Model-turned-fashion queen Kimora Lee Simmons found love with movie hunk Djimon Hounsou after promising herself she'd steer clear of romance following her marriage split.

The Baby Phat boss admits she wasn't looking for love when the African actor came into her life last February because she was still tender after the end of her marriage to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

She tells the upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, "After my break-up, I thought, 'I don't need anything.' But now I have someone who has the heart, the soul, and the hotness. When you're not looking, that's when it happens."

Simmons reveals she immediately fell for the star on their first date - a dinner with friends at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, California.

She recalls, "(He was) deeply compelling and utterly sweet. I immediately got into, 'Are you dating? (Are) you married? (Do) you want kids?' I asked all the things you would never ask someone if you really were trying to date (them) because you would scare them off."

But Hounsou insists he felt the same way about Simmons: "My first impression has always been the same, that she's a very beautiful lady, very capable and intelligent and smart with great family values."

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