Fatima Siad

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Height:

180 cm

Fatima Siad was born on January 1, 1986, in Mogadishu, Somalia. She grew up as a child of three (girls) from parents of mixed African ancestry (her mother is Somali, and her father is Ethipoian). She is also a child of divorce, and has said that she used to live in a "shack, with no running water." During the Civil War in Somalia, Fatima's two sisters were killed, and when she was thirteen her mother immigrated to America with her. They lived in Boston, Massachusetts, for a time, and Fatima attended Bryn Mawr College in 2004, attended Spelman College in Atlanta, GA for one year in 2006, and then transferred to New York University, pre-med (also to study political science).When Fatima became a finalist on America's Next Top Model, she gained much sympathy with her early admission of having been circumcised when she was seven years old. Immediately recognized as stunningly beautiful, she went far in the competition -- she was even able to progress when she lost her passport in Atlanta, Georgia (which she needed in order to go overseas), although she missed that week's photo-shoot to settle things with customs/immigration. Fatima ended up placing third in the competition, behind Anya Rozova (runner-up) and Whitney Thompson (winner).After Cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model was over, Fatima transferred back to Bryn Mawr College. Show less «

[on Whitney Thompson's win on Top Model USA (2003)] Whitney took great pictures and she definitely knows how to conduct herself--she's very ...Show more »

[on Whitney Thompson's win on Top Model USA (2003)] Whitney took great pictures and she definitely knows how to conduct herself--she's very outspoken and she speaks really well . . . I feel like she doesn't look like a plus-size model, and therefore it's sending the wrong message because there are women who are actually full-figured and they see her and say, "Wow, if she's a plus-size model than what am I?" . . . But honestly I think it's about time if that's what it takes to change the face of fashion, than that's a tiny step. Hopefully, we will have another woman who represents a larger portion of American plus-size models. Show less «

[on Whitney Thompson's win on Top Model USA (2003)] When [Claire Unabia] and [Lauren Utter] and [Katarzyna Dolinska] got kicked off, I was j...Show more »

[on Whitney Thompson's win on Top Model USA (2003)] When [Claire Unabia] and [Lauren Utter] and [Katarzyna Dolinska] got kicked off, I was just like this whole thing is a joke . . . They look like models. If this [is] supposed to be a modeling competition, one of them should have won or [Anya Kop] should have won. But it goes to show you that it might be about politics. Show less «

I don't want to be known as "Baby Iman". I want to make a name for myself.