The trailblazing model caused a stir on social media with her South London visit – ahead of her V&A museum exhibition
SUPERSTAR model Naomi Campbell shocked Londoners after being spotted travelling on the London Underground.
The stunning model, 54, left Victoria Line users in a daze as she posed and danced alongside internet sensation Sabrina Bahsoon, 23, to pop singer Charli XCX’s, 31, recent viral hit, 360.
Astonished fans and celebs alike commented underneath the post on TikTok and X formerly known as Twitter.
One bewildered fan said: “Can you imagine bumping into Naomi Campbell on the Victoria Line!? It doesn’t get more iconic than that.”
Another fan shared a similar sentiment, and said: “Imagine getting the tube home from work and seeing THEE Naomi Campbell and tube girl are recording right in front of you.”
Pop sensation Charli XCX, also chimed into the comment section conversation, with a short and to the point comment, “OMG”.
Durham law student, Sabrina, is also known as Tube Girl, and is one of TikTok’s biggest stars, with over 32.9 million likes on the social media platform alone.
Since last August, Sabrina can be seen dancing in living rooms, at underground stations and promoting beauty products.
The influencer, who is of Malaysian descent, uses distorted smartphone camera tricks to make short music videos to some of favourite songs.
Naomi Campbell – who grew up in South London – was promoting her upcoming Victoria & Albert museum exhibition.
The one of a kind exhibition, titled NAOMI: In Fashion, will take place at the V&A South Kensington between Saturday 22 June 2024 to Sunday 6th April 2025.
The event will showcase her phenomenal collaborative work with leading international designers, photographers and activism which has impacted the world and creative industry globally.
NAOMI’S EARLY BEGINNINGS
Naomi grew up within the London Borough of Lambeth, around the areas of Brixton and Streatham in South London. She was raised by a Jamaican-born dancer by the name of Valerie Morris, 72.
The superstar’s father left the family when Valerie was four months pregnant with Naomi. She never met her father, who went unnamed on her birth certificate.
Throughout the years, Naomi has visited many of her pre-stardom stomping grounds, including paying a visit to South London state secondary school, Elmgreen School to inspire students on how to overcome rejection, back in 2019.
Naomi told the young hopefuls: “I feel like I’m coming home.” That same year, the legendary model accepted the Fashion Icon Award, at the British Fashion Council’s 2019 ceremony.
When receiving the prestigious honour, Naomi proudly said: “This is a very emotional award to receive.”
She continued: “I spend so much of my life in different parts of the world, that people often forget I’m from Brixton, I am a South London girl.”
NAOMI’S FASHION IMPACT
The fashion star started her career in the early 80s, and would go onto grace the cover of over 500 magazines.
The next decade would see the South London star became one of the modelling worlds Big 5, alongside fellow 90s supermodels Cindy Crawford, 58, Linda Evangelista, 59, Claudia Schiffer, 53 and Christy Turlington, 55.
The glamorous collective would often grace iconic music videos together, most noticeably the late pop icon George Michael’s 1990 music video for his hit single Freedom! ’90, as well as various fashion spreads and high fashion runway shows.
While Naomi still frequently structs across catwalks worldwide, she has turned her focus to being a voice for marginalised communities within the fashion world.
In 2013, Naomi alongside iconic model and wife of late music icon David Bowie, Iman Abdulmajid 68, and fashion model and activist Bethann Hardison, 81, formed Balance Diversity.
Balance Diversity created an open letter to fashion councils in each of big fashion cities, from Milan, Paris, London and New York, encouraging them to address what they considered had been an alleged ‘lack of racial diversity’ within the modelling industry.
The Diversity Coalition proved effective when in 2018, The Fashion Spot’s Diversity Reports estimated that ‘racial diversity in magazines and runways had reached an all-time high’ that year.
Many newer models and fashion influencers have publicly mentioned the mother-of-two as an influence, from gorgeous South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech, 24 to YouTuber and beauty guru, Jackie Aina, 36.
In May 2021, Naomi shocked social media when she announced the birth of daughter. In June 2023, she announced the birth of her son.
Naomi recently confirmed in a recent interview with The Times that she welcomed both of her children through surrogacy.
She said: “My babies are everything to me. They are 110 percent my priority. I have to be there for them on their first day at school.”
