However, one of the most iconic members of the 80s and early-90s supermodels, Naomi Campbell, says it’s time to change that.
“Of course, we want the magazine covers back. Of course, we do,” the 42-year-old model said. “There are less covers for the girls out there who are the new, young, trendy girls. She’s got more to compete with and there are only a certain amount of covers they’re going to give a model a year. Before, you had models twelve months a year.”
Campbell wants upcoming models to reclaim the print modelling industry, rather than just be a face on the fashion runway.
“When I started modelling, there was a separation of girls that did shows and girls that did print. And my generation did both. That’s when it changed,” she says of how she and others like Christie Turlington, Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford changed the fashion world.
With 26 years of experience, she is now the executive producer for Oxygen’s new reality competition show, The Face. The competition features up and coming female models who are all trying to be the next face and spokesperson for a nationally recognized brand. Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha will join Campbell as mentors on the show with former America’s Next Top Model judge, Nigel Barker, hosting.
Campbell hopes the show will be a success into the next Supermodel Era and is preparing her girls for just that. “I’m a tough love coach,” she told us.
“I give encouragement and praise to my girls, but I also tell them when things are not right and they need to change them,” Campbell continued. “I don’t want to candy coat anything for them. They need to know the truth, because we’re not going to be there holding their hand when they go into the real world.”
The Face premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 9PM on Oxygen.
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