Meet Faryal Makhdoom, Amir Khan’s beauty influencer wife: the YouTuber put her aspiring law career on hold to marry the boxing legend and I’m a Celebrity realty star, but are they still together?
- Khan and Makhdoom tied the knot at the Waldorf Astoria in 2013 when she was just 21; Makhdoom now runs her own beauty line, Faryal Beauty
- The couple starred in a three-part BBC show, Meet The Khans: Big in Bolton, but their relationship has been marred by cheating rumours, including one involving boxer Anthony Joshua
But there is more to Makhdoom that meets the eye. Away from her flashy homes and glitzy red-carpet events is a woman who had dreams about a career in law and started her own make-up business from scratch. Here is what you need to know about Makhdoom, the lady who captured Khan’s heart.
Faryal Makhdoom originally wanted to become a lawyer
Born in Brooklyn, New York to Pakistani parents, Makhdoom, 32, graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in political science and journalism. She said she always wanted to go into law, according to Hello magazine, but as she prepared to decide on her future, fate interrupted her career plans and she met Amir Khan, 37.
How did Faryal Makhdoom meet Amir Khan?
Per Hello magazine, Makhdoom and Khan were introduced through a mutual friend. Makhdoom told the publication that they were at a bustling restaurant overlooking the New York skyline when they were introduced in 2011. She described the moment as “like being in a movie”.
Makhdoom added that not many successful Pakistani athletes are well-known in the US and she was impressed that she had seen his poster around. Khan, for his part, told the publication that he knew he wanted to marry her: “You can always tell – you get that feeling when you gel with someone. She’s the perfect girl.”
Khan proposed in 2012 and, just 16 months later, they got married in a lavish wedding at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Hello reported that although it was Makhdoom’s dream day, she told the publication it was also “sad” as she was saying “goodbye to my family and begin[ning] my new life as Amir’s wife in the UK”.