- Naima was the winner of the 2005 season of "America's Next Top Model" tv show.
- Naima is a Buddist and a vegetarian
- Her father is Francisco Mora, a jazz percussionist and her grandmother is Elizabeth Catlett, an acclaimed African-American sculptor, painter and printmaker whose works are in the permanent collections of museums across the country.
- Naima has a twin sister, the girls are the youngest of four sisters.
- She used to be a coffee shop waitress in Detroit.
- After high school, Naima moved to New York to study with the Dance Theatre of Harlem.