Chanel Iman is SI Swimsuit 2014's Rookie No. 12 of 12

Rebecca Shore | Feb 16, 2014

Chanel Iman :: Derek Kettela/SI

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Chanel Iman | 23 | Los Angeles

My mom is my biggest fan so she always shows me the billboards, she always knows the day something comes out. She’s my alert, but the first time I found out I was on a billboard was in NYC. A group of teenage girls came up to me on the subway and they told me they saw me on a big ad for PINK and they were going nuts. And I’m like, wait, me? Are you talking to me? It was a shock.

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