Now that school dance season is in full swing, let Iman put things in perspective for you:

'I come from a country that’s known for beautiful women. And at my high school 'prom,' so to speak, the girls couldn’t decide which boy to go with. Nobody asked me! My father paid my cousin to take me! I was not considered beautiful at all. Really.”

—Iman, from her Top Shelf

Iman photographed by Emily Weiss in New York on October 10th, 2012.