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My Take
Naomi Campbell interests me less as a beautiful face than as a structural event in fashion. Being the first Black woman on the covers of Time and Vogue France is not a trivia point; it redrew the boundaries of who the industry was forced to see. She started working at eight, was anointed one of the six original supermodels, and nearly four decades later she still commands a runway like a closing argument. Her philanthropy and her mentoring of younger models suggest she understood early that opening a door means holding it open. Longevity plus consequence — that combination is vanishingly rare.
Overview
Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a British model and actress. Beginning her career at the age of eight, Campbell was one of six models of her generation declared supermodels by the fashion industry and the international press. She was the first black woman to appear as a model on the covers of Time and Vogue France.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Naomi Campbell
- Name (Japanese)
- ナオミ・キャンベル
- Reading
- なおみ・きゃんべる
- Born
- May 22, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Lambeth, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / actor / singer / film actor / philanthropist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Model — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.