Birthday wishes are in order for Iman!
The supermodel celebrated her 70th birthday on Friday, July 25, and revealed her plans for the decade in a new post shared to her Instagram.
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Iman attends “Bungalow Gucci” in celebration of the opening of Gucci Meatpacking District on April 29, 2023.
“Bitch, 70 is the new 70! Aging gratefully #IMANHBD,” she captioned a video that featured a white cake decorated with chocolate and fruit. The video included a cellphone that showed her blowing out the candles — a 7 and a 0 — on the cake.
In a follow-up post, Iman shared a look at an intimate note written by her late husband, David Bowie, that he wrote for her birthday in 2015; the rock star and icon died on Jan. 10, 2016.
“Happy birthday darling! 60 years. It’s been a privalige [sic] to have shared over a third of these with you. I love you! David — hubby xx,” the note read. “My last birthday card from David. July 25th, 2015,” she captioned the post.
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In another Instagram post, she wrote that she is “grateful for another trip around the sun.”
Iman has expressed that she has no issues with aging and explained on several occasions that her African heritage has allowed her to embrace the process of getting older.
“In Africa, we are taught that it’s a privilege to get old. I have never lied about my age,” she told PEOPLE in 2021.
She also explained that she doesn’t judge people who get cosmetic procedures and treatments done, but she has never been interested in getting them done on herself.
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“Plastic surgery — I’m not against it, but it’s not for me,” Iman added.
In 2023, she doubled down on her feelings about aging in an interview with British Vogue and told the outlet, “I come from Africa, we celebrate getting older.”
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Iman attends CHANEL Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner at Balthazar on June 12, 2023 in New York City.
“A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people] have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings,” she said. “I’m like, ‘If you are worried about that, just put the camera up [so it’s tilted down on your face], for God’s sake!”
The model noted that negative feelings around aging doesn’t exist in her native Somalia. “This really is a mentality rooted in the West. For me, it has never been a problem,” she added.
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