During her 30 years in the spotlight, Naomi Campbell has dominated headlines and turned heads with all kinds of fashion moments, but nothing could prepare us for what she was recently seen flying in.
Already renowned for her love of in-flight cleanliness, Naomi proved she was taking precisely zero chances when it came to coronavirus, sharing a photo of herself in a full hazmat suit on Instagram.
But, of course, anyone who’s followed Naomi’s career closely will attest that subtle has never exactly been her style, which has arguably helped put her where she is today.
Here are 18 more times when the supermodel (and, depending on who you ask, legendary diva) was completely over-the-top in the way she does best…
1. First of all, her zealous approach to airline cleanliness – as evidenced in this video she shared last year – is a must-see
2. Her YouTube channel also gifted us with this video of her basically doing a big shop, which is oddly soothing
3. Although she doesn’t always get it right first time when it comes to social media, as evidenced by this tweet about Malala
4. Her reality show The Face also gave us countless iconic moments. Here she is, for example, losing it over one model’s “diabolical” efforts on the catwalk
5. Here she is coming out during her models’ photo-shoot literally brandishing a whip
6. Here she is serving perfect Disney villain stomp after learning that two of her mentees had been fighting on the set of a photo-shoot
7. And here she is telling a fellow judge – we stress, not a contestant, a fellow *judge* – not to “compare yourself to me” because “you are not on my level and you will never be on my level”
8. A lot is made of Naomi’s diva reputation, but she does know how to have some fun, too. Like the time she gave Alan Carr some modelling tips
9. Or her appearance on Celebrity Gogglebox with Noel Gallagher and Kate Moss, which was all kinds of brilliant
10. Not to mention playing up to her reputation in this wild advert for the *checks notes* Vauxhall Corsa?!?!
11. What you might not know about Naomi Campbell is that while she’s been in music videos for Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and even Madonna’s x-rated Erotica clip…
12. …she briefly ventured into her own music career, releasing the the oft-overlooked Babywoman in 1994
13. And who could forget her incredibly camp foray into acting when she landed a role in Empire?
14. Or her brief but memorable (oh, and completely ridiculous) cameo as herself in Ugly Betty?
15. But of course, what Naomi is probably most renowned for these days is her shade-throwing. Like the time she was asked about Kendall Jenner’s quotes about being a “supermodel”…
16. …or the slightly unsettling laugh she gave when asked about Kim and Kanye’s Vogue cover…
17. …or her anything-but-subtle “I’m an actress now, Andy” when asked whether she’d fallen out with Rihanna
18. Our favourite of them all, though, is probably the moment she was asked about an incident at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party
