Naomi Campbell Claims She Was Recently Barred From A Hotel Over “The Colour Of Her Skin”

Legendary supermodel Naomi Campbell has opened up about the racism she endured at the start of her career as well as a recent incident where she was allegedly shunned from a hotel because of the colour of her skin.

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Speaking to Paris Match Magazine, Campbell recounts recently being told by a security guard at a hotel in the South of France that she could not stay at the facility because it was full, only to later discover other guests being admitted after she’d been turned away.

“I was recently in a city in the South of France, where I was invited to participate in an event in a hotel whose name I will not mention,” she began.

“They did not want to let my friend and I in because of the colour of my skin. The guy at the entrance pretended that the place was full but he was letting other people in. It is for these kinds of revolting moments that I will continue to speak up and make myself heard.”

Campbell on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Singapore in 2014

She went on to say that the word ‘diversity’ simply “didn’t exist” when she was starting out as a model, which is what led her to campaign heavily for more equality in the modelling industry.

“The word ‘diversity’ is everywhere today but it did not exist when I started,” she told the publication, adding: “I’ve always wanted people to be treated equally.”

At the 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York last year where she collected the Icon Award, Naomi revealed how the prejudice she has faced has fuelled her career success.

“I was told many times that I couldn’t do certain things because of the colour of my skin,” she said.

“I let it drive me. And of course I’m human, and I found it hard at times not to take it personally. But I stand here today as a proud woman of color, and I will continue to push for diversity and equality in this industry.”

Despite her hardships, Campbell remains one of the most recognisable and in-demand models in the world.

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