Naomi Campbell
Biography
Author Profession: British Model
Born: May 22, 1970
Age: 46 years old
Birth Sign: Gemini
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Naomi Campbell quotes
It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable.
I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.
Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find another way to get my 'yes.' But I'm a loyal person.
I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16.
I have no regrets. I've got my health.
My features are completely ethnic.
I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.
I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?
I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986.
I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.
What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.
I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there.
I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.
I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
I don't worry about a number. I'm fine with aging.