Naomi Campbell Praises THESE 2 Supermodels For Protecting Her Against Racism In Early Modeling Days
19.09.2023 - 23:21
/ perezhilton.com
Naomi Campbell may be one of the most successful supermodels today, but she had a particularly uphill battle to climb.
In a new Apple TV+ documentary series called The Super Models, Naomi opened up alongside fellow stars Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Cindy Crawford about her rise to fame. And she couldn’t help but praise her friends for all they did to help her get to where she is today!
The 53-year-old began by recalling her childhood growing up in an Afro-Jamaican household in the UK, noting she experienced racism since she was very young. But she was tough. Recalling an incident when she was just five and called the N-word in elementary school, she shared:
Good for her! But it got worse she got to the US as a teen — to pursue her modeling career.
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Things were different when she moved to New York because she didn’t exactly have her family’s support:
Aw! It wasn’t just that her mom didn’t like the idea of her modeling — she warned Naomi about racism in America and prejudices in the South specifically. Oof. Still all too real today as white supremacism rears its ugly head again, and unfortunately it DOESN’T have any geographical limitations. But back to the ’80s… While the author wasn’t willing to let racism stop her, she realized instantly there was truth to what she’d been told:
But even just her daily life was a struggle at times — and she benefited greatly from her friendship with two fellow future supermodels: Christy and Linda! She said:
Ugh, so terrible.
The one good thing to come of this was that the models went on to live together and form a long-lasting friendship. Naomi now considers Christy and Linda “sisters” for the way they both stood up for her