Childhood and youth
Naomi Campbell was born in May 1970 in Streatham, London. The supermodel doesn't know who her father is. The parents divorced when the baby was not even six months old. At the insistence of her mother, Afro-Jamaican ballerina Valerie Morris, Naomi never met her father. Valerie remarried when her daughter was a teenager.
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Naomi Campbell in her youth
The daughter passed on her flexibility and plasticity to her mother. At the age of 7, the young dancer appeared in one of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love?” videos. And at 10, Campbell began attending ballet school, deciding to follow in her mother’s footsteps.
After her mother’s second marriage, the girl tried to come home later: constant conflicts with her stepfather took their toll. While walking around Covent Garden, the future Black Panther of the catwalk was spotted by a Parisian modeling agency scout, Beth Boldt. A year later, in 1985, Campbell went to film in the capital of France.
Biography of Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell was born on May 22, 1970 in south London. Due to the wishes of her mother, Valerie Morris, the future model never saw her father, who abandoned her mother when she was 4 months pregnant.
Naomi took the surname "Campbell" from her mother's second marriage. Her early childhood years were spent in Rome, as Valerie then worked there as a proud ballerina.
Returning home, Naomi lived with relatives for some time, as her mother traveled around Europe with the Fantastica theater troupe. At the age of 7, she starred in one of Bob Marley's videos, and 3 years later she began attending ballet school.
Later, Naomi Campbell had a half-brother, Pierre. As a teenager, she began to quarrel more and more often with her stepfather, as a result of which she tried to be at home as little as possible.
During one of her street walks, Campbell attracted the attention of Beth Boldt, who worked in a Parisian modeling agency. This led to the fact that about a year later, 15-year-old Campbell went to Paris to film. It was then that her professional biography as a model began.
Modeling career
In 1986, Naomi Campbell appeared on the cover of Elle. But not only natural beauty, grace and suitable figure parameters (Naomi’s height is 175 cm, weight – 51 kg) were the reasons for the girl’s appearance on the cover of the cult publication. She had to replace a colleague who was absent for the photo shoot. From that moment on, Naomi’s modeling biography began.
Her exotic beauty was noticed, and the 16-year-old girl received many tempting offers. The face of a dark-skinned British woman now appeared on the covers of French Vogue magazine and English Time.
Soon Naomi Campbell became the heroine of the shows of the most famous fashion houses. In her youth, the exotic beauty was invited to demonstrate clothes from Versace, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana. Because of her cat-like gait, she was called the Black Panther.
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Naomi Campbell and Michael Jackson on the set of the In the Closet video
In collaboration with Cosmopolitan Cosmetics, Naomi took part in the creation of signature fragrances, which resulted in a line of perfumes and eau de toilette. The perfumes Cat Deluxe, Paradise Passion, Naomi Campbell, Naomi Campbell Mystery and Exult enjoyed great success.
The top model signed a contract with Valentino in 2021, under which she became the official face of the brand. Naomi walked the catwalk at the Fashion for Relief fashion show, which took place at the British Museum.
It is not something special for a beauty to appear in public in a swimsuit or without it at all. In 2021, Valentino published black and white photographs on social networks dedicated to the model’s 50th anniversary, where she poses nude in the New York subway.
Naomi Campbell: modeling career
Naomi owes her exotic appearance to her African-Chinese-Jamaican origin. The future model was born in London, and, interestingly, she hardly knows her father. He left ballerina Valerie Morris when she was 18 years old, and their daughter, baby Naomi, was only 2 months old.
Little Naomi with her mother
From childhood, Naomi showed strength of character and remarkable artistic abilities. Add to this an exotic appearance, and you get a truly explosive mixture, thanks to which Naomi has achieved such heights.
Naomi Campbell with Michael Jackson in the video In The Closet, 1992
In her youth, Naomi Campbell was accidentally spotted while walking in the park by a photographer from the Elite modeling agency. And he invited me to the casting. Does it look like a fairy tale? But that’s how it was: Naomi successfully passed the selection and began working as a model.
Naomi Campbell - model since 15 years old
At the age of 16, Naomi was already on the cover of Elle. This photo of her was taken almost by accident: Naomi replaced a black model who couldn’t come to the shoot at the last minute. But after Elle, the girl was invited to appear for Vogue and Time, and she became the first African-American woman to grace the covers of European magazines.
Naomi Campbell on the cover of the February issue of Vogue (2016)
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Music
In 1995, the British model made her debut as a singer. One of her singles entitled La, La, La Love Song reached number 1 on the Japanese charts. The same year, Naomi Campbell's album Babywoman was released.
The supermodel has appeared in music videos of such famous artists as Michael Jackson, Jay Z, Madonna and George Michael.
Along with other stars, Campbell starred in the video for Beyoncé's visual album Black Is King. According to the singer, it is about people who find themselves in the most powerless situation, but who have outstanding talents.
