Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Elaine Campbell is an English model. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognisable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and the 1990s, and was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion industry...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth22 May 1970
CityStreatham, England
letting-go fall cards
I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a # controlfreak , it's hard.
people television want
I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.
emotion temper
Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
looks ability deals
What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.
jobs years people
I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.
mean feelings passionate
Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
blame enough accepting
I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
mind drink
I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
reality done way
The word reality scared me. I just looked at reality as everybody follows me around with a camera, and I'm not that kind of person. I fought for my privacy in England. And I didn't see another way it could be done.
flower dresses underwear
If I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?
real capes saint
When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
jobs taken years
I've been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I'm not going to work against my people. They've suffered enough.
work-out drink now-and-then
I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
cancer fighter mum
My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.