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.

My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listening to all kinds of fun sounds and bits.

No babies for me until I'm in my 30s! I'm focused on my career right now. I can't even take care of my dog.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

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

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.

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

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

I'm 23 right now and I feel like I'm still trying to figure it out. Maybe in another two years, I'll have it all together. So maybe 25 is the age at which a woman feels her most beautiful just because she's survived her teenage years and early twenties.

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

Music is everything to me. I wake up and go to bed with it. I listen to all genres, depending on my mood.

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

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.

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.

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.

Let me say this: I think men are a full-time job, and I'm young and I already have one job. I'm just focused on my career.

The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.

I'm really into natural and organic products.

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