Naomi talks to Interview magazine.…
“I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don’t know if I’ve been a great role model myself. I don’t think I have in certain aspects of my life.”
“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.”
” I remember one time I went to Australia. I don’t know if this is true or not, but the editor in chief of a magazine there told me that she got fired for putting me on the cover.” Any names?
“There were certain designers who hadn’t used models of color in their shows, and Christy and Linda said to them, ‘If you don’t take Naomi, then you don’t get us.’ That doesn’t happen in fashion.”
“I felt like I was on trial myself [at The Hague]. I just saw the whole thing become like a complete media circus. This was not my trial. This was his trial. But anyone looking at it would think it was about me.”
“I didn’t expect to go on this journey in the same business. It’s as much of a surprise to me as it is to anyone else. My whole career is a challenge. I’m a challenge”
“Look, I’m controversial. It’s not that people don’t know who I am. . .if people want to work with me. If they don’t, they don’t.”
“I just want to be quiet. I just want to live my life.”
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