Naomi Campbell's Net Worth Is Massive Thanks to Her Iconic Career
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Some things about Naomi Campbell: She's an icon, she's a legend, she's been the moment since she walked her first runway, and she has a bank account worthy of her legacy.
But before we jump into Naomi's net worth (it's massive), here's a quick history of her career; She started modeling at just 15 years old, landed the cover of British Elle at 16, and is one of THE original supermodels. Naomi broke barriers as the first Black model to cover Time Magazine, French Vogue, and Russian Vogue, she's been on hundreds (literally hundreds) of magazine covers throughout her career (including Cosmo 😚), has walked hundreds of runways for top designers (Dior! Chanel! Versace!), and has been the face of campaigns for some of the most major fashion and beauty brands including NARS, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Burberry.
Basically, name a brand whose bag you can't afford and there's a 10/10 chance Naomi has modeled for them. But on top of her full-time job as a model, Naomi has dabbled in music (she put out a full blown album called babywoman), written a book, has appeared in movies and on TV, and executive produced and was a coach on The Face.
Most recently? Naomi launched a collection with Pretty Little Thing, which The Mirror describes as a "huge" and "lucrative" deal.
At this point you're probably wondering what she has in the bank, so let's get into it!
How Much Does Naomi Campbell Make as a Model?
There isn't a ton of info on the financial details of Naomi's many contracts, but a report from The Richest claims Naomi's annual salary has been as high as $49 million. That said, she dealt with pay parity issues and discrimination early on in her career. This resulted in her saying no to certain projects, which she has zero regrets over.
As Naomi told Marc Jacobs in Interview:
"I still feel like it was right for me to stand up for my rights as a Black woman and not take way less financially than I used to be offered compared to my white counterparts doing the same job. As much as I wanted to have those contracts like my white counterparts back in the day—in perfume, in makeup, in whatever—it was worth keeping my integrity and saying, 'No, thank you.' It was worth my agent at the time not wanting to work with me because I didn’t want to accept something that was degrading to myself and to my culture."
About That Iconic Linda Evangelista Quote....
Naomi gave a hint about her salary when chatting about an infamous quote from Linda Evangelista, who said they (aka the 90s supermodels) wouldn't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. As Naomi put it an excerpt from her book for Harper's Bazaar, "Poor Linda said that we didn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000, or something similar. She didn’t mean it–it was a joke–but that quote has haunted us for years." (Note: per the Sydney Morning Herald, Naomi's agent also cleared this up...by saying she earned more like £300,000 a job in the early '90s).
But FYI, it wasn't just about money. As Naomi put it in Interview, "For my whole group of girls, it wasn’t always about how much we were getting paid. We were interested in how creative it looked—how it would come across. We wanted to do something different and get the shock value and attention of, 'Oh, look at that!' We even did ads for designers back in the day who didn’t have any money. We were like, 'We’re still going to do it because we like what you do.'"
Her Real Estate Is a True Journey
Naomi's ex-boyfriend Vladislav Doronin casually built her a £109 million mansion in Moscow. (It was sold for £78 million post-split, per Celebrity Net Worth.)
Meanwhile, Naomi bought a $4 million apartment in NYC which she flipped for $4.5 million the next year. And she has a gorgeous home in Kenya that she gave Architectural Digest a tour of if you're in the mood to oooo and aaaa:
What Is Naomi Campbell's Total Net Worth, You Ask?
That would be $80 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. And she's showing no signs of slowing down. Case in point? Closing Sarah Burton's final Alexander McQueen show:
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