Naomi Campbell Poses with Daughter for Vogue U.K., Reveals She Is ‘Not Adopted’: ‘She’s My Child’
Naomi Campbell is giving a glimpse into her life as a new mom.
The model, 51, is photographed for the first time with her 9-month-old daughter for the cover of British Vogue‘s March issue, where she opens up about her little girl and how she’s loving motherhood.
Campbell announced back in May that she welcomed her first baby, sharing few details about her daughter at the time.
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“She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child,” the model tells British Vogue, adding that not many people knew she was going to become a mom at the time.
“I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her,” she shares. “But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
Though very few people knew about her parenting plans, Campbell says she “always knew that one day I would be a mother”
She continues, “…it’s the biggest joy I could ever imagine. I’m lucky to have her and I know that,” later answering “why not?” to the idea of adding more kids to her family.
Campbell goes on to rave about feeling like “a kid again” as she lives life through her little girl.
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“I’m reliving nursery rhymes, playing and discovering how many great new toys there are out there in the world! And dolls! Things I couldn’t even dream of,” she says.
Asked what her biggest surprise is as a new mom, Campbell replies quickly, “My daughter comes first.”
She adds, “Everything I do, I do for her – that’s it. It’s so completely selfless, isn’t it?”
Naomi Campbell is a British model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She began her career at the age of 15, and established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades.
While Campbell has never been married and is currently single, she has had a number of high-profile relationships over the years.
Last year, the model is said to have welcomed her baby via a surrogate, with unearthed pictures of the star taken three weeks before her baby’s arrival showing her out in New York City – where she now lives. Naomi spoke about motherhood as she interviewed fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, 74, on her YouTube show.
When she was 18 Naomi became the first black model on the cover of French Vogue and later become the first black model on the cover of Time Magazine.
Naomi received support across the industry as she faced discrimination, Yves Saint Laurent and Azzedine Alaia were her two greatest supporters.
In 1989, Naomi also appeared on the cover of US Vogue for the September issue, which is the publications most important edition, the first black model to ever do so.
