Naomi for Vogue Brazil, May 2016 Naomi Elaine Campbell was born in the South of London to Afro and Chinese Jamaican parents on May 22nd, 1970. Her father abandoned her family while her mother was carrying her but she had the support of her grandmother, mother and aunts growing up. Her talents in the performing arts were displayed at an early age. Naomi and her mother, Valerie She spent a great deal of time in Rome, Italy while her mother performed as a professional dancer. Naomi appeared in the music video for Bob Marley's Is this Love song when she was just eight years old. Her mother, Valerie, later enrolled Naomi in the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she learned the art of ballet beginning at age 10. While shopping in London, she was discovered by a scout named Beth Boldt after which she appeared on the cover of British Elle Magazine at the young age of 16. Naomi Elaine's career within the modelling industry was not an easy one....