'The Queen of my heart!' Supermodel Iman shares rare photo of her and David Bowie's daughter Lexi to mark teen's 17th birthday

Supermodel Iman praised her daughter Lexi Jones online Thursday.

The 62-year-old beauty posted a rare photo of the teen, who she raised with late husband David Bowie, to celebrate the teen's 17th birthday.

The Somalia born stunner captioned the picture, 'The Queen of my heart Lexi Jones at 17 years old!'

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Motherly love! Iman shared a rare photo of her daughter Lexi Jones, who she raised with late husband David Bowie, to celebrate the teen's 17th birthday

Motherly love! Iman shared a rare photo of her daughter Lexi Jones, who she raised with late husband David Bowie, to celebrate the teen's 17th birthday

Iman, 62, added the hashtags '#selfportrait' and '#LexiLove' for good effect.

The photo shows the ruby-haired beauty, full name Alexandria Zahra Jones, showing off a shiny septum piercing while pouting with model perfect poise.

The teen let her natural beauty shine, opting to go make-up free and showing off her natural freckles in the celebratory photo.

Their pride and joy! Alexandra (nickname Lexi) is Bowie and Iman's only biological child. Above the pair - who were married for 23 years - are pictured in 1990

Their pride and joy! Alexandra (nickname Lexi) is Bowie and Iman's only biological child. Above the pair - who were married for 23 years - are pictured in 1990

Longtime loves: Iman and David were together from 1992 until the Starman singer sadly passed away from liver cancer in January 2016. The duo are seen above at the Met Gala in 2008

Longtime loves: Iman and David were together from 1992 until the Starman singer sadly passed away from liver cancer in January 2016. The duo are seen above at the Met Gala in 2008

Iman rarely shares photos of Lexi, who is her only biological child with Bowie.

The statuesque model is also a step-mother to the singer's son Duncan Jones from his union with Angie Bowie, nee Barnett.

She also has a daughter named Zulekha Haywood, 39, from an earlier marriage.

Iman and David were together from 1990 until the Starman singer sadly passed away from liver cancer in January 2016.

Missing him: Iman paid a touching tribute to her late husband David on what would have been the couple's 25th wedding anniversary on June 6

Missing him: Iman paid a touching tribute to her late husband David on what would have been the couple's 25th wedding anniversary on June 6

Back in June, the runway beauty paid tribute to her late husband in a touching Instagram posted on what would have been their 25th wedding anniversary. 

Alongside a black and white picture of the pair, a moving message read: 'I would walk forever, just to be in your arms again.'

The image was captioned with the simple words: 'June 6th #BowieForever.'

Bowie is remembered as one of music's most beloved artists, selling an estimated 140 million albums worldwide and winning six Grammys over the course of his career.

True rockstar: Bowie (above in 1972) is remembered as one of music's most beloved artists, selling an estimated 140 million albums worldwide

True rockstar: Bowie (above in 1972) is remembered as one of music's most beloved artists, selling an estimated 140 million albums worldwide

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