Naomi Campbell quotes

Naomi Campbell is a British supermodel and actress, recognized as one of the most prominent figures in the fashion industry. Her career began in the late 1980s, and she quickly rose to global fame for her striking beauty and charisma. She remains an influential icon, breaking barriers for models of color and advocating for diversity. Here are 44 of her quotes:

It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable.

Naomi Campbell

I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?

Naomi Campbell

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no', then I find another way to get my 'yes.'

Naomi Campbell

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a #‎ controlfreak, it's hard.

Naomi Campbell

Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.

Naomi Campbell

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

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My features are completely ethnic.

Naomi Campbell

I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.

Naomi Campbell

Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.

Naomi Campbell

I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.

Naomi Campbell

After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.

Naomi Campbell

Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there.

Naomi Campbell

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.

Naomi Campbell

I don't like workouts that make you bulky.

Naomi Campbell

I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.

Naomi Campbell

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'

Naomi Campbell

Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

Naomi Campbell

The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat.

Naomi Campbell

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

Naomi Campbell

There is only going to be one Kate Moss. Kate is an icon.

Naomi Campbell

Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.

Naomi Campbell

The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.

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