weight. But I can understand that she had chosen the bypass because she did not feel ok in her body, not being able to get out of bed easilly and not having energy and I am happy for her that she feels great now. she seams to be a very nice and smart person too.

[partysamira234]

wow um basta means pasta

[ZIZI675]

Damn she didn't get her mother's genes

[OskarAwards]

uuuhhmmm.. her mum fight's for her people who are suffering (famine!!).. and her daughter talks about her weight and weight-loss? is it just me or is there something really really really wrong!?

[TheAmaal93]

@OskarAwards LOOOOOL #dead

[bboicrazy8]

She definitely has her own beauty and the picture of her plumper she still looked pretty but it is important to take care of your health. Good she turned her life around.

[Reqrezentin]

Foolxumaa...

[4165mc]

i read that iman gave her daughter a hard time about her weight. I can imagine that Iman is a hard nosed perfectionist and that rubbed off on her daughter.

[Tageshoroskop]

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[bumbu666]

are you sure she is Iman's doughter??????? I doubt it

[Gutsyndicate]

@bumbu666 well her father is Haywood.

[NoName21234]

she's beautiful

[bumbu666]

oh my GOD she is sooooooooo ugly not like her mum

[spiderlegs1987]

www

[cjfl1962]

Listen, let's get past superficial physical features. Let's respect this young women. She is not a white woman which most people see as the standard of beauty. She has her own beauty and value. Not all Africans look like and not all Somalis look alike. I've seen some with more Arab features and I've seen some with more African features. Is one better than the other,NO!

[nololwacan]

@MrSivram: Shut up stupid hateful niga.Why you go every somali video & leave dirt behind!

[Sallyakerti]

Zulekha is Gourgeous! i am Amazed how negative/racist some comments about her.i will pray for you haters.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[MrSivram28]

She is not Black Somalis are Hamitic Caucasians from Europe.

[somrazy3]

@MrSivram28 are you kidding me shut up please. somalis are not white. we are africans . !! # duh.

[HONEYSAMIYA09]

dang her daughter looks nothing like somalia, wat happened to the somali part

[bignasxl]

@HONEYSAMIYA09 you mix somali with something they mostly end up looking something else..My father is somali but I look nothing like those people but my brother does

[sunrise4love]

@bignasxl "Those people"!!

[bignasxl]

@sunrise4love use content clues to find out who those people are....those people are somali as I do not consider them my people nor do they consider me theirs

[theoryg]

She actually is a great compliment to Iman earthy and real-

[falis1000]

she doesnt look like shes half somali lol she looks full afro-american

[Prelestnost2]

Woho she is so gorgeous and those ladies interviewing aro so...bland.

[GuMmGAL]

zu is a writer

[nothighleftbehind]

"you have such a pretty face!" when i was 220 lbs that was the one comment I HATED hearing - its like they're saying "If you lost some weight you would be completely attractive, but for now your face is all thats acceptable." Glad i took the weight off :)

[MrRjmac]

Funny its a weight issue and not a career issue

[TheFlamez100]

Why is her name spelled zulekha if her name is said zulaykha?

[somrazy3]

@TheFlamez100 that is how is pronounced even though shes half american but her mother is somali. and shes name a somali name. :)

[nololwacan]

@nasreen51..I see dat in my self.I'm total white,my somali side completely obliterated.

[pashun88]

My gosh...Somali genes get no representation when they intermixwith other races. i dont see the somali in her at all. My friend is married to a european and their kid looks 100% white. Not fair! lol jk

[nasreen51]

@pashun88 omg ur so right, my causin is married to a polish guy and omg her sun is white with blond hair and green eyes. am confused loool :/

[hellokittycutie2003]

@pashun88 lol Not always. I'm half Somali (father) and half African American, and my brother and I got a LOT of the Somali genes. My lil brother is an exact clone of my father, except his body is like my moms side. He's got big, wide bones (basically the body of a football player) which isn't too common with Somali guys lol. I got the tiny bones, huge forehead, curly/poofy hair, and wide deep set eyes. People always tell us we're one of the few mixes that actually got the Somali to show up haha.

[abdi1983]

@pashun88 how come she ant 100% white then? she doen't even have one 1%

[pashun88]

@abdi1983 White? Her father is AA, and to me she looks 100% African American. Not that that's a bad thing. She just doesn't look Somali at all.

[abdi1983]

@pashun88 lol i thought she was married to that white pop star? im confused

[Thutmosis7]

She is very pretty. She look cute when she was big.

[rasta487]

very poised & elegant in her casual look.

[NolitaDenise]

@ethiostarr - I only ever saw one Somali with bad skin.  Her features were still gorgeous but she had bad skin.(maybe from the American lifestyle) Still, from famous to un-famous I've only seen one person from that region with bad skin and none with bad features.

[sexygreen2010]

@NolitaDenise hey can i ask what is bad features?

[NolitaDenise]

Haven't seen Zulekha with both her parents in the same photo. Maybe she looks like both. I think she's cute though. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder but her type of look is cute to me.

If Iman was my mother I'm sure I'd have a complex.

[Thutmosis7]

@NolitaDenise I think it's a commodation of both parents. But it create her feature. Cuz she look a lil like her dad and might have visible feature of her mother. But not be 100%, but she is a very attractive woman like you said.

