Welcome to normanzada.com, a website dedicated to my life, my father and mother, and my friends. As most of you know, I use the last names “Zada” and “Zadeh” interchangeably. I was born “Norman Zadeh” but legally changed my last name in 2004 because I was being frisked every time I tried to board an airplane. I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with many wonderful people. You will meet some of them here.
Me with my mother and father, taken around 2003, at a restaurant in San Francisco.
Norm with Joan Rivers in 2009. I tried to kiss her but that wasn’t happening.
Michael Buffer addressing the media during a press conference at the Perfect 10 Mansion circa 2003. Perfect 10 model boxers, including Monika Zsibrita, Wendy Augustine, Raluca Galagher, Vanessa Norris, Jennifer Snow, Daniela Gil, Naureen Zaim, and Veronique Gingras, are in the background. Michael’s brother, Bruce Buffer, is the announcer for the UFC.
Norm with Stanford professor Donald Iglehard and his lovely wife, Sheralee, at a memorial for Professor Arthur F. Veinott, Jr.
What typically happened to models who shot for Perfect 10 magazine. Cake courtesy of the amazingly talented Melanie Poblete.