Naomi Campbell breaks silence on baby daughter, confirms she’s not adopted
The 51-year old supermodel shares more about her life as a mum and describes being a mother as “the best thing (she’s) ever done”.
British model Naomi Campbell walks the red carpet prior to the closing ceremony of the first edition of Red Sea Film Festival, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 13, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/Red Sea Film Festival)
Naomi Campbell surprised the world when she announced in May 2021 that she had become a mother, just weeks after appearing on the New York Fashion Week runway without a visible baby bump.
The secrecy behind the birth led to rumours that the baby was adopted.
The 51-year-old model has finally broken her silence about the matter, confirming in a new interview with British Vogue – in which she appeared on the magazine’s cover along with her nine-month-old daughter, who wasn’t named – that the child is not adopted.
“She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child,” Campbell told Vogue.
She added that she kept the whole thing secret. “I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her. But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done,” she said.
Campbell shared that the biggest surprise she’s had since becoming a mother is that she’s always putting her daughter first, admitting that the journey has made her “completely selfless”.
“Everything I do, I do for her – that’s it.”
When asked about her daughter’s personality, Campbell said that “she’s inquisitive”. “She was looking at everyone – she looks at people right in the eye and for a very long time.”
With her jam-packed modelling schedule, it appears that Campbell has found the perfect travelling companion. “I’m lucky my little one loves to travel like me – no whimpering taking off or landing.”
Campbell further gushed about her baby girl: "She’s just started waving, which is fun. She laughs a lot. She’s almost talking. I think she might walk before she crawls. And she’s got six teeth already.”
The fashion mogul, who is planning to write a memoir, chose not to reveal other private details, including her daughter’s name, teasing that it might be included in her book, which she has yet to write.
Some of those in her close circle, including fellow big-name models Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington, have gotten to meet her baby daughter, according to Campbell.
