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" 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

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

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

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Anger

" I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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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Black

First

" 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.' "

Naomi Campbell

People

Think

" 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. "

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

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

Naomi Campbell

First

Versace

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

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Born

Think

" 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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Flower

Heat

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

" Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry. "

" 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. "

" My features are completely ethnic. "

Naomi Campbell

Ethnic

Features

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

" I have no regrets. I've got my health. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

Naomi Campbell

Woman

Thing

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

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

" 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. "

Naomi Campbell

Picture

Lady

" 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. "