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I wanna be a 'working model'
Historically, so much as looking at Naomi Campbell in a way she disapproves has incited many a Swarovski crystal encrusted cell phone to the head. If ever in her presence anytime soon, be warned—do NOT call her a “supermodel.” In a video interview promoting her guest appearance on the season finale of Ugly Betty, Campbell said the following about the title so many others would eat rice cakes, cottage cheese and laxatives to earn.
She states, "Please don't call me that name! Oh God, everyone's called a supermodel these days…everyone. I think if you've worked 22 years then maybe, but I'm a working model."
At the risk of enduring assault and battery should I ever run into her, I did the math, and according to the definition old lady Campbell gave, she IS a supermodel. Discovered at the age of 15, Campbell—now 37—has been modeling for exactly 22 years! This isn’t even counting her first professional job appearing in a Bob Marley video at the age of seven. While it doesn’t seem she will become a “retired model” anytime soon, the hot headed Brit needs to lighten up and bask in the “super” title she has so frightfully earned.
—Marcos Luevanos
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