Yasmin Warsame

Yasmin Warsame ياسمين ابشير ارسام
Born	May 17, 1976 (age 34) Mogadishu, Somalia
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	model, activist
Children	Hamzah

Yasmin Abshir Warsame ([Yasmiin Abshir Warsame] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: ياسمين ابشير ارسام) (born May 17, 1976) is a Somali-Canadian model and activist. In 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by Fashion magazine.

Biography

Warsame was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1976. She is a Muslim. 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.

Career

Warsame has worked for agencies like Next Toronto/Montreal, Next Paris, Next London, IMG New York, View Barcelona and Tony Jones Amsterdam. She has been featured on the covers of a.o. Vogue Italia and American Vogue, American and British Elle, and Amica and Surface magazines. She has also modelled both the couture and ready-to-wear runways for everyone from Christian Dior to Jean Paul Gaultier. In addition, Warsame has done high-profile advertising campaigns for Valentino couture, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Hermès, Shiseido, Chanel, GAP and H&M.

In 2007, she also became a judge on Cycle 2 of the Canadian reality television series, Canada's Next Top Model. hfhfhfhjfhjfhjfhfhjfhjfhjfhjfhj

Personal life

Warsame was, and from time to time still is, a volunteer for the Somali Youth Coalition in Canada.

She currently lives in New York and Toronto, and is signed with IMG Models.

References

• Eckenswiller, Tammy. The most alluring Canadian Award 2004. Fashion Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

External links

• Yasmin Warsame at Fashion Model Directory