1st

Get over it honey. If you got it racism wouldnt be an obstacle for you. Youve had a long run, longer than most models. Call it a day and find you a man… preferably one that dosnt belong to someone else.

First off…maybe if you kept that attitude of yours in check you’d get more photo shots! Aint nobody tryna duck and dodge cell phones and whatever else you get your hands on cause you got issues. And second, chick you old! Be like Tyra, branch out into other stuff. She got the hint, why didnt you?!

AS LONG AS WHITE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

DISPLAYING IT IN MAGAZINES, TELEVISION, BILLBOARDS ETC.

I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FASHION BUT, AS BLACKS WE ALWAYS ARGUE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE NOT GETTING, INSTEAD WE SHOULD BE FIGURING OUT HOW TO START ARE OWN BLACK OWNED FASHION AND MODELING COMPANIES.
TARGETING TOWARDS PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.

TYRA, NAOMI, TYSON, IMAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMOUS BLACK MODELS THAT CAN TRY AND COME TOGETHER AND CREATE A LOT OF EXPOSURE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.

THEY ARE WELL KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT THEY DON’T THINK ABOUT DOING THIS, BECAUSE IF THEY WERE TO START SOMETHING THEY WILL MOST LIKELEY BE ABLE TO GET TONS AND TONS OF BUSINESS. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE THE TALENT TO BECOME MODELS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BLOND HAIR BLUE EYES THEY GET OVER LOOKED
OF COURSE THAT WILL HAPPEND BECAUSE IT IS WHITE OWNED.

UNTIL THERE IS BLACK OWNERSHIP IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, MODELS SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW THAT THEY WILL GET OVER LOOKED.

She’s right! I don’t buy fashion magazines like Glamour and Vogue.

Was she in teh BET catwalk show? Maybe she needs to start her own fashion line and use the models she wants to.

Naomi MIGHT be beautiful but because she is BAD MANNERED and has a NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY she is UNABLE to HOLD on to a man.

I GIVE her another 2 years before her phone STOPS RINGING.

WHAT will she do THEN?

there’s one new girl from philly with a future…but the rest of these black chicks ain’t bringin it

I love me some Naomi, tude and all…

99% of white models wished they had this heifer’s career, wtf she talking about?

And why C Brzy on trial and she walking around free with her serial assaulting self?

hence, naomi can’t retire no time soon

Well Naomi, your struggles have made you a household name in the modeling industry. Not that anyone should have to go through what you went through, but still.

Oh, and that picture above is beyond gorgeous…

I think she doin what she is supposed to do as a pioneer and that’s shine a light on the situation.

It may make it a lil better for the next model to come along.

@ jb_1030 (is stepping up her purse game until she cleans out her closet of old shoes)

Was she in teh BET catwalk show? Maybe she needs to start her own fashion line and use the models she wants to.
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True dat…

the truth is naomi is a model and has the IT factor the others don’t

Connections can take you places where money don’t count, and that’s where you want to be.

You gotta role in the circles where there are no tickets sold to the event, no posting on the internet, no radio air play, no barber shop hookups, no nail salon gossip about it.

That’s where you’ll find the real power!

Naomi Campbell is so pretty (she could work on her personality though, lol) but she obviously has self-esteem issues I’m sure she has many casting people tell her she didn’t have the right looks or put her down because of her color. Also why in so many pictures is she lightened up. I’ve never seen a black & white photos make a black person lighter, lol, and also in the last photo on the bottom. I think part of her anger comes from low self-esteem because when you don’t love yourself how can you love someone else? Anyway I think she isn’t just talking about herself not getting work in modeling she is talking about other models who are being denied shows, magazines, etc.

Naomi is going to be 39yrs this year.

NO husband,NO children and here she is WHINGING about the MODELING INDUSTRY.

WHY as she not SETTLED DOWN and STARTED her OWN BUISNESS by NOW.

WILL she STILL BE WHINGING at 50yrs

She often BEHAVES like an ANIMAL and her BAD REPUTATION as GONE before her.

AND this might be one of the REASONS why OTHER young BLACK MODELS are not getting these JOBS.

ITS not about SWAGGER ITS about ATTITUDE.

NOBODY wants to WORK with an ANIMAL

here is the dark skinned woman that is BETTER looking than HALLE, BEYONCE LAUREN LONDON (sorry, I was just thinking about the other thread)

Well, im kinda tired of her whining about racism! she was overpaid and is still working at almost 40 while some other models frends are not even getting jobs anymore. I think she has money, connections, power etc… to start an agency, encourage african american fashion deisgners etc…
I mean Tyra is doing it, of course tyra wont change the fashion industry but she is trying! Maybe naomi should try or shut up and just enjoy her retirement! Plus Naomi is a hater, the way she treated tyra banks because she felt threatened, she never told herself, at least there is another black woman, she wanted to be the only one so she was part of the problem!

