Born in London, England, Naomi was discovered at the age of 15 while she was still in school. Naomi was the first black model to appear on the covers of Vogue Paris and British Vogue, and is one of the major supermodels. Though she appears in the news for various reasons unrelated to modeling, she continues to be one of the few true supermodels left in the world. In 2011, Naomi was named Editor-at-Large for Interview Russia and Interview Germany.