// Naomi Campbell doesn't plan on retiring anytime soon. In my eyes Naomi Campbell is one of the greatest models to ever walk a runway. I recently watched a video, where she spoke to Nick Knight about racism in the fashion industry and the reason she refuses to retire. She’s unhappy with the continuous lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry. Naomi continues to make appearances on the runway because she feels she still has to represent for women of co[...]
Naomi Campbell was the last African American to be featured in a Prada ad campaign in 1994. Nineteen years later, Malaika Firth became the newest face of Prada in a Fall/Winter 2013 advertisement. Malaika Firth was born on March 23, 1994, in Mombassa, Kenya. Firth's modeling career started at the age of 17. She was encouraged to try out modeling after her mother watched an episode of The Model Agency, which featured a documentary about Premier Model Management. Firth's mom called the agency[...]
Naomi Campbell Goes In On Instagram Models, Calls Them "Instagirls" Leave it to Naomi Campbell to tell you exactly how she feels. The iconic supermodel made an appearance on The Meredith Vieira Show, where she shared her thoughts on models getting their start on Instagram. "I just feel like my generation of women, like Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Claudia, we had to earn our stripes and take our stepping-stones to get to where we have gotten, to accomplish what we[...]
Naomi Campbell was the first Black model to grace the cover of Time magazine and French Vogue. Naomi Campbell began modeling at the age of 15 when she signed with Synchro Modeling Agency. She landed her first cover at 15 for Elle in April 1986. At age 18 she becomes the first black model to cover French Vogue and Time magazine. Naomi is one of the world's most renowned supermodels. She has walked the Runway for some of the top iconic fashion icons such as Versace, Dior, Marc Jacobs,[...]