Former super model Naomi Campbell banned from running charity: ‘I was not involved in these operations’

Former super model Naomi Campbell banned from running charity: ‘I was not involved in these operations’
Former super model Naomi Campbell banned from running charity: ‘I was not involved in these operations’

Naomi Campbell, 54, was sanctioned for her excessive spending in the management of her anti-poverty association “Fashion for relief”. “I recognize that as the face of Fashion for Relief, I am ultimately responsible for its conduct,” admet l’ex-top model. “Unfortunately, I was not involved in the day-to-day operations of the association, and I entrusted the legal and operational management to others“, she continues. She assures that she has not “never received fees for (his) participation in Fashion for Relief nor billed the association for personal expenses”.

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On Thursday, the Charity Commission, the British charity regulator, revealed that between 2016 and 2022, only 8.5% of overall charity spending was spent on charity.

Born in May 1970 in London, Naomi Campbell’s name is inseparable from that of fashion history. She was the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue British at the age of 20, before walking on catwalks around the world in the company of Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Eva Herzigova, known as “supermodels” in the 1990s. The influence of the model on the fashion industry World fashion has never faded over the years, despite the scandals. Among those who tainted his image is the one said “blood diamonds”: Naomi Campbell admitted to having received rough diamonds from former Liberian president Charles Taylor, convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Known for her angry and violent temperament, she was sentenced in 2007 to five days of community service in New York for throwing her phone at an assistant. A year later, she was arrested after an altercation with a police officer at Heathrow Airport, which was then experiencing significant disruption.

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