Naomi Campbellis giving a glimpse into her life as a new mom.
The model, 51, is photographed for the first time with her 9-month-old daughter for the cover of BritishVogue’s March issue, where she opens up about her little girl and how she’s loving motherhood.
“She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child,” the model tells BritishVogue, adding that not many people knew she was going to become a mom at the time.
“I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her,” she shares. “But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
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Though very few people knew about her parenting plans, Campbell says she “always knew that one day I would be a mother.”
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She continues, “…it’s the biggest joy I could ever imagine. I’m lucky to have her and I know that,” later answering “why not?” to the idea of adding more kids to her family.
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Campbell goes on to rave about feeling like “a kid again” as she lives life through her little girl.
“I’m reliving nursery rhymes, playing and discovering how many great new toys there are out there in the world! And dolls! Things I couldn’t even dream of,” she says.
Asked what her biggest surprise is as a new mom, Campbell replies quickly, “My daughter comes first.”
She adds, “Everything I do, I do for her – that’s it. It’s so completely selfless, isn’t it?”
source: people.com