Anyways, she is rich, she is still bangin, life is GOOD for her!

I’m gonna go dig up some song to dedicate to Naomi.

life is great for Ill nana however she has taken noticed that she is the token on the cat walk she is the token in photo shoots infact she’s prolly tired of seeing the same 5 tokens wherever they go…. i dont say its complaining i think she just acknowlding the lack of bnlack beauty she doesnt feel comffy retiring yet she has no successor .. i feel u nana . Chanel Iman is hawt but we need more black models whgenever we get one the Fashion Industry turns her into a commercial model

@ me (the original)

I’m gonna go dig up some song to dedicate to Naomi.

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Here’s another one to you Naomi…

Ebony Eyes
by Rick James

Ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.
Ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.

Wind in your hair, sun on your skin
You’re looking good, girl, all over again
Hey there, Miss Brown
I want you to know I love you

Brown as the sand, you’re soft as the shore
You’re leaving me hungry, I’m crying for more
Ooh, we, baby, girl, you’re such a score
And I want you to know that, you know what, girl

I love you
I bet you didn’t know that, girl
You didn’t know that
I need you
Right now, baby, right now, baby
And I bet you didn’t know that ebony eyes

Ooh.ooh.hoo.ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.
Ooh.hoo.hoo.ooh.hoo.ooh.ooh.

Lips soft and tender, ready to speak
Her voice says, “I love you” [I love you] and it’s making me weak
Hey there, little girl, may I just say I love you
Tell `em how you feel, Rick

Love is the brown skin girl in my eyes
Think it’s time that I told you, don’t you realize
You’re such a queen, woman, you’re such a prize
And I want you to know that, you know what, girl

I love you
And I bet you didn’t know that, girl
You didn’t know that
I need you
Right now, baby, right now, baby
And I bet you didn’t know that ebony eyes

I love you ebony eyes, oh, my
I need you, woman
I need you (Ooh.)
Oh, and I bet you didn’t know that ebony eyes

I really love you (Ooh.ooh.), woman, I love you (Love you)
Ebony eyes (Ooh.), oh, my
I wanna say that I need you (Ooh.ooh.ooh.ooh.), honey, I
need you
And I bet you didn’t know that ebony eyes

Ebony eyes (Woo.woo.ooh.woo.hoo.)
Ebony eyes, oh, my (Hoo.)
Ebony eyes (Hoo.hoo.hoo.)
Girl, and I bet you didn’t know that ebony eyes

Love you (Love you, love you…)

Naomi only dates white men, the Russian, Robert Deniro, U2′s the Edge.

We should have more major black designers that pick black women for their runway shows and stop running up after white people for their acknowledgement.

And now, from the bottom of my heart…a song I’d like to dedicate to Ms. Naomi “I’m still publicly flaunting my affair with some crusty married man” Campbell.

Hoeeeeee (Hoe)
You’s a Hoeee (Hoe)
You’s a Hoe, I said that you’s a Hoe (Hoe)
You’s a Hoe (Hoe)
You’s a Hoe (Hoe)
You’s a Hoe, I said that you’s a Hoe (Hoe)

(cont’d)

she is speaking for not only herself, but other black models as well. Just because she’s making the most money, doesn’t mean other black models aren’t getting discriminated against.
I cosign with fallon.
Why is she whining about what they’re doing. Just do your own thing.

Damn I can’t finish posting the rest of the song.

Must be some Naomi stans working hard >.<

Oh, you dumbasses, Naomi IS NOT African American.

@me (the original)

How bout this?

“Money, cash…money cash hoe (WHAT)?”

@EXCUSE ME

Kate Moss is WHITE.

The SAME RULES do not APPLY

Kate Moss IS also the FACE OF TOP SHOP she is NOW a “DESIGNER” where was Ms CAMPBELL when all this was HAPPENING?

PROBABLY in COURT attending ANOTHER HEARING

@Cally

What, she’s African-British? Is that better?

LOL that will have to do for now, Re

@ cally

shut up, you’re the dumbass, she calls herself “american” and “british” so i guess she’s “african american” and “african british”. Wierdo.

@excuse me

Okaaay?! Thank you…some people never make sense…

@me (the orginal)

LOL…

she better whine..if she doesnt speak up she wont be making it better for the next black models to follow her. i dont know whats wrong with black people today..yall never want to stand up for whats right.

tyson beckford launched a complaint against the fashion world? LOL have you seen his show “make me a super model”? The contestants on that show are mostly white. And his baby momma is a caucasian girl, she’s on the show “candy girls”. If he’s so into discrimination, he could start with himself. Not that i care who he dates, that’s his choice, but why is it always the ones who are with white people who always scream discrimination ? I don’t get it. Either way i don’t feel sorry for naomi, lol i feel sorry for the folks she attecked with phones !!!

