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" 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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" 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

" I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard. "

" 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. "

" Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness. "

Naomi Campbell

Insecurity

Anger

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

" I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. "

" I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16. "

" I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it. "

" 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. "

Naomi Campbell

Afraid

Help

" I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty. "

" I've been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I'm not going to work against my people. They've suffered enough. "

" What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place. "

" It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable. "

" The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath. "

" When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then. "

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

" I love mentoring young girls. I've always been like that. "

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

" There is only going to be one Kate Moss. Kate is an icon. "

" I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta. "

" After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela. "

Naomi Campbell

First

Versace

" My features are completely ethnic. "

Naomi Campbell

Ethnic

Features

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

Naomi Campbell

Make

Workouts

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

Naomi Campbell

Flower

Heat

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

Naomi Campbell

Woman

Thing