Chanel Iman's Quotes

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.

Honestly, I try to forget Fashion Week once it's over. I just want to go home and rest and just forget I even did it. It could drive you crazy! It's just show after show after show, and you're missing your family and they feel really far away. You don't go to sleep. You work for a month.

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.

I'm really focused when I'm working out, so I don't really listen to music. I like to listen to music after, because it's like, 'Yeah! I finished! Let's party!'

My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriously about modeling and put a stack of magazines in front of me, then told me to study all the poses. The ones I loved the most were in 'Vogue.'

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

Accept yourself, love yourself.

A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.

At the end of the day, I feel like I have no one to blame but myself if I'm not satisfied with how I look on the runway.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

I always take my time when picking out outfits at home, but I will say I can change pretty quick when I'm in a hurry.

I am comfortable with my body and embrace who I am. I love to work it.

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.

I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.

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

I drink a lot of protein shakes and do a lot of weight lifting.

I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!

I'm grateful to look the way I do. However, if I could change anything, I would like to be a bit bigger all over. Not much - just a bit.

I'm just really tiny. People hate me, because I just sit. I'm eating, I'm eating, I'm eating and then I just... sit. And I don't gain a thing.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

I'm thinking of slowing down on modeling and branching out to other things. I want to pursue some new and old dreams and start making them happen.

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.