Biography
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In 1986 she appeared on the cover of Elle
. In the late 1980s she appeared on television on the Bill Cosby Show. Later she starred in several television series, mainly as herself.
In 1991, People
declared her one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world.
In 1992, she starred in Michael Jackson's "In the Closet" video.
She made her debut as a singer in 1995 with her first album, Babywoman.
, released by
Epic Records
. In Japan, her single "La, La, La Love Song" with Japanese singer Toshi reached number one on the charts (directed by Herb Ritz).
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Her book “Swan” (
Swan
) was published, proceeds from the sales of which go to the Somali Red Cross Foundation.
In 2006, at the Woman of the Year ceremony hosted by Glamor
, received a special
Outstanding Contribution Award
(“for her contribution to the glamorization of society”).
Regularly appears on the covers of erotic magazines and participates in shows of various fashion houses: Roberto Cavalli
,
Valentino
,
Dolce & Gabbana
,
Gianni Versace
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Together with Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Christy Turlington, she opened the Fashion Cafe
.
Founded in New York in 1995 by Italian entrepreneur Tamasso Buti, husband of top model Daniela Pestova, the Fashion Cafe
went bankrupt and was closed in 1998[1].
In 2012, Naomi, together with Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurkova, created a new show “The Face”.
Films and television
In the late 80s, Campbell made her film debut. The model's first roles were episodic. Notable was his appearance in the TV series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” in which Will Smith played the main role.
In parallel with her modeling career, Naomi managed to act as a TV presenter of a reality show in which inexperienced students were turned into real fashion designers. The project was released in 2003 and received good ratings.
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Naomi Campbell and Mike Tyson
Together with Lady Gaga, Campbell became a guest star in the sequel to American Horror Story: Hotel, where she played the editor of the Vogue fashion magazine. The film was based on the true story of a mysterious hotel located in the center of Los Angeles.
The star also appeared in the footage of a documentary biographical film about the talented photographer Peter Lindbergh.
Scandals
The dark-skinned model, nicknamed the Black Panther, often demonstrated the character traits of this predator, provoking scandals.
There is a known case of feud between the British model and her younger US colleague Tyra Banks. According to the American, the conflict between her and her idol occurred at the dawn of the girl’s career. Banks was surprised by the attitude of Naomi, who did everything possible to get Tyra to leave the modeling business.
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Naomi Campbell in a swimsuit
In 2007, the model's frantic temper led her to anger management courses and 5 days of community service. This is how the court punished Naomi for beating the maid. But apparently the punishment and courses didn’t really help, because the next year she spat at a law enforcement officer at the airport.
The model was accused of getting into a fight with her young colleague Cara Delevingne at a party in Paris in 2015. However, representatives of both sides denied the spread information about the clash.
Personal life
Campbell's personal life is extremely busy. Her name is associated with many famous men. In the late 1980s, the model dated Mike Tyson. There were rumors about her short affair with Sylvester Stallone.
Naomi had a longer affair with Spanish dancer Joaquin Cortez. When Cortez left the girl, she was depressed for a long time. A relationship with a new guy, musician Adam Clayton, helped the British model return to her former life.
Among Naomi's former lovers, the names of Eric Clapton and Prince Albert are mentioned. After an affair with him, the model was convicted of drug addiction, from which she got rid of it for six months in a specialized clinic.
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Naomi Campbell and Vladislav Doronin
Naomi once admitted to reporters that she prefers older men who are independent and show fatherly qualities. This probably explains her marriages to Robert De Niro and Flavio Briatore, who gave his beloved a yacht.
A separate page in Naomi’s personal life was her affair with the Russian oligarch Vladislav Doronin. For Campbell’s sake, he even left his wife, and the supermodel, because of her Russian boyfriend, was ready to stay in Moscow and convert to Orthodoxy in order to marry him in church.
In 2011, all the tabloids started talking about their engagement and that Naomi would soon have a Russian husband. But the wedding never happened. In 2012, it became known that Vladislav and Naomi broke up, and in 2013, representatives of the model officially announced the breakup.
Later it became known that Doronin was preparing an expensive wedding gift for Naomi - a house in Barvikha, built in the shape of a yacht by British architect Zaha Hadid.
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Naomi Campbell gave birth to a daughter,
Supermodel, and today pays special attention to her career. The official website features a gallery of her exquisite photos. Naomi also has her own page on Instagram, where she covers the latest news from her creative life.
In the spring of 2021, the star showed the public her own villa, located in Kenya, in the city of Malindi. Having visited there for the first time in 1994, the model fell in love with the local flavor and eventually acquired real estate there.
Until 2021, the beauty had a prosperous and stable life, but one thing was missing from her - children. In mid-May, Naomi announced on her Instagram account that she had become a mother. Campbell gave birth to her first child at age 50. The identity of the father and the details of motherhood remained a mystery to fans.
