At 49, Naomi Campbell is as sculptural as ever. With not a wrinkle to be seen, a body many young women would envy and a career even longer than the catwalks she’s walked, it’s time to pay tribute.
Naomi Campbell is the first woman to appear at least 6 times on a UK GQ cover, and has appeared on more covers than anyone else except Daniel Craig. And that’s not all… Modern Milf reveals all about the black panther.
December 1994 – Naomi Campbell’s first GQ cover
The 24-year-old supermodel’s first British GQ cover was selected from a series of photographs by Richard Avedon for the 1995 Pirelli calendar. In the magazine, she appeared alongside fellow models Christy Turlington, Farrah Summerford and Nadj Auermann in an “au naturel” photo shoot representing the four seasons of the year.
April 2000 – “Bitch? Me?”
For her second GQ cover, our 31-year-old black beauty was photographed by Fabrizio Ferri and interviewed by Marta Citacov in a six-page article entitled “The Truth About the World’s Wildest Model”. Commenting on her cover photo, she said, “I’m not embarrassed by nudity – an artistic nude can be sublime.”
April 2007 – Interview with Piers Morgan and Naomi Campbell
Piers Morgan interviewed the young woman for her third cover in April 2007. In February 2001, Piers Morgan was editor-in-chief of the Daily Mirror. She had published photos of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in London. Campbell later sued Morgan and the Mirror, resulting in Morgan’s dismissal. Over 22 pages, which also included a 14-page photo shoot with Steven Klein! Piers and Naomi ended their enmity and discussed sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. They showed why she was the ultimate supermodel.
April 2007 – The complete cover photo
This issue of GQ featured a fold-out cover of Naomi Campbell, sprawled out on a bed.
February 2008 – Naomi Campbell talks to Hugo Chávez
Naomi Campbell has become an interviewer for the February 2008 issue of GQ. She traveled to Venezuela to interview the country’s heroic socialist leader, Hugo Chávez.
March 2011 – Interview with Naomi Campbell by Tony Parsons
In the early 2010s, the era of “original models” was coming to an end. Tony Parsons’ GQ interviewed the “last of the models”, Naomi Campbell, about these “blood diamonds”. And about the extraordinary testimony she gave at the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
March 2011 – Naomi Campbell meets Vladimir Putin
In the same issue, the black panther spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. It was at the first world summit and they exchanged views on the tiger held in Saint Petersburg.
February 2017 – Naomi Campbell poses simply for fun
That year she received the Model of the Century award, no less!
April 2018 – Skepta and Naomi Campbell appear together on the cover
Model, activist and businesswoman and graphic designer Skepta talk race, sex, love and black in the April 2018 issue of British GQ, published on Thursday, March 8.
And so much for magazine covers. But that’s just a drop in the bucket in the career of this incredibly beautiful and strong-willed black woman. She’s walked every catwalk and runway for every designer. She has appeared in the biggest fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle, i-D, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, W, Vanity Fair, and others such as the famous Playboy. She has also appeared on screen, notably alongside Michael Jackson. To find out more about her, take a look at her Wikipedia page and her social networks.
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