Elite founder John Casablancas described her as “manipulative, scheming, rude and impossible.” She was known for her whimsical temper and jet set love affairs including the ones with the boxer Mike Tyson, the dancer Cortes, the entrepreneur Flavio Briatore and Usher. Along with this, she was banned from British Airways after a mid-air incident.Įlite Model Management, which had represented Campbell since 1987, fired her in September 1993, on the grounds that “no amount of money or prestige could further justify the abuse” to staff and clients. She pled guilty at least four times and attended anger management classes, completed community service and paid fines. By 2006, several other employees had come forward with claims of abuse. She was convicted in Toronto in 1998 of assaulting her assistant with a mobile phone. Her Struggles Vogue America, 100th anniversary, 1990.įrom 1998 to 2009 there were several cases after being accused 11 different times of acting out against employees, associates and other individuals. And a year later, in 1993, s he famously fell on the catwalk in Vivienne Westwood ‘s foot-high platform shoes, which were later displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In April 1992, she appeared on the hundredth-anniversary cover of American Vogue, shot by Patrick Demarchelier, with several other top models. Also, she has modeled for famous photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber. She walked the catwalk for designers: Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaïa, Ralph Lauren, Bluemarine, Alessandro Dell’Acqua and Isaac Mizrahi. Through the 80s and 90s she gained the status of top model and she was considered one of the six models of her generation declared supermodels by the fashion industry. Supermodel Supermodels shot by Herb Ritts.

A year later, she appeared on the cover of the September issue of American Vogue, which was said to be the most sold of ever. Then, in August 1988, at the age of 18, she was the first black woman to appear on the cover of Vogue France. In December 1987, she appeared on the cover of British Vogue, as that publication’s first black cover girl. She traveled to Paris regularly and meet Azzedine Alaïa, who she became close with and who meet many celebrities through. Īfter being discovered she was signed on by the agency and her career quickly took off. Then, she was discovered at the age of 15 while walking in Covent Garden, by Beth Boldt of the model agency Synchro. She studied at Dunraven School and the London Academy for Performing Arts, Italia Conti Academy stage school and appeared in music videos for Bob Marley. She has chestnut hair and brown eyes, but she wears colored contact lenses, blue and green.

Naomi Campbell was born in 1970 in Streatham, London. Three years after, she’s on Vogue British and Vogue France covers Naomi Campbell, English model who begins her career at 15.

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