Celebrity Mound

The British model – who has previously walked the runway for Versace, Vivienne Westwood and Christian Dior – joins forces with Karen Elson, Daphne Groeneveld and Kristen McMenamy to show off the spring/summer 2012 collection.
Famed photographer Steven Meisel shot the campaign at New York’s 59 Digital Studios.

The Florence bag – named after Roberto’s home city in Italy and designed by his wife Eva – is also seen in the pictures.

Naomi wears a bright jacket and trousers combination which shows off her toned physique in one of the photographs, while in another she dons a gold 1920s flapper-style number.

Naomi was recently named by ‘When Love Takes Over’ hitmaker Kelly Rowland as her “body inspiration” and the reason why she goes to the gym.

She said: “Naomi Campbell is my body inspiration. She has amazing legs. I go to the gym four or five days a week because I want my legs tight.

Americans give their celebs a lot of leeway, but woe to the British supermodel who cuts ahead of them in line.

People waiting in a U.S. Customs queue at Kennedy Airport on Tuesday morning booed Naomi Campbell when she was escorted to a passport-screening officer ahead of 200 or so people, according to a witness.

“An older lady was about to have her passport checked, but she was told to wait so Naomi could go first,” says our source, who traveled in first class with Campbell aboard an American Airlines flight from London. “It p- off a lot of people.”

Campbell’s lawyer, Marty Singer, argues: “She was not treated any differently than any other high-profile individual. American Airlines offered to escort her. She did not ask for it. It’s done for security reasons, so high-profile passengers aren’t besieged by people.”

Some may wonder why an orderly line watched by gun-toting federal agents would pose more danger than a celebrity would find on a city street.

American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith declined to say how the airline decides who is a celebrity.

American provides an express line to all first-class passengers through British immigration at Heathrow. But sources at Kennedy say the federal government has resisted giving passengers who pay more similar upper-crust treatment.

U.S. Customs spokeswoman Janet Rapaport said only foreign dignitaries or sick people are usually allowed to cut, though the agency has launched a Global Entry program to speed through “passengers who pass certain requirements.”

Passengers may have barked at Campbell because of her airport history. In June, she was fined 2,300 pounds and given 200 hours of community service after being charged with assaulting a British police officer at Heathrow. British Airways banned her from flying globally.

In spite of all that, her lawyer insisted, “She’s not a prima donna. She’s a good passenger. She travels a lot, and American appreciates good customers.”

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She’s notorious for her fiery temper, but yesterday Naomi Campbell put her tender side on show during a romantic cruise with billionaire Russian Vladislav Doronin.

The supermodel, dressed in a black string bikini, showered her beau with kisses and hugs as they soaked up the sun in St Tropez aboard his luxury yacht, Lady In Blue.

The pair’s relationship has become increasingly serious after Naomi introduced Doronin to 12 of her most trusted friends at a dinner party in the South of France last month.

With an estimated £1.5billion fortune, the 46-year-old a property tycoon has a penchant for high-living and beautiful women that has earned him the nickname of Moscow’s Donald Trump.

His property projects include Moscow City, a spectacular Canary Wharf-style development that is helping transform the once-poor city into a glamorous destination.
Naomi, 38, met him at the Cannes Film Festival in May, shortly after the outburst on a British Airways flight that led to her arrest, and they have been inseparable ever since.

One of Naomi’s guests, Brazilian writer Bruno Astuto, said: ‘She said it was love at first sight and he is completely in love with her. Watching them look deeply into each other’s eyes, it was obvious that this is a very serious affair.

‘He thinks she is a goddess and Naomi believes she finally has found the right man. She is now planning a really big party for Vlad, where we hope they will announce their engagement.’
The secretive oligarch – previously wrongly identified as Brazilian Marcus Elias – attended the recent London dinner for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, where Naomi was also a guest.

Naomi’s tempestuous love life has also included a romance with motor-racing tycoon Flavio Briatore and one engagement, to U2 bassist Adam Clayton.

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Nduka Obaigbena, Naomi Campbell and Ozwald Boateng