@ pam

are you kiddin me? naomi tried to ruin tyra’s career cuz she was jealous of other black models now she’s actin like she wants more black models in the game, smh !

Naomi is BRITISH with a JAMAICAN HERITAGE

@ bb

she said “we have a black president” so she must think of herself as being american too.

Jamaican’s are africans too…way down the line…

and, american, british, jamaican, it doesn’t matter, she’s still a frickin b*tch.

@huh
She probably has a GREEN CARD or she JUST thinks she is AMERICAN because she LIKES President Obama

@ bb

agreed ! but i do think she has an apartment in nyc.

well, talking wont change a damn thing! we need an affirmative action for the fashion industry! simple!

the only one trying to change things is tyra and we all know she cannot do it by herself! she is just trying to make black models believe they have a chance but is it an utopia??

of course they want to keep chocolate women on the bottom of the totem pole.. we were the FIRST and they hate that shit!!

ok sorry but what has naomi really done for the image of black models? She hasn’t acted responsbily, she hasn’t impacted the image of black women in a postitive light, infact all she has done is perpetuate the image of “a mad black woman”. Now all of a sudden she wants to cry about the lack of black models. Where was the love for tyra lol? She wanted tyra’s leg broken lol. She hated her. Now she cares about black models? Yeah right.

tyra is more legit, i take her more serously than naomi. tyra is doing good, while naomi is still partying and getting in trouble with the law. Screw naomi lmao.

huh

ok sorry but what has naomi really done for the image of black models? She hasn’t acted responsbily, she hasn’t impacted the image of black women in a postitive light, infact all she has done is perpetuate the image of “a mad black woman”. Now all of a sudden she wants to cry about the lack of black models. Where was the love for tyra lol? She wanted tyra’s leg broken lol. She hated her. Now she cares about black models? Yeah right.
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AMEN.

I think Naomi and Tyson are now members 3 and 4 in my “people I mindlessly hate” club.

@ me

lmao !

she did not want to share the runway with other black models? what is wrong with naomi?? damn girl, im disappointed for real!

@Macko
You are MISSING the POINT

I really don’t think that anybody is DISPUTING what Naomi is SAYING.

However Naomi is really not the kind of person that any SANE person will listen to.

She has been in the INDUSTRY for the PAST 20YRS how as SHE HELPED other BLACK MODELS?.

Her UNRULY,UNCIVILISED BEHAVIOR as well as her VARIOUS court APPEARANCES as MADE her a MOCKERY.

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@huh
Having an apartment in nyc does not make you an American citizen.

ANYONE can have an apartment anywhere in the U.S as long as you have the money to pay for it

She is still voicing the truth.
deal with the truth by what she’s saying…..or shut the **** up!!!
p.s.
no model can stop any other model from doing their job…or the designer will fire them…he/she has the final word.
Naomi has NEVER been fired from her assignments.
She may be tempermental but she is always dutiful where work is concerned. FACT!!!

well, i knew about that but not all the details! yeah, its funny how the most beautiful women happen to be the most insecure sometimes? i dont get it!

@ bb

duh ! i know that, but i was saying that naomi might consider herself an honorary american since she’s been living in american part-time for over 10 years.

@ bb

and who knows she might be a legal permanent resident. either way she talks as if she consideres herself american.

people kill me when they talk about work?? what work??? all they do is put on clothes, look good and walk!this is the easiest job EVER! Thank mama and papa! they are chosen because they look good not because they are competent?!! all they have to do is to keep their weight! if i was paid 1 million or more just to wear a dress, i would be at the gym every day too!

@ jade

skin bleaching is a common practice amoung women of many ethnicities, indian, chinese, black, etc. I saw a documentary on women in the caribbean who buy illegal skin bleach to lighten their skin, infact the men were doing it too. That’s crazy.

@ christie

lmao that is the truth, it’s not hard work to be a model, it’s the easiest job in the world, you are born pretty and tall, all you have to do is remain skinny and get paid…but now a days being “controversial” helps too lol.

@wacko
Learn to express yourself WITHOUT the SPEWING of PROFANITY it shows you to be on the same LEVEL as Naomi
And Naomi as actually been FIRED from a MODELING AGENCY.

