Current index status
#8 in the live index.
The rating reflects current verified work and prestige weighting. It is an editorial assessment, not a judgement of personal worth.
Index Rating · High confidence · evidence reviewed
89.5
- Runway · 40%
- 84
- Campaigns · 30%
- 92
- Editorial · 20%
- 95
- Cultural aura · 10%
- 93
01 / Why they matter
What Imaan is known for.
A frequent international cover star of the 2010s and 2020s.
02 / Career record
Early life
Imaan Hammam was born on 5 October 1996 in Amsterdam, to an Egyptian father and a Moroccan mother who had immigrated to the Netherlands at nineteen; Arabic was spoken at home. Her mother worked as a seamstress and Dutch-language instructor for new immigrants. Hammam’s parents divorced when she was eleven, and she describes herself as Afro-Arab and identifies as Muslim.
03 / Career record
Discovery and early career, 2010–2016
At thirteen, in 2010, Hammam was discovered at Amsterdam’s Central Station by a scout from CODE Management and signed her first contract at sixteen. Her runway debut came in 2013 with Jean Paul Gaultier Couture; that same season she relocated to Paris with VIVA Model Management and opened Givenchy’s show as an exclusive. She landed her first American Vogue cover in 2014, followed by Teen Vogue and Vogue Netherlands in 2015, and in April 2016 won Couturesque Magazine’s Model of the Year with more than half the public vote.
04 / Career record
Breakthrough, 2017–2018
In 2017, Hammam covered British, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Arabian Vogue, plus two American Vogue covers — one alongside Liu Wen, Gigi Hadid and Vittoria Ceretti, another with Pharrell Williams — and became the first Black-Arab model chosen as the face of Chanel beauty. Her Versace Fall/Winter 2018 runway walk drew wide notice, and she covered Vogue Arabia in March 2018 alongside Iman.
05 / Career record
Completing the Big Four and recent record
By 2021, Hammam had completed "the Big Four" Vogue covers — American, British, French and Italian editions — the same year she appeared on Forbes’ "30 Under 30 Europe: Art and Culture" cover. She partnered with Frame on a limited ready-to-wear collection in 2020 and fronted Jean Paul Gaultier’s Scandal fragrance campaign in 2022. She has been an Estée Lauder ambassador since 2023, and as of March 2026 has appeared on 27 Vogue covers across international editions, including four American covers.
Hammam has also built a public advocacy record: the first global ambassador for the nonprofit She’s the First from 2019, and recipient of the organisation’s "Powerhouse of the Year" award, presented by Anna Wintour, in November 2021.
06 / At a glance
Quick facts.
- —Discovered at Amsterdam Central Station at thirteen by a CODE Management scout, 2010
- —Opened Givenchy as a Paris exclusive on her 2013 runway debut season
- —First Black-Arab model chosen as the face of Chanel beauty, 2017
- —Completed "the Big Four" — American, British, French and Italian Vogue covers — by 2021
- —First global ambassador for the nonprofit She’s the First, 2019; received its "Powerhouse of the Year" award from Anna Wintour, 2021
- —27 Vogue covers across international editions as of March 2026, including four American covers
07 / Current index evidence
Why is Imaan Hammam ranked #8?
- American Vogue, Dazed MENA, Vogue Netherlands and Estée Lauder credits in 2026.
Confidence: High confidence · evidence reviewed. Scores may change when a source is corrected or new work enters the current window.
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