[somrazy3]

she is beautiful but she looks nothing like her mother.. xD

[somrazy3]

@salawaat1 sawir hadaa tahay nacaskiiyo, waxaan kuu qabo hedhe mahayno? ee magalo joog xumada iska dhaa. aduunka idhil baa laga akhrisanee IIDOOOR yahaw. bantu ga ah.

[Thutmosis7]

@somrazy3 She look like herself.

[MrSivram28]

@somrazy3 She looks to "Bantu" for you Somalis. She looks like an Adoon Bantu slave monkey her features are not so called Caucasian enough for you Somalis lol. Man you Somalis are Pathetic and racist.

[AskariWaryaa]

@MrSivram28 Bro don't hate the pitiful idiots who have been brainwashed by the white supremacy.

I am a full Somali, and I find it really sad when I see my people make such fools of themselves. By my people I am talking about all African peoples, including African Americans and Somalis!

[whilome]

It's funny when kids come online to say bad words. For the little somali kids playing on youtube: amus. Insulting a black Somali woman is not cute. This ain't west african versus east african. She's BOTH. We're all sisters and brothers. You all better recognize. Peace.

[somrazy3]

@whilome you are so right am somali and i 100% agree with you. we all africans besides.

[tech4156]

very small head

[diceof7]

lol her mom made a party with her daughter and my mom went and whoa she was big.

[MJG01]

Zulekha you look like fufu please change ur name you are not somali...

[blackbear82]

@MJG01 I thought Iman, her mother, is from Somalia. Thusly isn't it up to her mother what her daughter is named, considering that her mother's ethnic identity is part of Zulekha's heritage?

[MochaSkies]

@MJG01 Her mother is Somali and her mother probably named her. She is half Somali.

[MJG01]

why does she look like jareer? i though her father was somali... uuff

[diceof7]

@MJG01 LMAOOO I knooow her dad is black that's why.

[samiralovely19]

My god, Somalis whenever they have baby with non somali their babies end up looking like the other. I saw somali-american baby and god the baby looked pure white.

[NolitaDenise]

@samiralovely19 - No look @ Alexandria Bowie. She looks like David AND Iman. I think it's luck of the draw. Totally normal to look like one parent or both.

[CarlaMills]

She is so Beautiful !!!!!

[wallstreetyoung]

Looks nothing like Iman. Is she adopted or something?

[MrsMamouna]

No. She has a father and she looks more like him. His name i s Spencer Haywood, who was a professional basketball player.

[loveree]

zu baby dont fret your situation you are EVERY bit as fine as your mother!!!! Iman is a beautiful woman for men who appreciate the small boned woman your are a supermodel to all us men who appreciate a woman with a little weight on their bones!!! you in no way are a woman of inferior beauty. by the way met your dad in Detroit I was homeless he gave me a little something you r a blessed child your come from premium stock!!! Amen

[chelleum]

She's very regardless of her weight.

[KRIZZYBELLE71]

my mother is very skinny and I weight way more than her....people always ask why I do not look like her?....it took so many years of pressure and sadness to understand that I am beautiful on my own way...now being more comfortable with myself and accepting that I will never be like her....my life is much better....there is a lot of pressure out there but being beautiful means more that just weight and shape.....

[MrsMamouna]

A beautiful, intelligent young lady who, as a teen, went to school in Detroit.

[Mikizzle15]

She's a beautiful woman, but she doesn't look like she could be Iman's daughter. lol. She and Iman look like they are the same age.

[MrsMamouna]

That's the beauty of Iman's plastic surgery .

[rosamarrina]

@Mikizzle15

Do you mean Iman look younger , or that her daughter looks older?

[elenavlada]

didnt iman married david bowwie!?? A WHITE GUY!?

[LassinSayne]

@elenavlada Before David Bowie, Iman was married to the (African-American) basketball player Spencer Haywood, who is Zulekha's father. The daughter Iman had with Bowie is named Lexi, and she's considerably younger -- born in 2000, I think.

[MammaMiafreak18]

@elenavlada yes Iman married David Bowie

[foxilocks2007]

Good for her. She's beautiful.

[ebeledi]

nice

[rynomulder]

I met Zulekha in South Africa two weeks before this interview. This was an obvious womens magazine programme angle to take with her but what people don't know is that she is a fiercely talented writer. And her mother is superb. Check out an excerpt of my interview with Iman on SoulTV channel on Youtube.

[WhereYaBoss]

@rynomulder I will check that out. Thanks for telling us about it. Thumbs up!

[2close2themoon]

Zulekha (at any weight) is so much prettier than those fakey blonde broads interviewing her.

[selmoonneamt]

@2close2themoon agree

[honeyshireen]

fat is pretty in Africa.

[akenataa]

@honeyshireen Stella Obasanjo, wife of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, died on the operating table in Spain after losing blood in a liposuction gone bad. Western attitudes about beauty and body image affect Africans too in many ways.

[honeyshireen]

@akenataa Africans shouldn't pay attention to Western standers of beauty. I 'm African been in Canada since the age of 10 and don't follow their rules.

[goyavesETmangues]

@honeyshireen

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You are SOOOO RIGHT. I am African too and I been living in the UK for years and I understood that if I wanted to keep my sanity, I should better not follow their standard of beauty which are ALIENATING for black people especially

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Iman said the following on the ownership of beauty : If beauty is in the eye of eth beholder, why not be the beholder yourself ?

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[kat21sd]

Iam so happy for her She is Beautiful inside & out ,I wish she would talk about the recovery