New York, Europe Brief News – Saying becoming a mother at 50 ‘best thing I’ve done,’ the supermodel Naomi Campbell has encouraged her friends to have babies at their fifties.
The supermodel surprised fans when she announced that she welcomed a baby daughter in May 2021.
Now, in a new interview with British Vogue, Campbell has revealed new details about raising her newborn, from her daughter’s growing personality to how she kept her impending motherhood a secret.
“I always knew that one day I would be a mother, but it’s the biggest joy I could ever imagine. I’m lucky to have her and I know that,” she told the magazine, adding that she’s been encouraging some of her older friends to also have babies. “I’m telling them all, do it! Don’t hesitate!”
Naomi Campbell, who is planning to write a memoir that will include the story of her daughter’s arrival, continued, “I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her. But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.” And though the details of her daughter’s birth are largely unknown, the model clarified, “She wasn’t adopted—she’s my child.”
Pictured with her newborn daughter
She posted a picture cradling her newborn daughter’s feet with the caption: “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother. So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.”
Very few people even knew she was planning parenthood, Campbell told Vogue. “I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her. But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
Exact details around the arrival of her daughter are unknown. When asked if she would elaborate, she said simply: “She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child.”
The only time Campbell has previously spoken about her daughter was in September last year, when she described her as “a dream child”. She told BBC HardTalk: “She’s wonderful. She’s very independent already, very smart, alert, sleeps 12 hours. She’s a good girl.”