Personal life of Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell first got into a serious relationship when she was 17 years old. The young girl was invited to a fashion party, where she met Mike Tyson. The romance of the lovers, who were immediately nicknamed “beauty and the beast,” lasted about a year and a half. According to rumors, the reason for the separation of the dark-skinned model and the legendary boxer was Robert de Niro, who is 27 years older than Campbell, but this relationship was short-lived. Then the exotic beauty dated U2 bass player Adam Clayton, and even managed to get engaged to him.
Pictured are Naomi Campbell and Mike Tyson
But the most dizzying and passionate was the affair with the Spanish dancer Joaquin Cortes, who turned a stubborn and wayward girl into a soft and flexible lover. This beautiful love story ended one day when Naomi found her lover in an embrace with a man. Having received such a blow, the catwalk star wanted to commit suicide, but everything worked out, and Campbell had to undergo treatment in a clinic. Having recovered from her unhappy love, the supermodel began dating Formula 1 manager Flavio Briatore, known for his affairs with young models. But this relationship was also doomed, since Briatore was in no way suitable for the role of Naomi’s life partner, who had a rather violent disposition and did not want to adapt to a partner much older than her.
In 2008, she met Russian oligarch Vladislav Doronin, who happened to be celebrating the model’s birthday in Cannes, where a film festival was taking place at that time. The man was so fascinated by the dark-skinned beauty that he decided to woo her. From that time on, their romance began to develop, which was most likely not love at first sight, but a mutually beneficial relationship: Vladislav received new connections and acquaintances, and Naomi received hope for creating a full-fledged family. The couple in love, spending a lot of free time, seemed happy and peaceful, and on one of these days the businessman proposed to the model. But everything was complicated by the fact that Vladislav did not officially divorce his wife, so the wedding was constantly postponed. In one interview, the star said that it was her Russian lover who taught her a new love, in which she not only took, but also gave in return.
Pictured are Vladislav Doronin and Campbell
In 2009, Doronin brought his dark-skinned bride to Moscow, and for the sake of Vladislav, she wanted to learn Russian and convert to Orthodoxy. In Russia, Campbell became involved in charity work, in particular, she devoted a lot of time to children with cancer. Also, Doronin’s beloved attended closing fashion shows and even participated in the recording of some shows, one of which was Andrei Malakhov’s program “Let Them Talk.” The catwalk star told Russian viewers about her multifaceted charitable activities, as well as her difficult work in the modeling business. In the fall of 2010, Naomi received a luxurious gift from her lover - a new apartment in Moscow, which was intended for the model’s mother, ballerina Valerie Morris. As it turned out, Valerie suffers from an incurable disease - cancer, so the famous daughter decided to move her mother closer to her. But already in 2012, reports appeared in the Western press that there was discord in the lovers’ relationship. But despite these speculations, the groom Campbell was building a huge house on Rublyovka, similar to a spaceship, which was supposed to be a wedding gift to the bride.
At the beginning of 2013, the couple practically stopped seeing each other: Naomi was busy with her project The Face, so Vladislav increasingly appeared alone at various parties in New York. In the spring of that year it became known that they had separated. For some time, the supermodel was depressed, and she was also angry with her former lover, who began dating 26-year-old model Luo Ziling, who became Miss China in 2011. According to Western journalists, it was Campbell who ensured that Doronin’s new girlfriend was fired from the show The Face. After breaking up with her former lover, the catwalk star did not accept the advances of men for a long time, but already in April of this year she began to be noticed with 37-year-old Irish actor Michael Fassbender. According to eyewitnesses, the couple had a romantic dinner in one of the restaurants in London, where they showed tender feelings to each other without being embarrassed by those around them. But it seems that these meetings did not end in a serious relationship, and at the moment the supermodel is alone. In one interview, the celebrity admitted that she is now at the age when she really wants to become a mother. According to Campbell, she intends to give birth and raise a child alone, since she no longer hopes to meet a worthy candidate for a husband.
Appearance and style
A beautiful face and slender body are advantages in themselves, but what makes them shine is the model’s excellent taste and style developed over the years. Over the years of work in the fashion industry, the latter’s special elements have become capes, feathers and fringes, dresses shimmering with a metallic sheen, and clothes that hug the figure like a second skin.
Did you know that Naomi Campbell's long, chic dark brown hair is a wig?!
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Naomi Campbell without a wig
Naomi Campbell does not hide the fact that she wears wigs both on the catwalk and in everyday life. This is a necessary measure: her hair is weak and brittle and is constantly falling out. The supermodel tries not to allow paparazzi to photograph her without a wig or makeup.
It is known from foreign media that the celebrity resorted to nose surgery and liposuction. Attentive observers are confident that over time, Naomi’s facial features have become more graceful. Campbell herself has not commented on rumors about plastic surgery.
