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Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell's photoPATRICK MCMULLAN

Nationality:
British
Birthday:
May 22, 1970
Born in:
London, England
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
IMG, Marilyn Agency
Known for:
My temper, my legs
Status:
Bad girl, cover girl, retired (mostly), sexy girl, supermodel
Dated:
Gerard Butler, Terrance Howard, Badr Jafar, Usher, Tommy Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Diddy, Damon Dash, Joseph Fiennes, Flavio Briatore, Joaquin Cortes, Adam Clayton, Eric Clapton, Robert De Niro, Mike Tyson
Friends with:
Beverly Peele, Carla Bruni, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Elle Macpherson, Helena Christensen, Iman, Kate Moss, Kristen McMenamy, Linda Evangelista, Lindsay Lohan, Marcus Schenkenberg, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Steven Klein, Tyson Beckford, Venus and Serena Williams
Feuding with:
Tyra Banks (made up in 2005), Victoria Beckham
Model turned…
Entrepreneur, singer (Baby Woman), actress, activist (Operation Smile, 2007)
Interests:
Boxing

Career

British Vogue, 2001

May 22, 1970
Born in London, England
1978
Cast in a music video for Bob Marley’s “Is This Love?” at 8 years old Video »
1982
Cast as tap dancer in Culture Club’s music video “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya” Video »
1985
Discovered by Beth Boldt of Elite Models while studying at the Italia Conti Stage School
Mar 1987
Romantically linked to boxer Mike Tyson
Oct 1987
Appears on cover of Essence
Dec 1987
First black model to appear on cover of British Vogue
1988
Signs cosmetics contract with Nars, and becomes a face of Ralph Lauren
Aug 1988
First black model to appear on cover of French Vogue
Nov 1988
Has a small recurring role in The Cosby Show as the unrequited love interest of the son, Theo
Jan 1990
Featured on cover of British Vogue with Linda, Tatjana, Christy, and Cindy
Feb 1990
Appears on cover of Cosmopolitan
Nov 1990
Has a small part in an episode of the television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Helen, who gets set up by Will Smith’s character to go on a blind date with his butler Video »
1991
Dates Robert De Niro
Oct 1991
Appears in the film Cool as Ice with Vanilla Ice, playing a singer
Jan 1992
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
Feb 1992
Appears on cover of Vogue
Oct 1992
Photographed for Madonna’s book Sex with Madonna and rapper Big Daddy Kane and appears in the controversial music video for the Material Girl’s “Erotica”
1993
Dates Eric Clapton
Feb 1993
Falls on the runway at Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania fashion show
Aug 1, 1993
Calls off her wedding to U2 bassist Adam Clayton
1994
Steven Meisel photographs Campbell for the Prada ad campaign
Jun 1994
Featured on cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Jan 1995
Appears as Kaia in the movie Miami Rhapsody, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, and Mia Farrow
Feb 1995
Debuts as recording artist with album Baby Woman
1996
Models for Victoria’s Secret
Apr 1996
Publishes her first novel, Swan, about a model’s life
May 1996
Featured on cover of Vogue
Nov 1996
Has a role as the florist who is the protagonist’s best friend in the movie Invasion of Privacy
Feb 1997
Walks the fall Chanel, Chloé, and Christian Dior shows in Paris
Feb 1997
Appears in an editorial for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, photographed by Sante D’Orazio
Aug 1997
Nelson Mandela deems her an “honorary granddaughter” after she spends time doing charity work with him to help children in Africa
Jan 1998
Featured on the cover of British Vogue
Dec 1998
Appears on the cover of Polish Playboy
1999
Returns as a face for Ralph Lauren
1999
Dates Formula One-team boss Flavio Briatore
1999
Appears in print ads for Hilton Hotels
Nov 1999
Develops Design House of Naomi Campbell, producing beauty products such as perfumes and shower gels
Dec 1999
Has a leading role as a woman trapped by her criminal lover in the movie Prisoner of Love
Dec 1999
Featured on the cover of Playboy
