UChanel Iman uyimodeli yakamuva ephenduke umlingisi wefilimu ezayo, 'Dope'. Umagazini wasehlobo wango-2015 we-C Magazine ubeka obala ebuhleni baseMelika ngendaba ekhava yayo equkethe inqwaba yezingubo zokubhukuda, ilanga namanzi. U-Chanel ubukisa ngezinto zakhe ngesithombe esishuthwe u-Giles Bensimon ngesitayela sika-Deborah Afshani.
Engxoxweni yakhe, uvule indima yakhe efilimini waqhathanisa ukumodela nokulingisa. “Ukulingisa kufana nje nokuba yimodeli yemfashini,” usho kanje. "Uma ungazami kakhulu noma ucabange ngokweqile, izithombe ziyaphila."