Naomi Campbell

CTL-E-6142 · Person · other · 1970–present

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Combined Graph record U-07357 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6142.

Naomi Elaine Campbell, born 22 May 1970 in London, England, is a British fashion model and actress. The daughter of Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris-Campbell, she studied at the Barbara Speake Stage School and the Italia Conti Academy, appeared in Bob Marley's 'Is This Love' music video, and was scouted at fifteen. She appeared on the cover of British Elle in 1986, became in December 1987 the first British Black model on the cover of British Vogue, and in August 1988 the first Black model on the cover of French Vogue. One of six models of her generation declared supermodels, she has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers, walking for houses including Versace, Chanel, Prada and Louis Vuitton. She founded the charity Fashion for Relief in 2005, received the CFDA Fashion Icon Award in 2018, and remains active, making a DJ debut at Milan Fashion Week in 2026.

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• Also known as: Naomi Elaine Campbell

Notes

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• Anok Yai — related to → this record

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Naomi Campbell' (18 May 2026) — born 22 May 1970, London, England; British fashion model and actress, one of the elite supermodels of the 1980s and 1990s; first Black model to appear on the cover of many luxury fashion magazines; daughter of Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris-Campbell; founded the charitable organisation Fashion for Relief — https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1704432 (primary source · build store)
• National Portrait Gallery, 'Naomi Campbell' — London-born, scouted at fifteen; appeared on more than 500 magazine covers; first British Black model on the cover of British Vogue (December 1987) and first Black model on the covers of French Vogue (August 1988), Russian Vogue (September 2000) and TIME magazine (September 1991); won the Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards in 2018; organised the first Fashion for Relief show in 2005 — https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp66255/naomi-campbell?mode=test (build store)
• Jamaicans.com, 'British Jamaican Fashion Model, Naomi Campbell, Wins Fashion Icon Award' — Campbell, born 22 May 1970 in Streatham, South London to Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris, received the British Fashion Council's 2019 Fashion Icon Award; one of six models of her generation declared supermodels; more than 500 magazine covers — https://jamaicans.com/british-jamaican-fashion-model-naomi-campbell-wins-fashion-icon-award/ (build store)
• News9Live via Qoshe, 'Naomi Campbell stuns in bejewelled gown from Rahul Mishra's Devi couture collection for her DJ debut' (7 Oct 2026) — Campbell made her Milan DJ debut during Milan Fashion Week wearing Rahul Mishra's Cadence gown from his Fall 2026 Devi collection, with the designer sharing photographs on 6 Oct 2026 — https://qoshe.com/news9live/taru-masand/naomi-campbell-stuns-in-bejewelled-gown-from-rahul-mishra-s-devi-couture-collection-for-her-dj-deb/189306636 (build store)

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