Fatima Siad (Faadumo Siyaad)

Who is she?

Fatima Siad is a Somali fashion model raised in Boston (Wikipedia, Fatima Siad). She was the last contestant eliminated on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 (same source).

Early life

She was born in Mogadishu on 17 December 1986 (Wikipedia). She has said she underwent female genital cutting at seven, and that two of her sisters were killed during the civil war (same source). At 13 she and her mother fled to the United States (same source). She took part in the Boston University Upward Bound programme and went to Bryn Mawr College as a Posse Scholar (same source). See Somalis in the United States.

America's Next Top Model

She was the second contestant chosen for Cycle 10 (Wikipedia). She received three first call-outs and won one challenge, and was eliminated in Rome, in fourth place (same source). She later appeared in the spin-off Modelville (same source).

Modelling

She has been signed with New York Model Management and Munich Models, and earlier with IMG Models (Wikipedia). She has appeared in editorials for American and Spanish Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan (same source). She has walked for Giorgio Armani, Hermès, Ralph Lauren and Dries Van Noten, among others (same source). Her advertising work includes Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Tiffany & Co. and L'Oréal, and since 2019 Chantecaille (same source). See Iman.

In short

A Mogadishu-born model raised in Boston who rose to fame on America's Next Top Model and walked for leading fashion houses.