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| Birth Name(s) : Naomi Campbell |
Date of Birth: May 22, 1970 |
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Full Naomi Campbell Biography
| Naomi Campbell almost seems prehistoric in the fashion industry since she has been on everyone's radar for what feels like forever. She continues to be as beautiful today as she was when she first started modeling. Although she has faced personal ups and downs, she still remains one of the world's top models. |
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Additional Naomi Campbell Biography
Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother, Valerie, was a ballet dancer of Jamaican heritage, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a multi-racial man of part-Chinese descent. Her grandmother was a native Chinese woman whose family immigrated to Jamaica.
A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song "Is This Love?". In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya".
On graduating from Italia Conti, her looks ("My features are completely ethnic, and I'm proud of them" she said in the September 2003 issue of Essence) led her to become a fulltime model, creating a high-profile career and creating two spin-off companies, NC Connect and the Design House of Naomi Campbell.
Aged 15 and while still a student of the Italia Conti Stage School, Campbell was spotted by Beth Boldt, former head of Synchro models agency, window-shopping in Covent Garden. In April 1986, she appeared on the cover of Elle, replacing a black model who canceled out of the appearance. By August 1988, she had appeared on the cover of the French Vogue as that publication's first black cover girl, and she had completed campaigns for Ralph Lauren and François Nars.
She has also posed nude for Playboy magazine and appeared in Madonna's 1992 book, Sex, in a set of photos with Madonna and rapper Big Daddy Kane.
It had been widely known that Campbell and fellow supermodel Tyra Banks were in a bitter feud, and there were many accounts of backstage tantrums at fashion shows and catty remarks throughout the years. However, in 2005 Campbell appeared on Banks's talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, and the two reconciled. The interview was filmed with no studio audience present at the request of Banks, reportedly due to the hosts traumatization and nervousness over the confrontation.
Campbell starred at age seven in the music video for Bob Marley and the Wailers song "Is This Love". Campbell later appeared in music videos for artists such as Michael Jackson, Culture Club, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Jay-Z, P.Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G, Macy Gray, Prince, and Usher, as well as Madonna's 1992 music video for "Erotica", which featured filmed footage from photoshoots for the book Sex. She famously appeared in George Michael's music video, "Freedom '90", where she lip-synched to his song along with other models, including Turlington and Evangelista. She was also seen in Frankie J's music video, "That Girl".
Campbell has also tried her hand at singing. In 1995, Campbell released a single "Love and Tears" from debut and only solo Baby Woman which sold over 1 million copies worldwide (but mostly in Japan). The album was panned by critics as a flop , and failed to chart higher than 75 in the UK Her collaboration with Toshinobu Kubota, "La La La Love Song" the theme song to Long Vacation, became a No. 1 hit in Japan, with the single selling approx. 1,856,000 copies. That same year she sang on Quincy Jones' album Q's Juke Joint. She was featured on Vanilla Ice's single "Cool as Ice".
In 1999 Campbell developed the Design House of Naomi Campbell that created beauty products. So far Campbell has created seven fragrances for women mostly based in Europe. In 2000 Campbell introduced her first perfume "Naomi Campbell" and "Naomagic" a combination of Campbell's name and the word magic. In 2001 Campbell introduced her third perfume "Cat Deluxe" and in 2003 came "Mystery." A year later a fourth fragrance was made "Sunset" and in 2005 another tropical themed titled fragrance was made "Paradise Passion." Campbell's latest fragrance is a new version of her Cat Deluxe perfume called "Cat Deluxe At Night".
In February 2001 pictures were published in the Daily Mirror newspaper showing Campbell leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in London. In March 2002 Campbell sued the paper citing a breach of confidentiality, since she was receiving treatment for drug addiction at the time. The Mirror claimed that the pictures were in the public interest as Campbell had denied having a drug problem publicly and had, up to that point, not been known or demonstrated to be a drug addict. The High Court ruled in Campbell's favour and the Mirror was ordered to pay £3,500 in damages (although legal costs were thought to be around £500,000.) In October 2002, the Mirror won an Appeal Court ruling that the photographs were indeed in the public interest. Campbell was ordered to pay the costs of the Mirror's legal fees, a cost of around £350,000. However, in May 2004 the Law Lords overturned the Appeal Court ruling by a 3 to 2 majority, which reinstated the High Court's original decision, and Campbell was rewarded £3,500 and the £350,000 legal costs. The Mirror's legal cost is thought to be over £1,000,000. The case is also thought to be a landmark in the rights of celebrities to privacy. |
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