Christie’s secrets (la vie serait plus belle si j’avais un job !!! grace a dieu tout ira bien tres bientot)

people kill me when they talk about work?? what work??? all they do is put on clothes, look good and walk!this is the easiest job EVER! Thank mama and papa! they are chosen because they look good not because they are competent?!! all they have to do is to keep their weight! if i was paid 1 million or more just to wear a dress, i would be at the gym every day too!
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Actually, it’s not that easy. It doesn’t require any talent or intelligence, true..but it’s still hard work.

Naomi is one of my favorite celebrities but she should be grateful that she’s still working!!! She’s way past her prime. If I was her, I would keep quiet!!!

the only hard work i can see them girls doing is networking! sometimes, i think they have to “seduce” designers to let them work, which is why given naomi’s personnality, you know they took her just cause she looks good not because she is sweet and delicious!

@christie

lmao maybe some of the designers were afraid naomi was going to go ballistic if they didn’t hire her, she might throw a phone or two at them lol.

Mannie I agree with you 100%… As a people we should get what we want not wait for others to hand it to us.

Naomi is HOT…
she still got it
so whether you love her or hate her,
SHE IS KILLING THE GAME!

@huh… I just think it’s sad. If God wanted us to all look the same then he would have made us all the same. That’s why we need to love ourselves as we are because Black, White, Purple or Green He made us in his own image. Beautiful isn’t it?

@huh

AMEN! Well said girl, well said…

@ jade

Yes it’s extremely sad ! Not only are they harming their health by using illegal skin bleach, they are also putting out a message to young kids that thier dark skin is not beautiful and that only light skin is attractive. I don’t know what’s wrong with some folks now a days. I mean they live in the caribbean, it’s not like they are trying to compete with white people, so i just don’t get it. One of the young women said she bleachers her skin so she can land a good husband and one of the young men said that he wanted to marry a pretty girl and said the pretty girls only want light skinned men. Sad !

Naomi is speaking up for black models period. She’s lasted longer than most white models. Her issue here is that blacks aren’t getting attention. Really that could be said for any race outside of whites. But to say racism didn’t exist because she made it big is beyond ridiculous. She by far the exception.

Though the good news is the new J. Crew catalog has Liya Kebede in the first 30 pages. I guess as an acknowledgment that the first lady is making their profits soar.

ddub

racism definitely exist regardless of what race you are or what occupation you have, it’s in the office, school, even working at burger king, racism is there. But when naomi tried to get other black models fired from their gigs, it’s kind of hard for me to sit here and feel bad for her. Now she cares about black models? Where was this awareness before ?

@ huh… In her youth it was all about her. She grew up and wants to give back and be remembered for doing some good. She’s about to bow out, she wants to make it easier for those coming to take her place. I think with her networks she is the best person actually to speak out about racism in the industry. It is so obvious it had to be said.

@ jade

ummm just less than 2 years ago she was in court for beating up her assistant, she did not grow up, she’s very immature and i think she knows her career is coming to and end and needs something else to fill her time, i don’t think she’s really sincere about helping other black models, that’s just my opinion.

@ohno

who in their right mind would give naomi her own reality show, hmmm on second that that would be very entertaining ! you’d have to keep cell phones far away from her though ha !

Shes forgetting she’s an employee, she should have elveraged her position into something huge that could actually effect change.

But you can’t beg for change, you have to bring change, that’s what Obama’s shown..

they need to stop whining, get used to the racism or do something to change it!

hollyhood! lol

look at nigerian people with nollywood or even indian people with bollywood! they created their own shit! we had the blaxploitation at some point but its all gone!

Her shitty attitude, hitting and lateness, didn’t help break in new black models…It set black models back..so No hairline needs to shut up

@christie

Lol thank you Indians and nigerians are makin a killin with the nollywood and bollywood industry.WE CAN DO THE SAME

You people are missing the point. naomi campbell is speaking up for upcoming models not herself. there has been a huge impediment for black women to become the next Naomi, etc. African americans spend more money on luxury goods than their white counterparts. I am a Marketing executive and I know the numbers and we are an integrated society so all this talk about starting our lines is important and valid. However we are a multicultural society and most blacks have assimilated in the larger culture where we buy mass produced brands. Consequently there should be more representation of blacks/ethnic models in high fashion ads because it comes down to dollars and cents. i bet if we all stop buying Gucci and Louis Vuitton out of protest. these designers would put more of us in the ads. It would make a huge difference.

capo,

you know that when our people are on top, they forget about the cause… i mean just look at the controversy about ciroc! Maybe diddy was not the boss but it just means they never are really the one that decide! we dont have and i dont think we will ever have the power to decide except obama maybe!

