British supermodel discovered at fifteen, Olympic ceremony model and The Face coach — photos, style and news
Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a British model. From the age of three, Campbell attended the Barbara Speake Stage School, and at ten she was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she studied ballet. Discovered at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared “supermodels” by the fashion world. Campbell performed with Kate Moss and other supermodels in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, where they modelled haute couture to represent British fashion; she wore a design by Alexander McQueen — a staggered hem gown with a train speckled with flecks of gold.
Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a
British model. From the age of three, Campbell attended the
Barbara Speake Stage School, and at ten years old, she was
accepted into the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where
she studied ballet. Discovered at the age of 15, she
established herself among the top three most recognizable and
in-demand models of the late 1980s and 1990s, and she was one of
six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the
fashion world. Her personal life is widely reported,
particularly her relationships with prominent men, including
boxer Mike Tyson and actor Robert De Niro, and several
highly-publicized convictions for assault. Campbell performed
with Kate Moss and other supermodels in the closing ceremony of
the 2012 Olympic Games, where they modeled haute couture to
represent British fashion. Campbell wore a design by Alexander
McQueen—a staggered hem gown with a train speckled with flecks
of gold. In 2013, she served as a coach and judge, along with
Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha, on Oxygen's modeling
competition reality show The Face, hosted by photographer Nigel
Barker.
This section uses “supermodel” sparingly, and Campbell's profile is where the term is anchored: a named group of six, a top-three ranking for recognizability and demand across two decades, and a training — stage school at three, academy ballet at ten — that began twelve years before the discovery at fifteen. The personal life is noted here as widely reported, including relationships with prominent men and several highly-publicized convictions for assault; the professional record is what the directory files, and it runs unbroken from the late 1980s to a judging seat on The Face in 2013, alongside Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha.
This page gathers Naomi Campbell photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each. Read with the K directory's Kate Moss profile, it documents the two British models chosen to represent British fashion itself at the 2012 Olympics — the clearest statement in this section of what a fashion celebrity is for.
Campbell attended the Barbara Speake Stage School from the age of three and studied ballet at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from ten. She was discovered at the age of 15.
She established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and 1990s, and was one of six models of her generation declared “supermodels” by the fashion world.
Campbell performed with Kate Moss and other supermodels in the closing ceremony, modelling haute couture to represent British fashion. She wore an Alexander McQueen design — a staggered hem gown with a train speckled with flecks of gold. In 2013 she served as a coach and judge on the modelling competition show The Face.
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