Naomi Campbell

About

Naomi Campbell is an English model, actress and businesswoman.

At the age of 15, she established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the 80s and 90s. And she was one of the first “supermodels”.

Early Life

Campbell spent her early years in Rome, Italy, where her mother worked as a modern dancer. Then on their return to London, she lived with relatives while her mother travelled across Europe with the dance troupe Fantastica.

From age three, Campbell attended the Barbara Speake Stage School and at 10 she went to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she studied ballet.

Modelling

Naomi Campbell has walked the catwalk for such designers as Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaïa, and Isaac Mizrahi. Moreover, she has posed for such photographers as Peter Lindbergh, Herb Ritts, and Bruce Weber.

Then in March 1991, in a defining moment of the supermodel era, Naomi Campbell catwalked for Versace, Evangelista and Crawford.

In addition to her modelling career, Campbell has embarked on other ventures. She’s released an R&B-pop studio album and made several acting appearances in film and TV, such as the modelling-competition reality show The Face.

Since 2007, Campbell has been the honorary president of Athla Onlus, an organisation working to help young people with learning disabilities.