@Capo aka Harlems Finest
They are black designers making moves, ie, Tracey Reese, Patrick Robinson, etc. I know fashion. the point is lets make our own but also the other established brands should be more inclusive of ethinc groups because it is a dollars and cents thing. it is not a whining thing. it is a fact that blacks make-up on of the largest purchasers of luxury goods and marketers leave money on the table by not marketing to us directly with black models.

What does being the “BADDEST CHICK” in the modeling world have to DO with the PRICE OF RICE IN CHINA.

This woman as been in the INDUSTRY for 20GOOD YEARS

Last year it was reported that she had FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.

In all that time she was not smart enough TO START HER OWN BUISNESS .

She could have HELPED THESE black models by employing them.

She could have STARTED her OWN modeling agency or fashion label with her CONTACTS.

HER personal life is NOTHING to SHOUT about either

SHE can’t KEEP a man AND I can HEAR her BIOLOGICAL CLOCK TICKING from over HERE.

Its OBVIOUS that she is NOT particularly BRIGHT and HAS no BUISNESS ACUMEN or she would have STARTED some kind of BUISNESS 10 years AGO.

LOOK at IMAN,BEVERLY JOHNSON,TYRA

You have to MAKE HAY WHEN THE SUN SHINES.

IN 10yrs Naomi will be REMEMBERED for her SIGNATURE WALK and her UNCIVILISED ATTITUDE will that BRING money to the TABLE when all her so called ASSETS have HEADED SOUTH

I do not understand racism…every person brings a unique look and fills out an outfit perfectly. Why would a designer want just one type of person to wear their clothes? This is the 21st century!

@bb

It has to do with the fact that she will be forever noted as an ICON to the fashion world. It has to do with the fact that maybe she didn’t start her own business or venture out into other things YET, but she has gone farther than any of the other models that did do so. Her image alone is still bankable and she’s almost 40, that’s geriatric in the modeling world. She will go down in history just like Twiggy and Christie Brinkley but she will have set the path for the black, darker-skinned model which says alot. My point is that regardless of her flaws (which we all have) this woman’s still killin’ it, with her body, her skin, and her essence; I’m sure she will eventually start up something else very soon once she retires from the catwalk…

who cares that they only use white girls, Most sistas too thick for those designers anyway..support the black designers..

@C from st

That is just the POINT she as been in the industry for 20 good years and as not set any PATH.

MLK set the PATH for President Obama that is what is KNOWN as SETTING PATHS.

Twiggy and Christie Brinkly were NOT KNOWN for HITTING and SPITTING at people and VARIOUS COURT APPEARANCES .

^^^^^Thank You Adrienne!!! Well said!…I am a housing Commissioner here in the East Bay, and we are still paying for Katrina Victims and half of them are not even trying to get up and get a job or do something more with their lives. Black folks have to rise up…I am not saying that Obama is going to be the end all to our solutions…but there is no damned excuse now that the most powerful nation on this planet is lead by a Black Man, with a Powerful Black Woman behind him that is his equal. Michelle could had gone into politics and done her own thing…she is sitting back in the cut showing Black women and women of color…YES WE CAN!!! I am about being proactive and not reactive to garbage and bullish like Naomi’s and other folk who want to sit down and not stand up and be about handling our business as a people/human race!!!!

Naomi is bad…I am an inspiring model and when I saw her at a fashion show…Hands down every one was in awe…her swag…her walk like no other in the industry…she is confident and mesmerizing…But I understand what she is saying regardless of her image in the media…I would love for someone to start a ethnic fashion modeling industry but Our own people, i.e. Sean Combs never hires black models for any of his products so we as a people really need to be focused and dedicated to the mission.

@bb

Well, I respectfully disagree, but that’s perfectly ok. I do feel that Naomi has set the path for the darker skinned ethnic model. Sorry… Yes, Beverly Johnson and Iman were her predecessors, but they didn’t stick around…i.e. didn’t have longevity. Honestly, Naomi had no reason whatsoever to be jealous of Tyra because she’s a far better model and has maintained the look and stature to stay in the game. Her attitude and run-ins with the law have nothing to do with her ability to kill it in the fashion game. Yes she should have acted better, but she’s not in the game to be a role model. Setting the path doesn’t mean that you have to be a role model it just means that you worked hard and made it more acceptable for those after you to be signified as beautiful. During her heyday she was considered one of the top three supermodels besides Linda Evangelista and Kristy Turlington. No black model before her had that status.

Naomi is a pretty woman but her attitude is stank, lol… Perhaps if she were to focus more on creating oppotunities for other models of color then beating up assisants, lol…. Naomi would be taking more seriously and not soley famous in the tabloids for excessive violence on a weekly basis. As for Giselle B. she is the uglist Brazilian chick I’ve ever seen, she looks like a tranny that’s why Tom Brady likes her she’s a bit manly and I want Bridget (Tom’s baby’s momma) to wait for Giselle in the bushes and jump her tall skinny ass, lol… Tyson’s a douche bag and I feel sorry for his ex-girlfriend and her young son,

@Cform stl
How many DARK SKINNED ETHNIC models can you NAME?

