Naomi Campbell Says It’s ‘Hard To Be An Outspoken Black Woman’

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Runway legend Naomi Campbell is slashing her stilettos into the stigmas Black women face. In her new Apple TV+ doc, “The Super Models”, the generation-defining supreme supermodel – who has catwalked for brands like Marc Jacobs and Chanel – explains that being labelled as “difficult” throughout her career has been fuelled by racism. READ MORE: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington And Linda Evangelista Reunite On The Runway For London Fashion Week “It was hard to be an outspoken Black woman and I definitely got the cane for it many times,” she remembered in the third episode of the throwback series.

After leaving Ford’s modelling agency for Elite, Campbell was offered a contract with beauty company Revlon. Upon learning how little it was compared to what she made in a day, she told a meeting full of people that she wouldn’t accept the offer.

She said that decision led to her being labelled as “difficult” by Elite founder John Casablancas. READ MORE: ‘The Super Models’ Trailer: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista And Christy Turlington Spotlight Their Remarkable Careers “And he then decided he was going to go to the press and say I was difficult and that he fired me.” An old talk show clip in the doc shows Campbell sharing quite the brutally honest description of Casablancas, stating: “He was very undignified.

He got very nasty, which I personally felt that it was just exploitation because he knows my name will be printed in the paper and it will be a big press thing for Elite.