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Model Naomi Campbell Piggybacks On Cannes Film Festival With Charity Fashion Show For Japan

Naomi Campbell’s charity is piggybacking on the high-wattage Cannes Film Festival to organize a fashion show in aid of the Japanese Red Cross’ earthquake and tsunami relief fund.

UK Fashion Council Honors Model Naomi Campbell

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been awarded a prize by the British Fashion Council in recognition of her influence on the fashion industry over the past 25 years.

The council says Campbell has been a “hugely influential ambassador for British fashion.”

Glam Slam: Congrats Naomi Campbell!

Naomi Campbell is celebrating 25 years in the modeling business. Where did the time go?

That is quite an accomplishment in any profession, but especially in the cut throat world of modeling, which is always looking for the next young, hot thing. Twenty-five years in the modeling world is about 3,000 in dog years, right?

Ex-Agent: Naomi Campbell Knew Gift Was Diamonds

Naomi Campbell’s former agent fended off defense accusations Tuesday that she lied to the war crimes court to further her own lawsuit against Campbell, insisting the model knew she was receiving diamonds from Charles Taylor.

Taylor, the former Liberian president, faces 11 counts of war crimes linked to allegations he supported rebels during Sierra Leone’s vicious 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002 with an estimated 100,000 dead. Prosecutors accuse him of trading in so-called blood diamonds — gems used to finance wars — in exchange for supporting the rebels. Taylor denies the charges.

Mia Farrow Tells War Crimes Court: Naomi Campbell Bragged Of Getting ‘Huge Diamond’ In Africa

Mia Farrow testified Monday that model Naomi Campbell told her she had been sent a “huge diamond” by former Liberian President Charles Taylor, directly contradicting Campbell’s evidence last week at Taylor’s war crimes trial.

Naomi Campbell’s Friend Says He’s Given Diamonds To South African Authorities

Naomi Campbell’s friend said Friday that he had handed over three small uncut diamonds to South African authorities after the supermodel testified at an international war crimes court that she had given him the “dirty-looking stones.”

A spokesman for the police special investigations unit said Jeremy Ractliffe handed over the stones on Thursday and that the police have given them to the local diamond regulation authority for examination.

Naomi Campbell Testifies At Taylor War Crimes Trial That She Received ‘Dirty-Looking Stones’

Naomi Campbell testified before a war crimes tribunal Thursday that she had received some “dirty-looking stones” after a 1997 dinner party with former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor. Still, the supermodel said she didn’t know if the stones were actually diamonds or if the gift came from Taylor.

Judges Clear The Way For Naomi Campbell To Testify At Charles Taylor’s War Crimes Trial

Judges rejected a last-minute protest from former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor, clearing the way for British fashion model Naomi Campbell to testify at his war crimes trial on Thursday.

The reluctant Campbell has been subpoenaed to testify about a diamond Taylor allegedly gave her after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997.

Naomi Campbell To Testify On Aug. 5 At Trial For Ex-Liberian President

The chief prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone says Naomi Campbell will testify next month at Charles Taylor’s trial.

Prosecutors want the supermodel to say whether Taylor gave her a rough, or uncut, diamond as a gift in 1997.

Naomi Campbell Will Testify At War Crimes Trial

Fashion model Naomi Campbell says she will testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Taylor is accused of supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war in exchange for diamonds and other natural resources. He denies trading in the so-called “blood diamonds.”

Naomi Campbell To Be Subpoenaed In War Crimes Case

Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who has been avoiding international prosecutors for the past year, will be forced to appear on the witness stand in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

In a ruling published Thursday, judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone ordered a subpoena served on Campbell and if necessary to enlist the help of law enforcement agencies wherever she is found to make sure she gets to court.

Taylor Lawyers Oppose Naomi Campbell Blood Diamond Testimony At War Crimes Trial

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s defense lawyers on Monday opposed a request by prosecutors at his war crimes trial to call supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness, branding the move “a publicity stunt.”

Prosecutors earlier this month filed a motion seeking to have Campbell subpoenaed to testify about claims Taylor gave her “blood diamonds” at a reception in South Africa in 1997.

But Taylor’s lawyers said the evidence was “tangential to the real issues” against Taylor and said prosecutors were trying to introduce it too late in the trial — 15 months after they closed their case.