Jan 2000
Feuds with the Spice Girls’ Victoria Beckham, who calls Campbell a “massive cow” and a “bitch”
Feb 2000
Pleads guilty to charges of assaulting her former assistant with a telephone
Aug 2000
Introduces her first perfumes, Naomi Campbell and Naomagic
2001
Kisses Kate Moss at a charity fashion-show presented by Nelson Mandela
2001
Rumored to be dating Damon Dash
Feb 2001
Featured on the cover of British Vogue
Feb 2001
Daily Mirror publishes pictures of Campbell leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in London
May 2001
Dates Sean Combs
Aug 2001
Flavio Briatore breaks up with her
Aug 2001
Publishes a book about her successful runway career, Naomi
Nov 2001
Featured on the cover of British Vogue with Sean “Diddy” Combs
Mar 2002
Sues Daily Mirror over 2001 Narcotics Anonymous photos, citing a breach of confidentiality, and wins
Aug 2002
Featured on the cover of British Vogue, photographed by Corinne Day
Nov 2002
Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show Video »
2004
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott photographs Campbell for the Louis Vuitton spring ad campaign
2004
Mario Testino photographs Campbell for the Valenino spring ad campaign
Mar 2004
Dates Tommy Lee
Oct 2004
Dates Usher
Feb 2005
Opens and closes the fall Anna Sui show in New York
Sep 2005
Opens and closes the spring Anna Sui show in New York
Nov 2005
Participates in the Fashion for Relief show in support of Hurricane Katrina victims
Nov 2005
Guest stars on the Tyra Banks Show, ending her long-standing feud with Banks
Feb 2006
Opens and closes the fall Anna Sui show in New York
Mar 2006
Has a role in the movie The Call as the Dark Angel, opposite John Malkovich
Apr 2006
Arrested for allegedly throwing a jewel-encrusted Blackberry at her housekeeper’s head
Jan 2007
Ordered by the court to do community service for the cell-phone incident
Mar 2007
Shows up to community service in extravagant furs, leather, and fedora Video »
Jun 2007
Featured on the cover of W and writes about her community service experience inside the same issue, photographed by Steven Klein Video »
Jul 2, 2007
Walks in the Christian Dior 60th-anniversary couture show in Paris
Aug 2007
Stars in a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial directed by Zach Braff, in which she throws her Prada shoe through a window after a fight Video »
Oct 2007
Appears on the cover of i-D
Oct 2007
Returns to the runway walking the spring Louis Vuitton show in Paris, dressed as a sexy nurse in a transparent plastic coat
2008
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott photographs Campbell for the Louis Vuitton ad campaign alongside Claudia Schiffer, Natalia Vodianova, and other top models
Feb 2008
Featured on the cover of French Vogue with Kate Moss
Feb 24, 2008
Hospitalized while vacationing in Sao Paulo to remove a small cyst Story »
Apr 3, 2008
Arrested at Heathrow's Airport in London for allegedly spitting at a police officer Story »

Quoted

“I'm a recovering addict and alcoholic, of which I'm not ashamed.”

Page Six (November 2007)

“What I wear walking into my community service has no connection to what I’m going to do when I get inside. This is how I dress, and this is how I carry myself. What do they expect me to do—walk in looking all drib and drab? I've never looked drib and drab in my life.”

W magazine (June 2007)

“Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue ... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.”

Hello magazine

“I’m not saying this to excuse what I did. I threw the phone—I threw it, but I didn’t bash it—and that was wrong. I’m guilty. I take responsibility. So I keep on sweeping. I’m moving so fast they tell me to slow down. I’m getting very protective of my pile of rubbish—kind of the way I feel about my Hermès handbag or my Louis Vuitton. I keep looking around to make sure no one is crossing into the area I was assigned to sweep. I guess that’s my all-or-nothing behavior again: Once I start sweeping, I have to sweep everything.”

W magazine (June 2007)

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