Celebrity Mound

She is rumoured to be a bit of a handful. But on this occasion, Naomi Campbell was more like a full armload of trouble.

The supermodel almost tumbled to the ground after a night out with friends in Italy on Wednesday.

Luckily, there was a man on hand to catch her. But the fellow – who was not quite as tall as the statuesque Miss Campbell – appeared to be struggling with his burden.

At one point, he seemed about to drop the giggling bundle of flailing limbs and flying hair.

The London-born model and her party had arrived on the island of Capri by boat earlier that day, and entered a nightclub at 1am.

They eventually left in high spirits at 3am and shortly afterwards Miss Campbell had her little fall. Once she had regained her composure, the group headed off into the night, leaving behind some amused onlookers.

‘We heard a little shriek and turned around,’ said one. ‘She was close to having a very embarrassing moment indeed, but managed to laugh it off though.’ But a spokesman for Miss Campbell denied that she fell. ‘Naomi was just joking around with friends,’ the spokesman said. ‘She was pretending to fall to see who would catch her.’

The model, who recently turned 38, was pictured in Cannes last month crying at her birthday party. And two weeks ago she was charged over an alleged air rage incident at Heathrow airport last month.

In 1993, Miss Campbell famously fell on the catwalk while modelling a pair of 10in Vivienne Westwood platform shoes. She collapsed into a fit of giggles on that occasion too.

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Could hair loss be behind Naomi Campbell’s temper tantrums? The feisty supermodel started losing her hair “15 years ago,” fashion photographer Huggy Ragnarsson told The Sun newspaper.

Photos of Campbell in London on May 29, with what appeared to be a receding hairline, has launched the tress talk. Years of hair extensions are reportedly to blame. Ragnarsson told the Sun, “The hair stylist Sam McNight said to me in the ’90s, ‘She’d better be careful with those weaves, she’s going to lose her hair.’”

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TEMPER-tantrum twit Naomi Campbell, who’s not known for having a good relationship with the truth, is making things up again. Campbell, banned from British Airways flights after she allegedly spat at a cop over missing luggage at Heathrow, claims airline officials have pleaded with her to fly with them again, but she’s refused because of their “complete disrespect for passengers.” That comes as news to the airline. “We are not aware of any pleading phone calls to Ms. Campbell,” an insider told London’s Evening Standard. Meanwhile, the supermodel, trying to repair her image as a deranged hothead, flew to Brazil – in the middle of a mosquito-borne dengue outbreak – to try and give blood at a blood drive, but was turned away because she underwent surgery in February. Campbell, who blamed her arrest at Heathrow on racism, could face up to six months in the slammer.

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Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been banned from flying with British Airways after she was escorted off a flight last week and arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, media reports said on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old, released on bail pending an investigation into the incident, said she hoped the row with the airline could be resolved “amicably.”

BA said it had not made any announcement regarding Campbell. When asked about a report in the Mirror tabloid saying she had been banned, a spokesman said:

“We don’t comment in detail about matters relating to individual passengers.

“All incidents of abuse against passengers or staff are taken extremely seriously by BA and will not be tolerated. We deal with cases on an individual basis and will take whatever action we feel is necessary.”

Campbell’s spokeswoman in London added: “Naomi has been flying with British Airways for nearly 30 years and has been a good customer. She hopes this can be resolved amicably.”

British police are investigating the disturbance last Thursday at London Heathrow’s new Terminal 5.

Campbell was on a British Airways flight due to depart for Los Angeles when one of two bags she had checked in went missing, according to her spokeswoman.

BA has been beset by problems with the high-tech check-in and baggage handling systems at the new 4.3 billion pound ($8.6 billion) terminal. Hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of bags have gone missing.

It is not the first time Campbell has been in trouble with the law.

She spent five days mopping floors as part of a community service sentence in New York last year after throwing a mobile phone at her housekeeper during an argument over a pair of jeans. She was also ordered to attend anger management classes.

NAOMI Campbell was arrested at Heathrow Airport this afternoon after allegedly SPITTING at a police officer.

The supermodel was hauled away “ranting and screaming” from her flight at Terminal Five after a row over a lost bag.

Naomi first kicked off in BA’s first class lounge after being told that one of her three bags had not made it onto the flight.

Despite apologies and assurances she would be reunited with her luggage, the temperamental supermodel flew into a rage.

She began harassing airline staff who called cops as the flight was called and Naomi walked onto the plane.

She was still yelling at boarding card staff as she took her seat.

Three officers from the MET’s SO18 Aviation security branch then came onto the plane.

They tried to calm the model down, but she is alleged to have reacted by spitting at an officer and then laying into him with her fists.

Frenzied Naomi was bought under control after a struggle and then physically hauled off the plane.

Cops were called and she was heard screaming “get off me, leave me alone” before she attacked one and was taken away to Heathrow police station.

An eyewitness said: “She attacked a male police officer and spat at him and she was taken to the airport police station”.

A Heathrow spokeswoman said: “We can confirm that a passenger was removed by police from a BA flight this afternoon.”

BA269 left more than an hour and a half late while bags belonging to the model and her entourage were taken from the flight.

Last year the Streatham-born model had to mop floors at New York’s Sanitation Department as a community service punishment for throwing a mobile phone at her maid.

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