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...Naomi has Naomi Campbell, global supermodel, actress,
singer and international businesswoman,
captured the comes from the ends, Streatham in South
London.
hearts of our Given her natural beauty and physique,
communities combined with a fierce determination to
succeed and a zero tolerance of racism,
Naomi has captured the hearts of our
and the communities and the imagination of the entire
world. Being of both Jamaican and Chinese
imagination of descent, Naomi has the cultural repertoire
of people who know how to struggle and
the entire world. succeed against the odds.
During her early life, she trained at the
Barbara Speake Stage School and later on Covent Garden. The rest, as they say, is
was accepted at the Italia Conti Academy history with Naomi launched on the front
of Theatre Arts where she studied ballet. cover of the fashion magazine Elle.
Speaking for myself, I can only say that
the prospect of watching Naomi Campbell Since then Naomi has broken every barrier,
performing as the prima ballerina in Swan smashed every glass ceiling and strutted
Lake, would be a simply global television onto the front pages of almost every
event, such is the star power she holds. significant fashion house magazine the world
has to offer. She has been fearless in her
Unbeknownst to many, Naomi’s first public determination to challenge racism in the
appearance was in 1978, when quite fashion industry and beyond.
remarkably, because you know these things
are never an accident, she was featured in
Bob Marley’s “Is This Love” video. Whilst
Naomi was still studying at the Italia Conti
Academy, Beth Boldt, head of global Synchro
Model Agency, spotted her shopping in
Legacy Patron
Lee Jasper
interviews
Naomi Campbell.
