Naomi Campbell born May 22, 1970 is an English supermodel, actress, singer, and author. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song "Is This Love?". In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". Aged 15 and while still a student of the Italia Conti Stage School, Campbell was spotted by Beth Boldt, former head of Synchro models agency, window-shopping in Covent Garden. In April 1986, she appeared on the cover of Elle, replacing a black model who canceled out of the appearance. By August 1988, she had appeared on the cover of the French Vogue as that publication's first black cover girl, and she had completed campaigns for Ralph Lauren and François Nars. She has also posed nude for Playboy magazine and appeared in Madonna's 1992 book, Sex, in a set of photos with Madonna and rapper Big Daddy Kane. Campbell has also tried her hand at singing. In 1995, Campbell released a single "Love and Tears" from debut and only solo Baby Woman which sold over 1 million copies worldwide (but mostly in Japan). The album was panned by critics as a flop , and failed to chart higher than 75 in the UK Her collaboration with Toshinobu Kubota, "La La La Love Song" the theme song to Long Vacation, became a No. 1 hit in Japan, with the single selling approx. 1,856,000 copies. That same year she sang on Quincy Jones' album Q's Juke Joint. She was featured on Vanilla Ice's single "Cool as Ice".

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