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Naomi Campbell Biography

Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a British model, actress, and singer. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself amongst the top three most recognizable 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.

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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

Beautiful, Born, Think, Thinking

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

England, Food, Like, Love, Lovely, Pasta

No one should ever be ashamed of going to meetings. It's healthy, it's therapeutic and it's the right way to live.

Baby, Boys, Healthy, Live, Meetings, Therapeutic

The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.

Ankles, Skirts, Thick, Tights, Underneath, Worst

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no', then I find another way to get my 'yes. '

Bossy, Ifs, Lose, Loses, Way

In charity, every little bit works. You can't change the world. You can't do everything. But you sure try to bring awareness and do as much as you can.

Awareness, Charity, Everything, Trying, World

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.

Cape, Capes, Laurent, Real, Saint, Take

It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable.

Challenge, Challenges, Change, Looks, People, See

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

Lots Of Money, Make, Money, Talk, Want

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.

Accept, Accepting, Blame, Enough, Instinctive, Open

I'm determined, and I'm passionate and driven about whatever I commit myself to do. If I don't know something, I'm going to ask, and I've got no problems in asking questions. I never have. People ask me, "Are you nervous when you go on the runway? You don't look it. " Yes, I am.

Asking, Asking Questions, Look, Looks, People, Questions

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.

People, Shy, Television, Say, Disrespectful

Well, when I started modeling in the mid-'80s, the girls who did shows did shows, and the girls who did magazines did magazines. That's what was understood.

Girl, Magazines, Modeling, Shows

I do feel that I'm talking to someone who's in a totally different place from where I was when I started modeling. I was fortunate enough to have the wonderful designers and amazing photographers around me, and editors that I knew, and if I wanted to ask a question, I asked them. So that gap has broadened a bit.

Different, Editors, Gap, Talking

Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there.

Girl, Model, One Day, School, Took, Used

I dream of a world liberated of all diseases. Ignorance also upsets me a lot. How can one calmly look at the pictures from Rwanda and not instantly want to take action and try to ease the suffering?

Dream, Ease, Ignorance, Liberated, Suffering, Upset

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first Vogue cover. It was French Vogue - I think in ’87 or ’88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, "Oh, no. We’ve never had that before. "

Black, Firsts, Like, Patrick, Think, Thinking

My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.

Cancer, Fighter, Know, Mum

I've never made an excuse of not knowing my father, because I've had great people in my life.

Excuse, Father, Knowing, People

Check your lipstick before you come and talk to me.

Check, Checks, Lipstick, Talk, Talk To Me

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