evidence: Early life [edit]Naomi Elaine Campbell was born in Lambeth,[4] South London to Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris on 22 May 1970.[11] In accordance with her mother's wishes, Campbell has never met her father,[12] who abandoned her mother when she was four months pregnant[11] and went unnamed on her birth certificate.[12] She took the surname "Campbell" from her mother's second marriage.[11] Her half-brother Pierre was born in 1985.[13] Campbell is of Black-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent. Her Chinese heritage comes through her maternal grandmother, whose surname was Ming.[11] [...] A decade later, she again spoke out against discrimination, stating, "The American president may be black, but as a black woman, I am still an exception in this business. I always have to work harder to be treated equally."[73] In 2013, Campbell joined fellow black models Iman and Bethann Hardison in an advocacy group called "Diversity Coalition". In an open letter to the governing bodies of global fashion weeks, they named high-profile designers who used just one or no models of colour in their Autumn 2013 shows, calling it a "racist act".[21][74] [...] - ^ Byrne, Lisa (13 January 2009). "Celebrity Patronage: "Fiery" Campbell speaks to Phil". Trinity News. Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 14 May 2011.