Naomi Campbell

At age 15 and while still a student at the Italia Conti Academy, Campbell was spotted by Beth Boldt, a former Ford model and head of the Synchro music agency, while window-shopping in Covent Garden. Campbell soon opted to become a fulltime model, signing with Elite Model Management. Although Campbell started her career as a catwalk model, she was quickly hired for various high-profile advertising campaigns, including Lee Jeans and Olympus Corporation, which introduced her to the American market. Campbell also completed campaigns for Ralph Lauren and François Nars. At age 15 in April 1986, Campbell appeared on the cover of Elle, replacing a model who had canceled out of the appearance.

Naomi is one models that makes the headlines now for other things other than modeling. her frequent outbursts and run ins with the law make her a common news item. However, her modeling abilities are still one to make history. noone has ever conquered her catwalk walk. When naomi strutted the catwalk it was close to amazing and awe inspiring. many onlookers just stared in awe at her fierce walk and mesmerizing body and gaze.

In August 1988, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris as that publication's first black cover girl, after friend & mentor, Yves St. Laurent, threatened to withdraw all of his advertising from the publication after it refused to place Campbell, or any Black model, on its cover. In addition to Vogue Paris, Campbell also became the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue UK, Vogue Nippon and Time magazine. She has also posed nude for Playboy and appeared in Madonna's 1992 book Sex, in a set of videos with Madonna and rapper Big Daddy Kane. In total, Campbell has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers.

She famously starred in George Michael's music video Freedom! '90, where she lip-synched to his song along with fellow supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz. In 1992, Campbell appeared in Madonna's music video for Erotica, which featured filmed footage from photoshoots for the book Sex. In addition to the previously mentioned music videos, Campbell has appeared in videos for artists such as Michael Jackson, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Jay-Z, P.Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G, Macy Gray, Prince and Usher.

The highpoint of Campbell's career was in the early 1990s, when she was part of the two major supermodel powerhouses: the Big Six, alongside Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss, and The Trinity, alongside Turlington and Evangelista.

In 2008, when talking about the model profession, she said: "Models need to earn their stripes - I just think the term is used a little too loosely. Kate Moss is obviously a supermodel but, after Gisele, I don’t think there’s been one." In reference to Gisele Bündchen.

Campbell is signed to IMG Models (New York City), Storm Model Management (London), Marilyn Agency (Paris), and d'management group.

Naomi hits ABC Camera

Naomi Campbell -- swatted an ABC News camera and stormed out of an interview when asked if she ever received a so-called "blood diamond." "I never received a diamond and I'm not going to speak about that very much," said Campbell. Campbell was upset when asked if former Liberian President Charles Taylor gave her one of the diamonds he's accused of using to fund a campaign of terror in Western Africa.