Legendary English musician David Bowie was known for his unique persona and larger-than-life hair, makeup, and fashion looks, so it's perhaps no surprise that he was a fan of America's Next Top Model! The late "Starman" singer even called to congratulate one of the reality show's stars right after the premiere of Cycle 1.
"My phone rang and it was Iman that called," Jay Manuel revealed in the new Netflix docuseriesReality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. "I had been working with Iman and her husband, David Bowie, on his Heathen album, and she said, 'We watched!'" That's when Ziggy Stardust himself got on the line.
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"She hands the phone to David, and David said to me, 'You've found the place where you need to be,'" Manuel recalled. "I'll never forget it."
Manuel had a successful career as a makeup artist and creative director before finding his way onto the reality series, and it was the former that got him his most famous gig. He had been host and executive producer Tyra Banks' personal makeup artist, and when she needed a photo shoot director to round out the cast, his name was the first that came to her mind.
“Jay was such a visionary, one of the most talented creatives I’ve ever worked with,” Banks said in the documentary.
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“My phone rang. I picked up, and it was Tyra… She’s like, ‘Oh my God, I have this idea.’ It was the excitement in her voice that made me respond,” Manuel recalled. “I had done a lot in my career at that point, but I always felt like I was trying to prove myself. Tyra gave me that trust.”
The show launched just one year after Bowie's Heathen album dropped in 2002, and was an instant hit. Sadly, Bowie died on Jan. 10, 2016 following a cancer battle. "RIP @davidbowie My prayers go out to @the_real_iman & family," Manuel wrote on Instagram at the time. "This [photo] was from one of my favorite shoots w/ them both…such fond memories. Such a kind, generous soul! #legend."
Iman has continued to be a support in Manuel's life, even rocking a full face of his cosmetics brand Jay Manuel Beauty for the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards in 2017.
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model is streaming now on Netflix.
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