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" I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest. "

Naomi Campbell

Know

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Men

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" Well, when I started modeling in the mid-'80s, the girls who did shows did shows, and the girls who did magazines did magazines. That's what was understood. "

" Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.' "

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" I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out. "

" Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works. "

" When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help. "

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" Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find another way to get my 'yes.' But I'm a loyal person. "

" I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent. "

" I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school. "

" Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there. "

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Lady

" I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me. "

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" I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either. "

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Thing

" In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer. "

" I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down. "

" I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.' "

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Think

" Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing. "

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Car

Friends

" I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986. "

" I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them. "

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" I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it. "

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" I don't worry about a number. I'm fine with aging. "

" I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth. "

" I don't like workouts that make you bulky. "

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" I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear? "

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" The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat. "

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