Besides the 39yr OLD Naomi Campbell

@bb

Alek Wek
Liya Kibede (sp)

Those are just a couple off the top of my head…

That brings further validation to what she said though…

@ThatBKChick
I’m with u on what you said. That is something I am doing differently in my life this year…being proactive. Eff being put on or hooked up.

Capo

Your right Aleck wack is sooooooo ugly why is she a model?

Alek Wek is beautiful. Her skin in amazing. But I guess if she had a slimmer nose, was a little lighter and had short hair with a good curl she’d be cute to others……Yep, the media sure is doing their job….lol

@C from stl

The FACT that there are LESS black MODELS in the INDUSTRY than there SHOULD be is not in DISPUTE.

Why is Naomi WHINGING about it when in the 20years in the industry she as DONE NOTHING to RECTIFY the SITUATION.

She is NOT NEW TO THIS INDUSTRY.

There a NUMBER OF BLACK DESIGNERS all over the world that she COULD work with.

The JEWS help one another why shouldn’t black people WORK together in BUISNESS.

She should stop the WAILING she HAD the PERFECT opportunity to MAKE A DIFFERENCE

@Adrienne
Without the CIVIL RIGHTS movement in the 60′s would it have been easy for a BLACK MAN to be president of the U.S.A in the 21st century

And people what say ohhhhhhh IF aleck weck was lighter and had nice hair.If aleck weck was lighter she would still look like a homeless hatien dude

Sexiest black women

Meagen Good
Alicia keys
lauren london
Gabrielle union
kerry washington
that hatien chick with chris rock
beyonce
chille tboz
kelly rowland
simmons sisters
zoe saldana
eva pigford
sana lathan
nia long
tyra banks
pam grier
rhianna

@bb

Sometimes the question is not necessarily how much she did for the industry, but how well she did in the industry. She’s done better than any other model…sorry…and in terms of tv shows, yes Tyra is attempting to change the fashion world with ANTM but most of those chicks don’t go too far in fashion and Tyra is capitalizing off her past career that she’s too fat for now. Tyra is trying to get stacks, period. Maybe Naomi really had a deep love for the fashion industry to stay in it and remain that beautiful palette. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase ‘If you aren’t good at it, then teach it’…well there’s a similar phrase in the fashion world and when I was younger and modeling very heavily, all the has-beens were the ones running the agencies and booking the models… My point is there’s a perspective on everything and maybe Naomi didn’t set out to do the same thing as Tyra, Tyson, Iman, Heidi, etc.

@ capo,

i really disagree with you! those lists are bogus! try to do a list with chicks you actually know, those Are the sexiest women you can actually have so focus on them…
plus i will put iman first,
lauryn hill, pam grier, beverly johnson, etc…

@ c from stl,

you can underestimate th epower of her attitude for other chicks! i mean discrimination comes with stereotypes! ALWAYS!And naomi’s attitude is NOT helping at all! I

@Christie’s Secrets

You make a valid point but I feel like if she’s still in high demand and getting paid top dollar, then why should she leave? Alot of these other models stop getting booked and told that they aren’t as high in demand anymore. That’s when they start looking for other stuff to do. I can remember not long before Tyra decided to quit modeling for good, I paged through a Victoria’s secret catalogue and only saw maybe one or two shots of her from the waist up in a very boring standard bra. However, there were still pics of ‘older’ Naomi in the front feature section with the likes of Adrianna Lima, Giselle, and Selita Ebanks…I’m just sayin’….

“and alek represents a regal and organic beauty that we have never seen before”

keep telling yourself that

but let me ask you something do you find akon attractive?

really disagree with you! those lists are bogus! try to do a list with chicks you actually know, those Are the sexiest women you can actually have so focus on them…
plus i will put iman first,
lauryn hill, pam grier, beverly johnson, etc…
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Lauryn hill is aight and Beverly johnson was never my type

@ capo,

well i dont think akon is uglier than a jay-z or even a 50 cent! he is just darker but i think he actually look good! why are you always using akon as an example? is it the only african man you know? Have you ever been to Africa?? Becasue they don’t all look alike you know!

