Quotes by Naomi Campbell

About Naomi Campbell:

Naomi Elaine Campbell is an English model, actress, singer, and author. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and the 1990s, and was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion industry.
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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.

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I don't worry about a number. I'm fine with aging.

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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.

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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.

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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.

Naomi Campbell

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.

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The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat.

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The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.

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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

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I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.

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Well, when I started modeling in the mid-'80s, the girls who did shows did shows, and the girls who did magazines did magazines. That's what was understood.

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I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.

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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.

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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.

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I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

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I have no regrets. I've got my health.

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Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important t...

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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.

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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.

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Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.

Naomi Campbell

I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me h...

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Author Bio

  • NameNaomi Campbell
  • DescriptionBritish model
  • BornMay 22, 1970
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Model; Singer