Naomi Campbell believes the recession is preventing black models getting work.
The outspoken supermodel claims advertising executives shy away from using ethnic models in their campaigns because they “don’t dare” risk losing sales.
“This year, we have gone back all the way that we had advanced. I don’t see any black woman, or of any other race, in big advertising campaigns,” Naomi lamented in Sunday’s issue of The Telegraph.
Last summer, the volatile 39-year-old appeared in Vogue Italia’s Black Issue, in celebration of Black women in fashion.
“That made some noise but, unfortunately, we are the same as before. People, in the panic of recession, don’t dare to put a girl of colour in their campaign, full stop.”
Tempermental supermodel Naomi Campbell covers the 2009 V Magazine Summer Swimsuit Issue.
Naomi Campbell is hanging up her high heels for good after 25 years of strutting her stuff on the catwalk.
The often-volatile supermodel has announced plans to retire from runway modeling because she is anxious to settle down and start a family.
The London-born beauty is currently dating Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin.
Groundbreaking supermodel Naomi Campbell talks racism on the catwalk in the May issue of Giant Magazine.
The modeling industry gives preference to “blond, blue-eyed models,” according to razor-tongued supermodel Naomi Campbell.
“You know, the American President may be black, but as a black woman, I am still an exception in this business,” Naomi says in the new issue of Glamour Magazine Germany.
“I always have to work harder to be treated equally. In the past, there were more opportunities for black models but the trend towards blond women has again become extreme. In magazines, on the catwalk, I see blond, blue-eyed models everywhere.”
Naomi Campbell is about to launch a collection of swimwear in the South American nation of Brazil.
“I’ve started my own fashion range in Brazil. It’s bathing suits and apparel, so it’s not really like fashion or Dolce Gabbana. It’s more like easy [wear].”
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty to attacking two police officers during a April 3rd attack at London’s Heathrow Airport. The British supermodel is facing up to six months in jail and/or a $10,000 fine.
In an effort to battle the long-standing tradition of racism in the fashion industry, the July 2008 issue of Vogue Italia Magazine is profiling all Black models.
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The Bitch is back! Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after she spat on and assaulted a police officer.
An eyewitness tells the British press: “She attacked a male police officer and spat at him and she was taken to the airport police station.” Read the rest of this entry »