About Alek, being a model because it seems like yu dont understand that is not about being pretty! A model has to stand out form the rest of the crowd! It could be for her beauty, yes, lots of models are gorgeous women but others are just different and look weird! Alek is different! Have you seen some of her ads! I mean you might find her ugly but just look at her and tell me you can come across chicks like that every day? you know you cant! You can find the like of lauren london, even beyonce everywhere! they are beautiful but nothing striking about their beauty!its average! i THINK ALEK WEK IS BEAUTIFUL! HER BODY IS LEAN AND CURVY, HER SKIN IS PURE AND FLAWLESS, SHE HAS SHORT HAIR AND IS VERY CONFIDENT! THE DAY YOU ‘LL SEE ALL THOSE WOMEN YOU NAMED WITHOUT WEAVE LET ME KNOW!

try spelling her name the correct way.

Plus alek wek dont represent all africa! I mean Katoucha, Iman or liya kibede are african and you see how different they look?!

All those woman you named who according to you are the sexiest black women dont represent the black women i see every day either!! Im african and i dont look nothing like alek by the way! I wish I could be dark like her though!

And please stop calling that bytch naomi “beautiful” she look like a tranny

Plus alek wek dont represent all africa! I mean Katoucha, Iman or liya kibede are african and you see how different they look?!

Hve you been reading my post scroll back up

“All those woman you named who according to you are the sexiest black women dont represent the black women”

not african women but they represent for the black americans b

If we asked other black men what they think about they will tell you the same thing No-one is being “brainwashed” Is jsut that 95% of black men will co sign my list .And 95% of african american men feel the same way about aleck weck .

Lauren London compared to aleck weck ……………………Im not even gunna say it .

“Im african and i dont look nothing like alek by the way”

you probably look like aleck thats why u mad.

and naomi campbell is also killing that lauren! I mean she is cute but you can find a girl cute like that at any local school! OVERRATED!

“and naomi campbell is also killing that lauren”

With looks NO

Physicaly Yes

capo status,

well you cannot differentiate a beautiful woman fron a pretty/cute one! maybe when you grow up! lauren london is about your age anyway so i can understand! well i would choose a meagan over a london but that’s me! both of them are just cute though

@C from stl

How WELL she did is NOT the TOPIC UNDER DISCUSSION.

I Personally believe that a TRUELY SUCESSFUL WOMAN is one that can balance HER personal life with her profession.

This WOMAN as not been able to do this and to TOP it all she has a very BAD REPUTATION.

The FACT is Naomi CANNOT model FOREVER it is a little SHORTSIGHTED NOT to PLAN for the FUTURE.

Having a SWAGGER is not always ALL THAT ITS CUT OUT TO BE.

I guess SHE could always try and get as much money as possible off the RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE while he is STILL INTERESTED

Naomi has been modeling for almost 25 years and NOW she wants to complain about how hard it is for black models?!? Puh-leeze. She’s only complaining now because her modeling gigs are drying up. There’s not much she can do about changing the industry now…at the sunset of her career. The time for doing that was when she was on top and had more power. Instead of throwing a fit because other black models were in the same shows she was in, she could have demanded that the designers get MORE black models by refusing to participate in the shows until they did! She could have demanded that Vogue use more black models — or she would boycott! She did none of this…nothing!

Naomi is the only supermodel who has not branched out into another business like modeling agencies, clothing lines, cosmetic companies, etc. She was too busy hanging out in nightclubs and chasing after old white men, trying to get them to marry her. And she is the ONLY supermodel who never got a contract with a cosmetics company or perfume maker (because of her stank attitude). All her comtemporaries are married with children AND their own businesses. What does she have? Nothing!

At least Tyra is trying to help black models get started in their careers, because she said she knows the discrimination they face.

Naomi is a perfect example of a person who is beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside. She treats her assistants, maids, etc. HORRIBLY. What kind of person throws phones at other adults, hitting them in the head and drawing blood?! Naomi must be miserable inside.

You reap what you sow, Naomi. So far, you have reaped much more than you deserve. So sit down and STFU!!

@ Amira
Naomi IS bad, on the catwalk …….. poetry in motion

I personally believe that the modeling industry is a board room of insecure men and women who select the models they find attractive (some of those model look like shit, I’ve seen better looking people waling down the street, lol). This secret chair man and women of the board set the trend and models who have a certain “look”. I wouldn’t want to be a run way model, I enjoy eating, lol and no I am not fat, lol….

@ Lois Lane, i agree, but during the high points of her career, it was a written rule that there could only be 1 black top model and she was determined that it would be soley her. She let that go to her head and when Tyra came along, she used her power in the wrong way and sabatoged Tyra’s career. and the press didn’t help. I think she could/should have did more.

i bet if we all stop buying Gucci and Louis Vuitton out of protest.
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@Mahogany

Sorry Sweetheart that’ll NEVER happen, ni@@as gotta look fly…

clothing is in fashion , skin is in fashion . It changes. That’s why I cant stand the “vanity” industry. Or entertainment.

