Naomi Campbell Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Naomi Campbell
Date of birth:
May 22. 1970
Place of birth:
Streatham, London, England, UK
Astrology Sign:
Gemini
Height:
5' 10''
Residence:
Unknown
Hair color:
black
Eye color:
brown
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Biography
Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother, Valerie, was a ballet dancer of Jamaican heritage, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a mixed-race man of part-Chinese and Jamaican Her grandmother was a native Chinese woman who lived in Jamaica. Therefore she is 3/4 Black and 1/4 Chinese[1]
She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts.
A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song "Is This Love?". In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya".
On graduating from Italia Conti, her looks ("My features are completely ethnic, and I'm proud of them" she said in the September 2003 issue of Essence) led her to become a fulltime model, creating a high-profile career and creating two spin-off companies, NC Connect and the Design House of Naomi Campbell.
Her charity work mainly focuses on the children and people of Africa, including working with Nelson Mandela, since 1997. In 2005, she helped to create and participate in 'Fashion Relief' for Hurricane Katrina victims, raising over a million dollars.[2]
On 7 July 2007 she presented at the South African leg of Live Earth in Johannesburg.
She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts.
A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song "Is This Love?". In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya".
On graduating from Italia Conti, her looks ("My features are completely ethnic, and I'm proud of them" she said in the September 2003 issue of Essence) led her to become a fulltime model, creating a high-profile career and creating two spin-off companies, NC Connect and the Design House of Naomi Campbell.
Her charity work mainly focuses on the children and people of Africa, including working with Nelson Mandela, since 1997. In 2005, she helped to create and participate in 'Fashion Relief' for Hurricane Katrina victims, raising over a million dollars.[2]
On 7 July 2007 she presented at the South African leg of Live Earth in Johannesburg.