Chanel Ayan is 43 years old. She first Black model to feature on the cover of a Dubai magazine and has also featured in various worldwide Vogue editions as per womenshealthmag.com.
Chanel has been in Dubai for almost 17 years and now runs AYAN Beauty by Toni Malt Cosmetics, a talent agency, and makeup line. She appears to have collaborated with every Middle Eastern brand and designer.
The Kenyan supermodel is of Ethiopian and Somali origin and was born and reared in Kenya. At the age of 18, she traveled to Brazil to seek a modeling career.
She was rumored to be the muse of a high-end designer. Ayan claimed in a 2019 interview that she has worn celebrity outfits before they were shipped to them.