Zulekha Haywood is a business analyst and magazine editor who is also the daughter of the NBA Champion with the LA Lakers, Spencer Haywood, and his ex-wife and the former supermodel, Iman Abdulmajid. Zulekha Haywood has made an effort to lead a quiet life away from the spotlight despite the fact that she was born to famous parents. She was only nine years old when her parents separated. Know all about Zulekha and how she struggled with her body weight.
Who Is Zulekha Haywood?
Zulekha Haywood was born on July 5, 1978, in the United States of America. Zulekha has half-siblings from her parents’ other relationships. On her father’s side, she has three sisters whose names are Nikiah, Isis and Shaakira. Her mom has another daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, with her late husband David Bowie. She studied at Mercy High School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from Michigan State University.
While growing up, Zulekha struggled with obesity. She said: “It wasn’t easy being a heavy, ungraceful teenager when looks and athleticism came so naturally to my parents. As a child, I knew that my mother was lovely and people liked to photograph her, but when I was old enough to understand that she was a legendary beauty, I was left questioning my own self-worth because I didn’t look like her.”
“I wasn’t physically lean and powerful like my father, so I didn’t fit in that world either. I was an outlier, and I was determined to find a third option. To be happy with my looks, to accept my body at 300-plus pounds and to love myself, with all of that weight, felt revolutionary. Subversive, even.”
Zulekha Haywood’s Career
Zulekha Haywood had her life planned, despite the fact that she could rely on her parents’ celebrity and fortune. She is a successful businesswoman who is pursuing a career that is on par with that of her parents. She began her career in entrepreneurship as an accountant for her mother’s company, Iman Cosmetics.
Zulekha, who had been employed by her mother’s business for about three years, was promoted to accountant manager in 2002 as a result of her hard work and dedication to the organisation. She saw herself as a “valuable asset” to the business. She received a promotion to manager of revenue and demand planning in the same year. She would then spend around a year working as a senior business analyst and brand manager at Jay Manuel Beauty.
Zulekha has worked for Taymark Inc. during her career. She spent a few years working as the company’s buyer and strategic sourcing analyst. She also received an employment offer from Portu Sunberg, where she was employed as an inventory analyst. Zulekha can also be considered an accountant and an accomplished strategist given her extensive expertise in the field.
Zulekha’s Personal Life
Zulekha, who is an NBA Champion’s daughter, has never publicly acknowledged her parents’ popularity, despite occasionally discussing it. Having said that, not a lot of information regarding her private life has been revealed. According to Facebook, Zulekha is married to Jason Young, her longtime partner and a restaurant proprietor. Young and Zulekha reportedly married in November 2016. They are also parents to a daughter, Lavinia Rose Young who they welcomed in July 2017.
Zulekha Haywood’s Struggle With Obesity
Zulekha Haywood has been on a diet since she was eight years old because she was an overweight child. Zulekha attributes her former practice of plundering the refrigerator and cabinets after midnight for her being overweight. She was virtually never safe from eating too much. When comparing her own appearance to that of her attractive and athletic parents, Zulekha admits she felt uneasy.
Haywood underwent gastric band surgery at the age of 28, and it was a life-changing moment for her. After the surgery, she said: “It’s hard to explain how it feels to lose so much weight so fast. I tell my friends that it’s like becoming famous overnight—suddenly all eyes are on you. But there’s more to it than that. The difference between Stacked Zu and Slender Zu is like being a fluffy Angora cat and then suddenly being shaved.
Being naked feels really naked now. I’m slender, but there are lots of folds and limpness where the voluptuousness used to be. No amount of clever lighting and push-up bras can disguise the fact that my breasts fall to my abdomen when I take off my bra, and men want to know why. The old me was unabashedly voluptuous and sexy, no explanations necessary.”
Zulekha Haywood’s Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Zulekha Haywood is $4 million. According to reports, she receives a yearly income between $48,759 and $93,410.
