Black Beauty Tells It Like It Is And Get Accused Of Crying RacismClaiming that her industry is more racist than ever, Uber fashion diva Naomi Campbell says the lack of black faces on magazine covers and catwalks is now bordering on the ridiculous.
Campbell recently told a London Paper: "Women of colour are not a trend. That's the bottom line. It's a pity that people don't always appreciate black beauty."
In some instances, black models are being sidelined by major modelling agencies. "Fashion needs to go back to the way it used to be when wonderful designers like Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace and Azzedine Alaia just had a great line-up of beautiful women - white, black, Chinese, Hispanic."
Ms Campbell, 37, admitted that her supermodel pals helped her career by taking a stand against
racism. "Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington would go to big designers and say, 'If you don't pick Naomi to be in your show, then I don't want to be in it'," she recalled.
"The only reason I got the cover of French Vogue was because Yves Saint Laurent called up and told them he'd pull his ads if they didn't."
Campbell recently told a London Paper: "Women of colour are not a trend. That's the bottom line. It's a pity that people don't always appreciate black beauty."
In some instances, black models are being sidelined by major modelling agencies. "Fashion needs to go back to the way it used to be when wonderful designers like Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace and Azzedine Alaia just had a great line-up of beautiful women - white, black, Chinese, Hispanic."
Ms Campbell, 37, admitted that her supermodel pals helped her career by taking a stand against
racism. "Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington would go to big designers and say, 'If you don't pick Naomi to be in your show, then I don't want to be in it'," she recalled.
"The only reason I got the cover of French Vogue was because Yves Saint Laurent called up and told them he'd pull his ads if they didn't."