Yasmin Warsame

[purplelucrezia]

She always seems just so incredibly elegant...
http://www.firstview.com/DETAILSspri...ENDI/P095.html

[purplelucrezia]

At Valentino...
http://www.firstview.com/Backstage/BackFal...NTINO/P122.html

[metal-on-metal]

She's absolutely incredible. A body made for the couture. Elegant, stunning, beautiful.

Ok, everyone. Compare YASMIN to JESSICA STAM and ask yourself who is more fit to be a model? The answer should be clear.

[purplelucrezia]

Originally posted by chickonspeed@Feb 25th, 2004 - 2:22 pm
She's absolutely incredible. A body made for the couture. Elegant, stunning, beautiful.

Ok, everyone. Compare YASMIN to JESSICA STAM and ask yourself who is more fit to be a model? The answer should be clear.

There are many different types of models out there. Yasmin is perfect for a more grown-up and elegant look while Stam is more sweet and charming. They each have different looks to suit different designers. For example, I think Yasmin is more suited to Valentino, while Stam looks better in Dolce&Gabbana. Just think of how boring couture would be if all the models had the same look. I like each of the models for themselves because they suit different purposes.

[allyalam]

what is her ethnicity?

[Nemova]

I heard she didn't start her modelling career 'till she was in her early 20's. That's very interesting..

As for her ethnicity, I think she's Somali.

Nemova

[Nemova]

Do any of you know what's her agency?

Nemova

[Ujjwala]

Yasmin Warsame - Beauty from Somalia

While most models embark on their career in their teens, Somalian-born Yasmin Warsame was in her early 20s – and five months’ pregnant with her son Hamzah – when she accepted her first job, a catalogue shoot in her adopted home of Toronto.

Her look, however, was considered too "haute couture" for the local scene, making work scarce. So, in the summer of 2002, Yasmin headed to Paris where, she says, she had only one thing on her mind: "Walking down the runway… and not falling." Since then, the 6ft beauty has become the "muse" of Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz and been dubbed the new Iman by Michael Kors. She has also modelled for Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, YSL, Alexander McQueen, Ungaro, and Gucci.

But the most memorable moment of her career was of a more personal nature. "It was when I sent my mum (in Somalia) a large amount of money," she says. "I spoke to her and she was in tears. I love her so much! That was the moment that made modelling so worth it."

[purplelucrezia]

Yasmin Warsame does seem like such a wonderful person. She is successfully raising her young son while working hard at her modeling career- and maintaining a close relationship with her family! It seems as if she's achieved so much over a relatively short period of time. Her look is very unusually mature and elegant I think. She reminds me of those high fashion models from the 1940s and 50s. Plus, she's Canadian!

[Urban Stylin]

shes beautiful in a way similar to liya.love her!

[Urban Stylin]

btw nearly 3 quarters of all women in somalia and ethiopia look like that!

[purplelucrezia]

They are incredibly lucky then!
I think she looks like a 1940s movie star here. From the Dolce&Gabbana show.

[tiffany]

she's absolutely gorgeous and she seems like a remarkable person

[Barbie]

She is on the cover of the new Trace magazine saw it in a bookstore and she looks cool !! She does not look as grown up as she does in the couture shows she looks funky and younger.

[Oria]

Originally posted by allyalam@Feb 25th, 2004 - 10:21 pm
what is her ethnicity?

She is from Somalia, she is very beautiful. She also graces the cover of Trace magazine, she was married once, and has a 5 year old son. The most amazing thing is her mother sent her away when she was 5 because of turmoil in Somalia and she has not been back yet. She is currently working with the RedCross to find her mother. I have always liked her and I think she has such a silent power and beauty that lacks in this industry. She is not at all flashy or out there I do not know if I make sense but I really like her. I can tell a Somalian from an Ethiopian and I just knew she was from Somalia which was confirmed in her article in Trace