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Naomi Eliane Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a English supermodel, singer, actress and business woman who was born in Streatham, a district in Lambeth, London and started her modelling career in the 1980s. She has appeared on over 500 magazine covers.
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Born | Naomi Elaine Campbell 22 May 1970 |
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Years active | 1978 – present |
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Children | 1 |
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Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Hair colour | Black |
Eye colour | Dark brown[1] |
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Genres | R&B[3] |
Instruments | Vocals |
Labels | Epic |
Naomi was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion world.[4] As the most famous black model of her time,[5] Campbell has been outspoken throughout her career against the racial bias that exists in the fashion industry.[6] Her personal life is widely reported, particularly her affairs with famous men—including boxer Mike Tyson and actor Robert De Niro[7]—and several high-profile assault convictions.[8]
Campbell is the daughter of Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris.[9] In accordance with her mother's wishes, Campbell has never met her father,[10] who abandoned her mother when she was four months pregnant[9] and who went unnamed on her birth certificate.[10] She took the surname Campbell from her mother's second marriage.[9][11]
During her early years, Campbell lived in Rome, where her mother worked as a modern dancer.[7] Following their return to London, she was left in the care of her maternal grandmother, Ruby, while her mother travelled across Europe with the dance troupe Fantastica.[11] At five years old, Campbell was enrolled at the Barbara Speake Stage School[11] and at the age of ten, she was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she studied ballet.[9]
In 1978 Campbell was in the video for "Is This Love" by Bob Marley. When she was 12 she tap-danced in Culture Club's video for "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". In April 1991 Campbell was in the video for "In the Closet" by Michael Jackson. In 1993 Campbell fell over while she walked down the runway for Vivienne Westwood in a pair of foot-high platform shoes. That year she was on the cover of Vogue twice.
In September 1994 Campbell released an album Baby Woman. It has sold over a million copies. A novel that she wrote called Swan was also published.[12]
Campbell was on the cover of Playboy in 2000. In 2011 she was in the music video for "Girl Panic!" by Duran Duran. In 2013 she was a judge on the reality show The Face.
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