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Biography |
Yasmin Warsame is a Somali-Canadian model. In 2004, she was
named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by Fashion
magazine.
Warsame was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1976. When she was
fifteen years old, she moved from Somalia to Toronto, Canada
with her family. She later studied psychology and social
sciences at Seneca College.
In 2000, Warsame began modeling with a booking for the Sears
catalogue. She was in her early 20s and five months pregnant
with her son Hamzah when she accepted this shoot. Although
she worked as a fashion model in Canada for almost two
years, Warsame's look was considered too "haute couture" for
the local scene, making work scarce. So, in the summer of
2002, she headed for Paris. Her breakthrough came later that
year with a feature for the Italian Vogue, photographed by
Steven Meisel. |
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since August 26, 2009