Birth Name:
Naomi Campbell
Birth Place:
London, England
Ethnicity:
African and Chinese Jamaican
The British Supermodel was born to a father of Black Jamaican ethnicity with part Chinese ancestry. Her paternal grandmother was said to be of Chinese ancestry, with the family name Ming. This was reported on the British newspaper, The Independent. Naomi had never met her biological father who left the family before she was born.
Her mother is of Black Jamaican heritage.
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I love Naomi! I do not know about the Chinese ancestry thing….but hey if she said she is why not believe her she would know her own background. Plus, there are many different ethnic mixtures in JAMAICA.
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Ahhhww…its interesting to see so much fuss about the family genetic pool, but its true. We are descendant from Chinese migrants to Jamaica long ago. But your right we do not consider ourselves Chinese in any form,but I do enjoy Chinese New Years. My papa (Naomi’s uncle) and his sister (Naomi’s grandmother) do have Chinese features as we all do, but they are not as heavily visible like in others…..Yes, I happen to be the more brainy one out the bunch but beauty runs in the family. We have good GENE’s….lol….
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lol! None of her parents are Englishmen but shes born in England LOL! Just LOL
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My cousin is african american , chinese and native american , and he also kinda has that feel to him like naomi
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O yeah and naomi has a Chinese (button) nose .
and the eyes , its shape is also more Chinese…she has a wide set face Chinese/Jamaican
and she has a Jamaican hue to her complexion ,really good skin that Jamiacan and especially chinese woman have
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i don’t remember naomi ever saying she considers herself chinese … the way i see it, even if she is genetically partially of chinese descent; it’s her choice to decide if she wants to embrace it along with being a black british person. being genetically mixed up and what one considers oneself to be based on the culture he/she grew up are two different things. let the girl decide for herself.
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My mum’s birthday is exactly the same date, month and year as hers :D :D
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