@ ADRIENNE

This is a blog. It is stupid to become furious over someone elses comments. Racism exist everywhere. The NBA, NFL, modeling TV, Films, etc. I hate racism. I am not downplaying the situation. It is a never ending battle. Naomi is one of the highest paid models in the industry. If she wants to make a positive change she should start devising a plan to do so, gracefully and with tact. Shooting off at the mouth to Glamour magazine will not resolve issues. It is unpleasant. Naomi is not the first black person to be discriminated against. I have been targeted for racism as well as so many others. There is a time and place for everything.

Glamour magazine was not the forum to air out the dirty laundry that we already knows exists in the fashion industry.

Your attitude is very disgusting. People can disagree without all of the venom and name calling. your really not worth my time responding to but I just wanted to acknowledge your derrogatory comments. Usually I don’t like to waste my time with imbecilles such as yourself.

Why are black guys always praising black women but they are always looking for white women?

And all that coming from someone that only dates whites folks…hang up your bra girl.

@ Treasure.
Well if USUALLY you don’t waste your time then don’t start doing things differently on my behalf. Good day

even though she has had a good career, its more about the up and coming black models that just cant seem to get that break and be a force in the industry. Fashion has made being black a fad; it comes and goes, but we as people are not going anywhere (at least i hope). The only reason people like sesslie lopez and the pena girl (forgot her first name) are on the radar is because of our president. once it fades away, unfortunately we may fade again away from the runways

Just been reading some of the comments. Alek Wek is not a model because she is ‘pretty.’ Alek Wek is one of the most famous supermodels because she is STUNNING! She is unique looking and one of a kind. She’s the type of woman that if you saw down the street you would HAVE to look at. That’s what designers want, not run of the mill Lauren London’s who are a dime a dozen.

Naomi is absolutely right. And despite peoples feelings about her personally, this has been an issue she has addressed in the past.

Bethanne Hardison has held numerous forums over the years about this and Naomi HAS been apart of them and active in voicing her dissent about racism in fashion.

And as one of the few black models with any type of longevity, she is certainly in a position to know this first hand.

Give the woman some credit. She’s speaking out on what needs to be said, because in spite of it being 2009, there are less black models on the catwalks than ever, while the population of this planet is general is browning.

WE AS BLACKS NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN SHOWS AND LEARN TO MARKET OUR FASHION TO YOUNG PEOPLE AT LOW COST AND AT LOWER LEVELS IN THE SOCIETY . BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE BLACK DESIGNERS , BUT WHERE I AM I CANNOT GET ACCESS TO THEIR CLOTHING. WE NEED TO NUTURE AND MARKET OUR OWN AND STOP DEPENDING ON OTHERS TO INCLUDE US. LOVE NAOMI, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL… WE NEED TO SEEK SOLUTIONS,BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THE PROBLEMS

Shut up Capo Status! Haitains can always kick your ass.

I am so disappointed to read these comments from black women demonising and dis-respecting our beautiful naomi campbell.
Its tinme sfrican americans stop the jealousy and hatred of other sisters across the waters.
Dont forget black americans you, the caribbeans and british black people came over on the same boats, dropped off at different points. stop hating and celebrate the progress fo your sisters around the world.

ok this is really sad, you all sound ignorant and misinformed. So she has been in the business for a long time, so what, that doesn’t mean it suddenly got easier for her to speak her mind, she is still a minority and the fashion world is fickle, why at 23 would she challenge an industry decades old, if not hundreds of years old since fashion has been around forever. You all seem to forget that fashion is fickle, and no matter what color and/or nationality you are you have to fight for your spot at every single fashion show that comes up at every single fashion week. Black models normally have only one opening to walk. Of course they are going to be defensive, maybe cause a few cat-fights, they worked hard to wiggle themselves into that “One Only” spot and will “be damned” if some new-be comes and takes it. Naomi isn’t contesting that she is a mean person or has been in the fashion business for a long time, she is stating that there are not enough black models and despite that fact that she has as a black model made millions of dollars meaning attractiveness always sells no matter what color, the fashion industry seems like it wont budge on it’s “One Black Only Policy”. What has she done?, a lot of you keep ignorantly asking, sorry but by just being there and maintaining that top spot she has done ALOT, more then her fair share. So what Tyra has a show and branched off into something else, she retired from modeling and can now do whatever she wants, we all know that AMNT has not catapulted ANY of there black female winners into the international supermodel status that she herself has attained. In-fact you could even say that Tyra is hurting them, picking them as winner only to have them sitting and waiting for assignments that they won’t ever get because they are black.